This Masters game is a performance game. The players are mainly entertainment stars. It can also be regarded as an entertainment activity. Naturally, entertainment performance is indispensable. After the warm-up time of about 20 minutes, all the warm-up players on the court returned to the bench and sat down under the reminder of the staff. Several staff members quickly cleaned up the basketball jumping around on the court and emptied the court.
Another group of staff pushed a stage with musical instruments and sound equipment to the center of the stadium. Under the introduction of the host, a band and a singer came to the stage and started the pre competition performance.
The guest performer before the competition is a white female singer, who has won four Grammy trophies and is a well-known star singer in the United States. Her appearance also set off a small climax in the atmosphere of the scene.
The guest of the show only sang one song and then walked out, but the pre competition performance was not over. After the staff pushed the stage out of the stadium, two cheerleaders rushed to the stadium and performed two dances.
These two cheerleading teams are the exclusive cheerleading teams of the two American professional basketball teams from the eastern and western regions. They usually perform on the court and are very professional. Even after the Grammy winning star singer, their style has not been completely eclipsed. Neat and enthusiastic dance movements and their vivid expressions also further brought up the atmosphere of the scene.
Next, the mascots of some teams from the East and the West came on the stage and continued to warm up before the game.
After the performance, the next step is the entrance ceremony of the coaches and players of the two teams. The staff went on stage and spread two red carpets from the middle of the sideline near the bench to the middle circle of the court. The members of the two cheerleaders, mascots and some selected lucky audiences all stood on both sides of the two red carpets to welcome the stars of the team.
The star''s entrance ceremony was held in pairs by one player from each team. The stars of the Western celebrity team come out first, walk the red carpet from the bench to the center of the court, and then the stars of the Eastern team come out again. After they meet in the center of the court, they leave together and go back to their respective bench, which can be said to be one-to-one correspondence.
First of all, the head coaches of the two teams, two beautiful coaches with pens and tactics board, won the cheers of the audience when they stepped onto the red carpet in turn under the introduction of the host.
The second group is the players and assistant coaches of the two teams. On the other side of the Western celebrity team is a former professional basketball star named Carmen Bronte, who has been selected into the all star lineup for ten times in his career. He is 2.05 meters tall. At the peak, he was one of the strongest swingers in the league, but he has retired for five or six years. Although Xiao Yao did not contact him in private, he also watched his game on TV and knew his situation. On the eastern celebrity side, it''s Joey bilsa.
After the star coach team comes out, the star players of the two teams are behind. The two teams are basically based on the principle of one-to-one correspondence. There''s an acting star from the Western celebrity team, and there''s an acting star from the eastern. There''s a net star, here''s a net star, there''s a former professional player, and here''s a former professional player.
Including the part-time assistant coach, there are 13 players in each team. That is to say, with the head coach, the total number of players is 14 groups. Among them, Xiao Yao is arranged to appear in the tenth group, and his counterpart is another Chinese star Zhuo Zhiyuan.
Domestic Haiyan video won the right to broadcast the masters, and also won two live commentary seats on the sidelines. The star entrance ceremony is broadcast, and the broadcast commentary of the two petrels'' videos also introduces each star who appears at the same time. When Zhuo Zhiyuan, the Chinese star, appeared on the scene, there was a burst of cheers, and the voices of the two commentators also improved unconsciously.
"Zhuo Zhiyuan is on the stage! This is his third time in the NBA masters One of the commentators, Li Jun, said.
"The third time, he should be familiar with the occasion, environment and atmosphere. We also hope he can have a good performance and play tonight." Li Jun''s partner Zhang Yuan continued.
Zhuo Zhiyuan is the first player in this group in the Western celebrity team. When he stood in the middle of the court, the spotlight of the court hit the end of the red carpet on the other side, and Xiao Yao also appeared on the big screen and the broadcast of Haiyan video. With the host calling out Xiao Yao''s name, the cheers seem to be bigger than Zhuo Zhiyuan.
"This is Xiao Yao in the East army! This is his first time in the masters Li Jun also some excited introduction.
"This is the second time that two Chinese stars have participated in the masters. The last time was the year before last, Zhuo Zhiyuan and Gao Lin participated in the masters together, and they were also divided into two teams. " Zhang Yuan continued.
"Xiao Yao and Zhuo Zhiyuan played a charity match together the year before last. They should be familiar with each other." Li Jun continued.
"They both did well that time. In particular, Xiao Yao''s performance can be called amazing, and he also got the MVP of that game. I hope Xiao Yao can also have an amazing performance in the masters Zhang Yuan said with a smile.
Zhuo Zhiyuan''s appearance is more subtle and low-key, just smiles and claps high five one by one with the people on both sides of the red carpet. Xiao Yao didn''t make any trouble when he came out. He was also smiling and clapping high five with the people on both sides. Compared with the high-profile and funny performances of some previous American stars, they seem to show the implicitness of Chinese people to the American audience again. After Xiao Yao went to the middle and joined Zhuo Zhiyuan, they didn''t have much communication. Just hit each other high fives, patted each other on the shoulder, said a cheer to each other, and returned to their respective bench seats.The last star of the two teams is the captain of the two teams, and also the most famous star in their respective teams. The captain of the Western celebrity team is a young male singer with the world''s top traffic. His name is Bill Justin. He is also the template that Keith Craig thought when he wanted to keep Xiao Yao in the United States. On the east side is a top strength middle-aged actor named Jason danford. He not only won three Oscars, but also set foot in the music world and won Grammy Awards, which is also a household name in the United States.
The two captains are also the only group of star players who have been interviewed by the host. When they were interviewed by the host on the scene, the staff quickly took off the red carpet, and others also left the scene one after another.
As an entertainment event, the on-site host''s on-site interview also gave some challenging questions to the two captains. Of course, the two captains were not polite at all and did not give in to each other.
After a short on-site interview, the captains of the two teams also returned to the bench, and the coaching staff immediately gathered everyone together and explained the tactical arrangements in the opening stage.
"Well, let''s look at the starting lineup of both sides first..." Taking advantage of this time, the commentators introduced the starting list of both sides to the audience.
In addition to the assistant coaches of the two teams, each team has a male and a female basketball player with professional background. The female players are all active women''s basketball players of the U.S. occupation, and they all have the championship in hand. The other two male players are also players who have won the championship, but these two are retired players.
Two assistant coaches didn''t start, but the other four professional players were put on the starting list by both teams. On the east side, Xiao Yao also got a starting position. The other two starters were captain Jason danford and a female player named Rita Mitchell.
Rita Mitchell, 24, is a TV host involved in basketball games, as well as actors and graphic models. Although her height is less than 1.67 meters, she has not only shown a very good basketball game level in the program, interviewed many NBA stars, but also showed a good basic basketball skills. In addition to her figure and appearance, she has a large number of fans among basketball fans and game fans. On such an occasion today, her popularity is no less than that of the two captains.
Starting players are basically the most popular players on the scene, with the exception of Xiao Yao of the eastern celebrity team.
Do the organizers value the fans market of China? But the other side of the Western celebrity team and no exception, the same from China Zhuo Zhiyuan was not arranged in the starting lineup. On this point, many commentators, including the two Chinese commentators of Haiyan video, were puzzled and surprised, and had a lot of comments.
Two minutes later, the referee team came on with the ball, and the starters of the two teams also stepped onto the court, stood in their own position and prepared to jump the ball at the beginning.
The two active female professional players in the first round of the two teams are both inside players. They are both over 1.9 meters tall and close to 2 meters tall. They have undertaken the task of opening jump more than once in the game. Although the two retired male players are playing point guard positions, they didn''t jump the ball at the beginning, and their heights are 1.83 and 1.85 meters respectively, which is not much different from most non professional players. However, those who have played professional games after graduation have also had the experience of jumping because of fighting for the ball in the game, and they are relatively experienced, but the head coaches of the two teams are not safe Line up professional players to jump.
The highlight of this performance match is mainly non professional players. Six professional players are not the protagonists, and they don''t want to be the protagonists. So it''s reasonable that the two teams didn''t arrange professional players to jump. But what''s more interesting is that the two teams didn''t arrange professional players to jump, nor did they choose non professional players on the field The tallest of the players went to jump.
Standing in the center circle, the two players preparing for the jump ball are Rita Mitchell, a female player less than 1.7 meters tall, on the side of the eastern celebrity team, and bill Justin, the team leader and less than 1.8 meters tall, on the side of the Western celebrity team. Both of them are the shortest starters in their respective teams, and they are definitely not the best in springball from the perspective of stature. They are also one of the most popular stars in their respective teams.
Just from this arrangement, we can feel the fun and entertainment of the game. Seeing such a station, the commentators at the scene were all laughing and talking.
"I don''t know if Bill will carry on his style and give the ball to Rita." Li Jun looked at the two people in the middle circle and commented with a smile.
"It should be," lady first! " Zhang Yuan said with a smile.
But the voice of this sentence just fell, two people together "Hi". Originally, the referee threw the ball into the air, bill and Justin immediately jumped up and set the basketball in the air to their own half court.
"It''s really a matter of duty." Li Jun shook his head and said with a smile.
Bill Justin''s basketball fell into the hands of Carmel Norton, a female professional player of the Western celebrities team. After receiving the ball, Carmel immediately handed it to another professional male player, Robel fuden, who held the ball and pushed it to the front court.Kevin Donovan, a professional for the eastern celebrities, immediately came up against Robert fuden, while the rest of the team stepped back and approached their defenders.
Bill Justin played a pick and roll match with Robel fuden on the outside line. Robel fuden passed the basketball to bill Justin who slipped to the inside line after the pick and roll. Justin didn''t rush under the basket after catching the ball, but made a mid-range jump shot before Rita Mitchell made up for it.
Bill Justin''s basketball hit the right side of the basket and bounced out. Xiao Yao, who was standing in the defensive position within the three-point line of the right corner, quickly retracted, jumped up and took off the rebound.
"Bill didn''t hit the shot, Xiao Yao took a step back and jumped up to get the rebound, good ball!" Li Jun explained the situation of the game. When he saw Xiao Yao get the rebound, his voice was a little higher.
After landing, Xiao Yao didn''t give the ball to Kevin Donovan, the professional player of the team. Instead, he rushed to the other half with the ball and launched a fast break.
"Xiao Yao took the ball and directly launched a fast attack counterattack, very fast." Zhang Yuan also some excited then way.
Xiao Yao this rush, everyone immediately to the Western celebrity team''s half run, the formation of the game all of a sudden chaos. As Xiao Yao rebounded from his own baseline position, most of the players on the court were closer to the opponent''s half than him, so although Xiao Yao had already surpassed several players on the court when he rushed to the opponent''s half, three Western celebrities players returned to their defensive position under the basketball and turned to block in front of him.
In the face of the three men who stand in a good defensive position under the basket, Yu Guang glances at Xiao Yao at the bottom corner. Instead of slowing down to attack the position, he speeds up to the other side''s basket. Three players of the Western celebrities team in red jerseys immediately raised their hands to block Xiao Yao''s front and side. They almost surrounded Xiao Yao.
When Xiao Yao got the rebound to launch the fast break, Rita Mitchell, who looked soft and weak, was the most active one in the East celebrity team in the next fast break, and because of the position, she always ran in front of Xiao Yao. When Xiao Yao did not rush into the other half of the three-point line, she had run to the other side of the basket, raised her arm. When she saw that Xiao Yao didn''t seem to have a pass line, and didn''t intend to pass the ball to the basket, she also quickly pulled to the left side of the bottom line.
"Xiao Yao takes off with the ball. Does he want to go hard?" Li Jun''s tone was excited and worried, because he felt that this was not an opportunity to act recklessly.
Xiao Yao, who has been surrounded, started to jump, but he didn''t try his best to take off and didn''t jump much. Facing the four raised arms in front of him, Xiao Yao raised the basketball with his right hand. Instead of throwing it to the basket, he threw it to his left.
Out of the crowd of four, the basketball just landed in Rita Mitchell''s hand, who had been ready to take over in the left corner. When Rita received the ball, there was no one within three or four meters. She took a step back in her spare dribble, retreated to the three-point line, and then shot.
Basketball in the air across a beautiful arc, accurately fell into the basket.
"Good ball!" Li Jun and Zhang Yuan cried together.
"Rita hit the three-point line! The Eastern team took the lead in scoring, and now the score is 3-0 Li Jun then said, "it''s worthy of being a basketball goddess. It''s a good basic skill. I put in the first three points in the beginning!"
"Xiao Yao also played very well. I got a rebound and an assist all at once Zhang Yuandao, "fast break into the basket and then pass outside the gap.". Awareness, vision and timing of passing are all very good
"I suddenly think of that year''s charity star game," Li Jun suddenly said, "that game, Xiao Yao came up with two rebounds and five assists, and five assists were given to different teammates, showing a strong sense, vision and passing ability. I think that''s why Xiao Yao started the game