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(2021£­2022ѧÄêºÓ±±Ê¡ÐĮ̈ÊГÎåÔÀÁªÃË”²¿·ÖÖصãѧУÖÊÁ¿¼ì²â)A passion for basketball led Richard Smith on a path to the playoff(¸´Èü)£®Richard had had the __1__ since the middle school.Then, Richard __2__ an international school in Torrance.Richard said, “There wasn’t much for me to do except play basketball.__3__£¬ the teachers all went home after school, so there was no one to open the school gym.”

A twist of __4__ in the locker room(¸üÒÂÊÒ)turned out to be a key for Richard.“Someone had __5__ a key to the gym.My friend and I kept it, and we went to __6__ at 6 every morning£¬” he said.That’s when everything started to come together.

Richard said, “My __7__ maybe recognized that I had some __8__£¬ and he began to work with me.He considered me as one of the fastest players he had ever coached.”

“In fact, I __9__ at first because my confidence was basically zero.I decided to make __10__ for myself.So I printed signs that said ’__11__ Yourself’£¬ and posted them all over my house.Those were in every room to remind me to keep up my __12__£¬” Richard explained.Finally, his shots began to hit the target at a much __13__ rate.

After this season __14__£¬ Richard will turn his focus to college.He has already __15__ at least one offer to play basketball, though no decision has yet been made.

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