Incredible things continue to happen in sport, things we would never have imagined. Tadej Pogacar attacks 100 km from the finish line again and again and no one is able to deactivate him. Ruth Chepngetich, a woman, breaks under 2h10m in the marathon. Léon Marchand collects four individual Olympic golds in the large swimming pool of La Défense. Arshad Nardeem, a Pakistani, is an Olympic gold medalist in javelin.
In the NBA, the Knicks hire Karl-Anthony Towns and say: “This year yes.”
(And the augurs, among whom this chronicler includes, play along; we say that this may be the course in which the unfortunate Knicks break their 51-year bad streak without caressing the ring, here goes another essay on the incredible) .
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But, nothing.
The NBA starts, it is played in a variety of venues and the Knicks (and the augurs) receive the first in the forehead. They are overwhelmed by the Celtics, last year’s champions, who have a 132-109 record thanks to Jayson Tatum (37 points, with ten assists), Derrick White (24 p.) and Jaylen Brown (23), while the expected Towns is It remains at a languid twelve points and seven rebounds.
A tradition…
The expected Knicks return on their own: they suffer a spectacular defeat against the Celtics, current champions
The beating is incredible, although it is not the thesis of this chronicle. This story opts for other types of incredible stories. Like the magical moment in which LeBron James (39) and his son Bronny (20) coincide in the Los Angeles Lakers quintet, a unique club due to its idiosyncrasy, the temple of showtime.
Something like this had never happened in the NBA: a father and son together on the court?
Never.
The episode occurs in the last stretch of the first quarter, when both father and son jump onto the Staples Center floor to share 2m41s.
(This is the time that Bronny, this year’s rookie, number 55 in the draft, played, time he spent catching a rebound and missing two shots).
“I will never be able to forget this moment,” says LeBron James, a forward with four rings and 22 years in the NBA, as many as Vince Carter (no one has more, let’s see if LeBron James breaks the tie next year). It doesn’t matter if I get old, if my memory gets smaller with age. As far as my memory goes, everything that has happened will be unforgettable.
And then, in the company of Bronny, LeBron James elaborates. While speaking with the TNT network, he elaborates on a speech that we have already heard on other occasions: the absences, the nights on planes and hotels, the loneliness of the long-distance runner, the distance…
–Because of this league, many hours with my family have escaped me. So having this moment in which I am still working and can work alongside my son is one of the greatest gifts I have been able to have from whoever is above.
(For the statisticians, LeBron James has 16 points, five rebounds, four assists and two blocks and the Lakers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 110-103).
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