周六NBA西部决赛第六战勇士队逆转最多17分落后，在主场以115-86击败休斯敦火箭队，把总比分追成3平。请看本报昨日的报道：

Klay Thompson knocked down nine 3-pointers on the way to 35 points, the Warriors held James Harden down in the second half, and Golden State rallied from an early 17-point deficit to stave off elimination with a 115-86 victory over the Houston Rockets on Saturday night to force a deciding Game 7 in the Western Conference finals.

“I guess you could say I was born for it. Man, that felt good,” Thompson said.

报道中的stave off就是“避免、阻止”。例如：

People who speak more than one language are better able to stave off the normal cognitive decline that comes with aging.

会说外语的人更容易避免伴随老龄化而来的认知能力退化。