This masters is an entertainment based performance competition, the players are big stars, the content of the training course is not particularly formal. Before the team members arrive, they are free to pass and receive the ball, shoot and run the basketball, so that the members of the coaching team have a basic impression.
After all the players and members of the coaching team have made a formal self introduction, the training course begins the training content of group confrontation directly. Xiao Yao''s eastern celebrity team has a total of 11 players. In addition to Joey Bielsa, who is also an assistant coach and is not destined to have too much playing time, there are only 10 regular players, who can play the whole game five on five.
In the training of the group match, coach Rachel Bronte and assistant coach Joey Bielsa will occasionally interrupt the game, arrange some simple pick and roll tactics according to the situation on the field, and then let everyone watch the effect in the next game.
When Xiao Yao arrived at the Training Stadium, everyone could feel that Joey biersa was interested in Xiao Yao from his attitude towards Xiao Yao. As the citizens of the first basketball power, some American stars are not convinced with Xiao Yao, who has been treated differently by Joey biersa. They just worry about the identity of Joey biersa''s former all star player. But after this training session, Xiao Yao''s personal ability and tactical understanding of the coaching staff are obviously better than others. Only in this way can we understand why Joey biersa has such an eye on Xiao Yao.
The masters is a show. These stars participate in this competition, in addition to a certain sense of victory and defeat, the greater desire is to have a good time and have a chance to show themselves. When it comes to performance, the best chance is to score. Xiao Yao not only showed his overall view and passing ability in personal ability in the training class, but also fully demonstrated his selflessness as a ball control organizer.
As a player who has the ability and is very willing to help his teammates score, Xiao Yao quickly won the favor of his teammates. Just after a training class, the relationship between these American stars and Xiao Yao has become very familiar.
The training session lasted only about an hour and a half and ended. After saying goodbye to her new teammates, Xiao Yao tells sun Tingting that she has something to do in the afternoon and can''t pick up the plane at the airport. She asks sun Tingting to pick up Zhao Rui and others who fly to Los Angeles today.
Sun Tingting curiously asked Xiao Yao what happened, Xiao Yao only said it was related to tomorrow''s masters, sun Tingting did not ask the details. Since Xiao Yao still has business in the afternoon, Zhao Rui and others are his little friends growing up together. Sun Tingting has no objection. She happily answers the task of picking up the plane at the airport and lets Xiao Yao do his own business.
"Immortals" is already a well-known star band in the United States. Their family is still in Calabasas, but apart from the dormitory of the school, they all have their own residence in downtown Los Angeles. They are also Los Angeles natives. Xiao Yao didn''t let Sun Tingting, a long-term resident in New York, go to Los Angeles Airport alone. He also asked Dean and other local friends to accompany sun Tingting to the airport to meet her.
Xiao Yao only got four tickets. In addition to sun Tingting, the other three tickets were given to Zhao Rui, Lin Qisan and Zhou Zhihao, who grew up together. But this time, they are not the only three friends who flew to Los Angeles from China. Because tomorrow is a very special day, Zhu Zitong and Nina aiguli also came to Los Angeles with their boyfriends.
Among the five friends who grew up together, Zhou Zhihao is the only one who is still single. This time, he is the only one who came here by himself. If it wasn''t for Xiao Yao, who is a young player in the masters, Zhou Zhihao himself is also very interested in basketball. He would not be a light bulb or a stimulator in any case.
When he was on the plane, Zhou Zhihao also planned to meet at the airport and complain that Xiao Yao didn''t choose the day to participate in the activities, which made him a lonely man to be stimulated. As a result, when he got out of the passenger passage, he was surprised to find that there was no Xiao Yao among the people who came to pick up the plane.
In addition to Zhou Zhihao, other people were also surprised that Xiao Yao didn''t come to pick up the plane, but fortunately, sun Tingting was among the people who picked up the plane, and they didn''t feel that they were born. After sun Tingting introduced several local friends of "immortals" band and Zhao Rui and others to each other, Zhou Zhihao immediately asked sun Tingting about Xiao Yao''s whereabouts.
Sun Tingting did not hide, directly told you that Xiao Yao has something to do with the masters in the afternoon, and will return to the hotel to meet with you in the evening.
Although they are not familiar with each other, since they are Xiao Yao''s children, several members of "immortals" band are also very enthusiastic about Zhao Rui and others. When Xiao Yao is away, Dean and others are landlords. Naturally, they help Xiao Yao to take on the responsibility of entertaining friends. After they send several people back to the reserved hotel, they take some people around some famous scenic spots in Los Angeles.
Except for Zhou Zhihao, we are all entertainment stars. Although Zhao Rui and others learn to perform, Zhao Rui can also play several kinds of musical instruments. Lin Qisan, Nina aiguli and Zhu Zitong all have vocal music lessons in their performance courses, and they are not totally ignorant of music. Zhou Zhihao''s boxer status is very attractive to Dean, George and other boys. These people are of the same age, and they have a lot in common in their personality and hobbies. After half a day''s contact, they have successfully become one.In the evening, when Xiao Yao called sun Tingting''s mobile phone to ask about Zhao Rui and others, a group of people had already enjoyed themselves on the Hollywood avenue of fame.
After Xiao Yao arrived to join the crowd, this group of young people also appeared more noisy. But when everyone asked Xiao Yao what he was going to do in the afternoon, Xiao Yao said with a smile that he would know tomorrow.
Due to the special day tomorrow, Xiao Yao is going to take part in the masters. Zhao Rui and others arrived by plane in the afternoon, and a group of people didn''t play too late. Around ten o''clock in the evening, everyone said goodbye to each other and went back.
The kick-off time of the masters is around 9 p.m. In addition to the previous red carpet ceremony, entertainment performance, pre match warm-up, admission introduction and other links, the whole activity started in the evening. But even so, we still have a free day the next day.
Neither Zhao Rui nor Zhou Zhihao has come to the United States for the first time, nor has Lin Qisan gone abroad for the first time. Xiao Yao is not worried about their actions and security in Los Angeles. Because today''s Day is special, after getting up in the morning, we didn''t invite friends, but tacitly acted separately.
Zhou Zhihao, the only bachelor who is sad, is bored. He thinks of George, the black bassist who is also a bachelor in the band "immortals" he met yesterday. He seems to be very interested in boxing, so he calls him and asks him to find a gym with a boxing center to vent his anger.
The organizer of the all star weekend masters has arranged a shuttle bus for all the stars, but one car can''t hold everyone, so Xiao Yao only plans to take sun Tingting, Fang and sun Tingting to the stadium with him in the organizer''s car, and let Zhao Rui and others go by themselves.
In the evening, Xiao Yao sent a message to Zhao Rui and others to remind the audience of the admission time. He went back to the hotel with sun Tingting to clean up, and met Fang still and Pei Minyi, waiting for the welcome vehicle sent by the all star weekend masters.
The car arrived in front of the hotel on time, and the four also arrived at the arena on time. Four people into Xiao Yao''s lounge, Xiao Yao put on a dress, Pei Minyi help Xiao Yao take care of the makeup. Before long, the staff of the organizer came in and informed Xiao Yao to go out on the red carpet.
Sun Tingting also left the lounge with Xiao Yao, but instead of walking on the red carpet with Xiao Yao, she went to the family seat beside the court to find Zhao Rui and others.
Although Xiao Yao didn''t specially publicize his participation in the masters, his popularity in the United States is very good. He has several good music works on the billboard, not to mention several social news in the United States. Even though there is not much iron powder in the United States, there are still many people in the United States who are interested in him.
When Xiao Yao appeared on the red carpet under the introduction of the location host, the audience and other star fans beside the red carpet also gave out a lot of cheers and screams. Although these voices are obviously not very neat, but only from the volume, it seems that the momentum is not much worse than other American stars.
This is Xiao Yao''s second red carpet show and the first overseas red carpet show. It''s also the first time that he has walked on the red carpet alone, but his performance is still very good. He waved to the audience beside the red carpet with a smile and signed on the signature board. All of these were done naturally and just right. Finally, he was quite confident and calm in the real-time interview with the location host.
After the red carpet ceremony, Xiao Yao entered the arena and was caught by the reporter of Haiyan video, who was granted the right to broadcast on the Chinese Internet. He did a short live interview. For the domestic media reporters, Xiao Yao''s attitude is naturally more enthusiastic, always with a smile to answer all the questions of the female reporter.
After returning to the rest room for a short rest, Xiao Yao took off his formal dress and put on his sportswear, went out of the rest room and sat on the edge of the court through the players'' channel.
Fang and Pei still have no seats on the sidelines, so they can only watch the live broadcast on the TV in the Lounge tonight. Xiao Yao didn''t ask them to wait for themselves in the lounge. They could leave first, but they didn''t agree and insisted on taking care of them. Xiao Yao saw that the conditions in the rest room were good, so he agreed.
Xiao Yao''s walking on the red carpet was arranged in a relatively backward order, and his appearance on the court was also relatively backward. When Xiao Yao came to the east side of the court players bench, there are already seven or eight teammates have been sitting on the bench chatting. Xiao Yao said hello to his teammates one by one, and immediately looked up in the family seat behind him to find his girlfriend and friends.
The tickets given to the players'' families by the organizers are not far behind the bench. Xiao Yao quickly found four players. After saying hello to Joey biersa, Xiao Yao did not rest on the bench, but directly stepped into the audience and sat with his friends.
"They are all on the bench. It''s not good for you to come here alone?" Sun Tingting pointed to the following bench, to Xiao Yaodao.
She didn''t think that it was too crowded for four seats and five people, but she worried that Xiao Yao''s behavior was too unsociable and would make other stars have opinions on him. If teammates are dissatisfied with Xiao Yao, they may not pass the ball to Xiao Yao later in the game, which will affect Xiao Yao''s performance."It''s OK. I can''t run here when I''m playing. I''m just on the bench. I have plenty of time to communicate with my teammates." Xiao Yao said with a smile, "and you went to the training class yesterday. I have a good relationship with them. They won''t have any opinions on me."
Sun Tingting remembers that several American stars in yesterday''s training class all said with a smile that Xiao Yao should pass more balls to them today, so she put down her worry for the time being.
Xiao Yao sat with the four for a while, and all the star players of the two teams arrived. When all the players arrive, it''s time to warm up. Joey biersa waved to Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao waved and answered, then left sun Tingting and others and ran to the court to warm up.
By the time of warm-up, the audience had basically entered the stadium, and the whole scene was very lively. The masters competition is a performance competition. Most of the players are entertainment stars. There is no shortage of stars who have the desire to show themselves and can play. Therefore, this warm-up time has become an alternative performance time to warm up the competition.
Many star players played a lot of work during the warm-up, and some stars did not warm up at all. They performed some funny performances at the side of the court, which caused the audience to laugh and scream.
Compared with those stars who have a strong desire for performance, Xiao Yao''s warm-up behavior seems much more ordinary and professional. After moving his body and opening all the muscles and joints of his body, Xiao Yao picked up a basketball at the edge of the court and went to the free throw line to do the free throw practice. After 20 free throws, Xiao Yao made ten layups with the basketball at medium speed, and then ran outside the three-point line to practice the fixed-point three-point ball.
"Yang, is that all you do? Why don''t you show it? " A young black man who came to the three-point line with the ball asked Xiao Yao with a smile.
He has just won the applause and cheers of some audience at the scene because of a change of hands layup. This time, he is going to run outside the three-point line and prepare to do it again.
"Will, I don''t spend time warming up." Xiao Yao said to the black youth beside him with a smile.
This young man is will foster, 28 years old. He is a comedian. He is very talented and eager to perform. He is a member of the East Star team of the masters and a teammate of Xiao Yao.
"Like Daniel?" Will foster laughed and pointed to a man who was also doing shooting practice in the other half of the court, "are you Chinese so low-key? No wonder I heard that Chinese people are very introverted. "
Xiao Yao looked in the direction of will foster''s finger and found that he was referring to Zhuo Zhiyuan, another Chinese star of the masters. Xiao Yao was assigned to the Eastern Star team and Zhuo Zhiyuan was assigned to the Western Star team. They were still rivals. Zhuo Zhiyuan''s warm-up area was in the other half.
Zhuo Zhiyuan, this is the third masters, will foster is the fourth time, both of them participated in the masters last year, so will foster knew Zhuo Zhiyuan, his English name is Daniel.
"No, they''re not the same." Joey Bielsa didn''t know when he got to them and said to will foster with a smile, "young and Daniel have different style and performance off the court, and even more different style and performance on the court."
Joey biersa has participated in China''s Star Charity basketball game and last year''s all star celebrity game of NBA. His understanding of Zhuo Zhiyuan is obviously better than that of will foster.
"What do you mean?" Will foster asked curiously.
"When it''s time to play, you''ll know!" Joey bilsa laughs.