HOUSTON - Chris LaRoche doesn' have any clothes, toys or a place to go home to, but on Sunday the 12-year-old' dream came true when he played basketball against LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, Chauncey Billups, Ron Artest and a host of other NBA stars.

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.

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

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

随着“卡特里娜”飓风的灾后工作渐入正轨，NBA也引发了一场球员争相献爱心的热潮。由昔日火箭明星肯尼-史密茨发起的全明星慈善义赛在9月12日也顺利完成。幼小的克里斯因为这场灾难失去了所有的衣物、玩具以及他的家，但谁都每想到这位12岁的孩子竟然在今天梦想成真，他分别“挑战”了詹姆斯、加内特、比勒普斯以及阿泰斯特这些巨星，“我实在不敢相信这是真的。”他咧开嘴笑着说：“我负责防守勒布朗，这实在难以置信。”詹姆斯和其他球员陪孩子们大约玩了90分钟，而他们的所到之处都沉浸在欢乐的海洋中。