Athletes with a disability to take on the Stars of the NBA

In a single match, athletes with a disability are defined on competing on the field this weekend with some of the best in basketball.
A dozen of Special Olympics basketball players from around the world will meet in Houston to a 'unified' special in the context of the weekend exhibition NBA All-Star game. They will form two competitive teams that will be rounded with players from the NBA and WNBA legends Dikembe Mutombo, Chris Mullin, Detlef Schrempf, and Ron Harper.
The Sunday afternoon game will take place a few hours before took the NBA All-Stars at the same court. And, the same way that the all-star himself game, players will be divided into two teams - a representative 'is' and another 'the West '.
Athletes with a disability intellectual from across the United States and as far away as China and Namibia are expected to participate.
The unified sport model presented at Sunday's game is part of a larger effort by the Olympic special sports leagues and teams form all over the world, composed of people with intellectual disabilities and development generally of people who compete alongside the other.
NBA All-Star game brings together the best players in the throughout the League for a special game broadcast once per year. It is the second consecutive year that the NBA has included a basketball game unified under the weekend of events.