NBA: KOBE, LEBRON IN KATRINA RELIEF GAME.Byline: - Tom Hoffarth A charity basketball game headlined by Kobe Bryant Kobe Bean Bryant (born July 23 1978) is an American All-Star shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers. , LeBron James LeBron James (born December 30 1984) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). , Kevin Garnett and more than a dozen other NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= players has been scheduled for Sunday afternoon in Houston to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Kenny Smith, the former Houston Rockets guard and TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. NBA studio analyst, helped organize the 5 p.m. CT fundraiser at the 18,300-seat Toyota Center. The game will be shown on TNT at 8 p.m. PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT , with viewers instructed on how they can donate to the Red Cross. The participants in the NBA Players Hurricane Relief Game, who plan to donate more than $1 million, also will distribute goods and supplies to Houston shelters before the game. ``As professional athletes, we've been very privileged,'' said Smith, who lives in Valencia. ``These are the types of communities that we come from, and this is one way we can help take care of our own.'' Tickets, starting at $10 and as high as $300 for floor seats and player meetings, went on sale today. Special ticket arrangements are being made for Hurricane Katrina victims. Houston has the largest concentration of the estimated 223,000 Katrina refugees in Texas. |
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