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NBA stars lift spirits of Katrina evacuees

Associated Press
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HOUSTON -- Chris LaRoche doesn't have any clothes, toys or a place to go home to, but on Sunday the 12-year-old's dream came true when he played basketball against Cleveland's LeBron James, Minnesota's Kevin Garnett, Detroit's Chauncey Billups, Indiana's Ron Artest and a host of other NBA stars.

Chris LaRoche 他沒有衣服、玩具甚至也沒有家可歸，但是在星期天當他和King James、KG、Chauncey、以及其他NBA巨星一起打球時，他的願望實現了。

LaRoche and about 1,100 other Hurricane Katrina evacuees living in Houston's George R. Brown Convention Center got a morning visit from about a dozen NBA players in town for an evening charity game.

很多位的NBA球員在早上的時候到居民們休息的地方去拜訪Chris LaRoche以及其他因為颶風而撤退至休士頓的居民，而且這些球員也舉辦了慈善義演賽。

"I can't believe it," LaRoche said, a huge grin on his face. "I was guarding LeBron. It was so crazy."

LaRoche很開心的說："我真是不敢相信，我要防守LeBron James，這真是太帥了！"

James and the other players spent about 90 minutes playing with kids, signing autographs and greeting fans.

James跟其他的球員跟小朋友們玩耍了大概一個半鐘頭，以及簽名跟球迷同樂。

"Hopefully we can put some smiles on their faces and maybe for just that little moment they cannot think about what happened," James said.

James說："希望我們可以為他們帶來笑容，而且可以讓他們暫時的忘卻了之前所發生的事情。"

TNT basketball analyst Kenny Smith organized the game, played at the Toyota Center before a packed crowd that included at least 5,000 evacuees who were given tickets. Smith said each of the almost 30 players participating in the event donated a minimum of $10,000 in money or supplies to the relief effort.

TNT球評Kenny Smith在Toyata Center舉辦了一場對抗賽，而有至少5000名受災戶可以免費入場。Smith表示將近30位參加的球員都各自捐出最少1萬元的錢或是盡可能的提供救濟物品。

Other players participating in or attending the game included Houston's Tracy McGrady, Miami's Dwyane Wade, Houston's Steve Francis, Denver's Carmelo Anthony and Indiana's Jermaine O'Neal. The West won the game 114-95.

其他參加或是出席的球員還有火箭的T-mac、熱火的Wade、魔術的SF3、金塊的Anthnoy和溜馬的小歐等等。而最後西區隊以114比95的成績獲勝。


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