哈林篮球队

哈林篮球队在1948年及1949年打败全是白人的明尼阿波利斯湖人队（MinneapolisLakers），为NBA的种族融合作出了贡献。

The Globetrotters have been credited with integrating the N.B.A. by beating the all-white Minneapolis Lakers in 1948 and 1949 .

第二年，哈林篮球队的纳特·“甜水”·克利夫顿（Nat“Sweetwater”Clifton）成为了首位与联盟签订合同的黑人球员。

The next year , the Globetrotters " Nat " Sweetwater " Clifton became the first black player to sign a contract with the league .

这是因为当莱蒙（上图前排左三）1953年加入哈林篮球队（HarlemGlobetrotters）时，他们对喜剧和篮球花招的融合是比赛中最具吸引力的地方。

That 's because when Lemon , above front row third from left , joined the Harlem Globetrotters in 1954 , their mix of comedy and basketball legerdemain was the biggest draw in the game .

也曾是哈林篮球队的一员。

and also played for the Harlem Globetrotters .

尽管名为“哈林篮球队”，但这支球队其实是1926年于芝加哥成立的，它直到1968年才在哈林打过球。

Despite their name , the Globetrotters were founded in Chicago in 1926 and didn 't play a game in Harlem until 1968 .

2015年去世的莱蒙在回忆录中这样描述哈林篮球队：“他们为人们对黑人的认知，以及人们对美国的认知所做的，远远超出你们的想像。”

Lemon , who died in 2015 , wrote in his memoir about the Globetrotters : " They had done more for the perception of black people and for the perception of America than almost anything you could think of . "