Arinze Onuaku Plays Against Brother

ORLANDO – Because of the difference in their ages, brothers Arinze Onuaku and Chinanu Onuaku had never been in a basketball game where their teams played against one another.

Friday proved to be a first for the family when Arinze’s Orlando Magic faced Chinanu’s Houston Rockets. Both have had to fight their way to the NBA and neither has played much at all this season, but that did little to take away from the strong emotion of Friday’s family reunion for the Onuakus.

``It’s special because we both worked so hard to be here,’’ said Arinze, 29, of Chinanu, 20. ``Being that he’s the youngest one in the family, you always want the ones younger than you to have an easier road than you. I’m just…