He was once the block king of the NBA league, he was the pillar of the interior, he had a good arm span, he won the first championship of his career in the 2018-2019 season, he was born poor, but there was a bitter journey behind him, he was the protagonist we want to talk about today, Selgi Ibaka.
Back in the NBA Western Conference Finals of 14 years, the Thunder, who had Dewey's doubles at the time, faced the veteran rival San Antonio Spurs, who had failed to win the first two games, and it was likely that the team would lose the third game, and even be directly swept out by the Spurs at that time. At this time, Ibaka, who had already announced the season reimbursement, quickly returned with a body that had not yet fully recovered, and helped the team win the crucial third game. In an interview after the game, Ibaka said that although my calf still hurts, I will return to the stadium to contribute whenever my teammates need it. His teammates were not surprised by Ibaka's sudden efforts, and said that we always believe that Ibaka will come back because he comes from this bitter place in the Congo and he will come back if he wants to. Although in this series, the Thunder finally lost to the Spurs 2:4,
Missed the Finals. Judging from the results, Ibaka did not help the team to achieve the final victory, but from the perspective of personal will and team consciousness, Ibaka is a true warrior, and it is precisely because of his suffering that he has created his tenacity and fearless warrior spirit. Today we will share with you some stories about the Predator. Born on September 18, 1989, Sergi Ibaka was born into a basketball family in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, Africa, to parents who were in the national team, and he began his basketball career at the age of seven. In Africa, a country with extremely poor natural resources, Ibaka's families, as well as many ordinary families, face the same problems of poverty and overproduciation. Ibaka's family had a total of 18 children, and he was the 16th born.
Ibaka's grandfather ran a small restaurant, which was the family's main source of income, and for Ibaka, that was all they had, because of this small restaurant. He and his brothers didn't have to go hungry every day, but that only solved their problems. For Ibaka as a child, his childhood was a particularly difficult time, when they did not think about the future at all, as long as they could live well is the happiest thing. Due to the very backward level of local medical care,
When Ibaka was eight years old, his mother died of cholera, which not only deprived their family of a labor force, but also caused the young Ibaka to lose her mother's love. Tragedy never pities you because you're going through it, and it even gets worse. When Ibaka was nine years old, civil war broke out in the Congo, when countless people died every day in the rain of bullets, millions of people lived a life of displacement because of this war, and Ibaka was one of them, during that time they did not have enough food, many innocent children wandered the streets, they had no protection, there was no hope, waiting for them is likely to be death. Ibaka once said this on a talk show, the past was hard, life was really hard. When I see myself here for an interview, I think it's incredible. At that time, the whole of Congo was shrouded in fear. On the streets, people can be seen dying every day from gunshots, and many more from disease. Even so, none of this is much to Ibaka. Worst of all, his father was imprisoned for working in an enemy port, when she was only ten years old. More than 5 million innocent people were killed during the five-year civil war in the Congo, and Ibaka was very fortunate to survive, and his father was released after the civil war was over. All right. I'm going to see you next time