Basketball: Kylian Mbappé invites himself to a game in Brooklyn and receives a rockstar welcome


Romain Rouillard
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3:43 p.m., January 03, 2023

PSG and France striker Kylian Mbappé attended the NBA game between the Brooklyn Nets and the San Antonio Spurs last night. And received a real ovation from the New York public. At the end of the game, he even gave a short speech in the Nets locker room.

If the popularity of “soccer” still remains relative in the United States, in comparison with basketball or American football, that of Kylian Mbappé crosses all the borders of the globe. The France team striker received a welcome worthy of the greatest of Hollywood last night in Brooklyn where he came to watch the NBA game between the Nets and the San Antonio Spurs.

During a break, the giant screen in the hall broadcast the goals scored by Mbappé in the 2022 World Cup final, lost to Argentina (3-3, 4-2 on the tabs) before the player, all smiles, greets the New York crowd with a wave of his hand. What trigger a real clamor in the spans of the Barclays Center.

A brief visit to the locker room

Before the start of the game, Mbappé, seated in the front row alongside partner Achraf Hakimi, was warmly greeted by Nets star Kevin Durant who also presented him with a jersey. At the end of the meeting, the vice-world champion even made a brief appearance in the Brooklyn locker room, which finally won without firing a shot against San Antonio (139-103).

The current top scorer in Ligue 1 even went there with his little speech to congratulate the winning team. “Great game guys, congratulations. It was really fun to watch. Good luck for the season,” he said before greeting all of the Brooklyn players one by one.

After the defeat of PSG in Lens on Sunday evening (3-1), Kylian Mbappé was granted a few days off by his coach Christophe Galtier. After the failure in the World Cup final, the French striker immediately returned to the daily life of his club, returning to training only three days later. This Monday, he therefore took the opportunity to cross the Atlantic to attend an NBA game as he is used to when the opportunity arises. As a great basketball fan, the PSG superstar was notably seen during a WNBA match (the North American women’s league) last summer and also attended the final between Toronto and Golden State in 2019.





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