火箭队推春节特制款球衣
Houston Rockets Owner Leslie Alexander announced Monday that the team will wear specially designed Lunar New Year uniforms to celebrate the Chinese New Year with its largest international fan base. The team will wear the uniforms on three occasions.
休斯顿火箭队老板莱利斯·亚历山大1月26日宣布，火箭队将身着春节特制款球衣与其最大的国际粉丝团共同庆祝中国农历新年。火箭队将穿着这款球衣参加三场比赛。
"The Lunar New Year uniforms represent a great opportunity to honor our incredibly loyal and passionate fans throughout China," said Leslie Alexander. "From the time the Rockets participated in the first live NBA television broadcast in China on June 8, 1994, to my selecting Shanghai's native son Yao Ming with the first overall selection of the 2002 NBA Draft, to our participation in the first NBA China Games in 2004, the Rockets have always enjoyed a very special bond with our fans across the region. We are thrilled and humbled to establish the Lunar New Year uniforms as a way to honor the culture, heritage and historical and future connection we'll always enjoy with our Chinese fans."
"It brings great joy to me to see the Houston Rockets honor one of my country's most important traditions," commented Rockets legend Yao Ming, "Mr. Alexander and the Rockets have long embraced our culture and customs and made basketball fans in China a part of the Rockets community. I'm excited to ring in the Year of the Goat watching the Rockets wear the Lunar New Year uniforms."
The Rockets Lunar New Year (LNY) jerseys will debut on Sat., Feb 21, vs. Toronto for the Rockets annual Lunar New Year Game, presented by Kenda Tires. Additionally, the LNY jerseys will be worn on Mon., Feb. 23 vs. Minnesota and Wed., Feb. 25 vs. the Los Angeles Clippers, coinciding with the Rockets week-long Lunar New Year Celebration.