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| CBBASKHOF_year = 2010}} Christian Donald Laettner (, ; born August 17, 1969) is a retired basketball player whose hall-of-fame career for the Duke Blue Devils is widely regarded as one of the greatest in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) history. He was the star player on the back-to-back National Championship teams of 1991 and 1992.〔(Christian Laettner ) at the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame〕 He is particularly famous for his iconic game-winning shot against Kentucky in the 1992 regional final and for the hatred he received from opposing fans. As the NCAA player of the year, Laettner was the only collegian selected for the elite "Dream Team" that dominated the 1992 Olympics; the team is enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. He was drafted third overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves then played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for six different teams; the highlight was an All-Star Game selection in 1997 while on the Atlanta Hawks. ==Early life== Christian Laettner was born and raised in Angola, New York (near Buffalo and Niagara Falls) to a blue-collar Roman Catholic family.〔 Excerpted from ''The Last Great Game: Duke vs. Kentucky and the 2.1 Seconds that Changed Basketball'', Blue Rider Books (imprint of Penguin Group USA), 2012.〕 His father George was of Polish descent and his grandparents spoke Polish as their first language. Christian's older brother Christopher was a strong influence, often bullying young Christian, which helped instill a stern competitive drive.〔 Both boys also frequently worked as farm laborers to supplement their allowance.〔 For high school Laettner attended the private Nichols School; although he received a financial aid package that paid a substantial part of his tuition, his family had to sacrifice to send him there, and he also did janitorial work at the school to defray some of the cost. During his career he scored over 2,000 points, setting the school record, and the team won two state titles and reached another semifinal.〔 He was a much sought-after college recruit. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christian Laettner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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