Three-man basketball is conceivably the most demanding game played in the schoolyards of America. It is not as sophisticated as the full-court game. It does not require the same kind of speed or versatility, the almost artistic devotion to discipline. But what it lacks in complexity is compensated by the intense quality of the game. It is pressure basketball, compacted in time and space, as if a boxing match were to be held in a ring cut to half its normal size. There is no place to hide and no clock to offer respite.
可以想像，三人籃球是美國校園裡要求最高的比賽。它不像全場比賽那樣複雜。它不需要同樣的速度或多功能性，也不需要對紀律的近乎藝術的奉獻。但是它在復雜性上的不足被遊戲的強烈質量所彌補。這是壓力籃球，在時間和空間上被壓縮，就好像拳擊比賽要在一個被切成正常尺寸一半的圓環中舉行。沒有地方可以躲藏，也沒有時鐘可以提供喘息的機會。
