At first all I cared about was just getting to Seattle in and then things escalated from there.

最初，我所关心的全部都是去西雅图的事情，然后事情就接二连三的发生了。

youdao

Obviously it isn't good to throw things on the court- but the officials did the right thing and thank goodness nothing escalated.

显然向球场内投掷杂物是不对的，对此裁判做出了正确的判罚。幸运的是这件事没有继续扩大。

youdao

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