A.O. Scores 36 Points in Charity Basketball Game, Interests ABA Club

By: Frank D’Alessandro, Free Agent News Syndicate

 

(HAWAIIAN GARDENS, CALIFORNIA)  In an annual charity basketball game raising money for kids with leukemia, hip-hop star Andrew Ong showed his Christmas spirit by leading his team to a 61-56 win.  The game took place on Christmas Eve.

 

The annual charity game featured many retired NBA players, including Lorinza “Junior” Harrington, Manute Bol, and Cedric Ceballos.  All three of these players were on the

opposite team of Ong’s, which also included celebrities like comedian Gilbert Gottfried and director Michael Moore, who fouled out late in the first half.

 

The newly added ABA team Beijing Olympician of Maywood, California has come forward to Ong inviting him to try out for their squad, noting that his talent is “incredible.”

 

“Yes Mr. Ong is incredible, we wish that he goes ahead and tries out for our team,” says Olympician coach Larry Spriggs.  “He is a very good shooter.”

 

The game also featured many Southern California high school talents, including Junior forward Dariush Estili from Los Angeles High School, sophomore guard Sam Wu from Alhambra High School, and Dahntay Mills from Long Beach Wilson High School.

 

Ong was let out of jail to participate in this game.  He is still serving his sentence.  It is unclear if he will be allowed to try out for Beijing Olympician while in jail.

 

Also playing in the charity game was the vocalist from OK Go! Timothy Nordwind.

 

 

BOX SCORE (provided by Samooth Baljuja)

 

HLS Charity Basketball Game

 

HAWAIIAN GARDENS

 

Team Red                                fg             ft             3              reb           ast            TO           stl            blk           pf             pts

Andrew Ong                             13/25       8/8           2/3           5              6              2              1              0              2              36

Michael Moore                        0/6           0/2           0/0           2              0              4              0              0              6              0

Dahntay Mills                          2/6           3/3           0/0           11            2              3              0              1              4              7

Gilbert Gottfried                       1/4           2/2           0/1           1              1              3              0              0              5              4

Sam Wu                                   5/9           4/6           0/0           4              3              2              1              0              5              14

                                                21/40       17/21       2/4           23            12            14            2              1              22            61

 

Team Blue                               fg             ft             3              reb           ast            TO           stl            blk           pf             pts

Dariush Estili                           0/13         3/3           0/1           1              0              4              0              0              5              3

Cedric Ceballos                         7/12         6/6           0/0           5              3              0              2              2              2              20

Manute Bol                              8/15         0/4           1/1           19            0              1              3              10            3              17

Timothy Nordwind                  3/10         0/1           0/2           1              1              3              1              0              5              6

Lorinza Harrington                  2/8           6/6           0/0           2              5              0              7              0              3              10

                                                20/58       15/20       1/4           28            9              8              13            12            18            56

 

 

 

[J.B. Says: Just because there’s a convincing-looking boxscore at the end of this sports article doesn’t mean it’s authentic; and it isn’t. But as one can see from certain statlines, the names were changed to protect the embarrassed. Take Dariush Estili, for example. His shooting performance is reminiscent of John Starks’ piss poor Game 6 during the 1994 NBA Finals; not to say that it was Starks though!]