President Luis Abinader awarded Al Horford with the Order of Merit Duarte, Sanchez and Mella, mention knight, the country’s highest honor. Horford had come with his family, wife Amelia Vega and son and four daughters to present the NBA Larry Obrien trophy to President Abinader and the country. Horford flew in with Celtics head coach Joe Mazulla took photographs with President Abinader. Horford said he knew would be received by the Presidency, but he did not know about the decoration.
Throughout the semi-finals and the finals, Dominicans tuned in to watch the games that featured two Dominican national basketball team members, Al Horford and Karl Antony Towns.
During his stay, Horford fulfilled a promise he had made to his father and together with Mazulla and Celtics assistant coach Tony Dobbins gave a basketball clinic at the Polideportivo Eleoncio Mercedes in La...
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