Entertaining Children

  Chapter 915 Reasons for the First Release

  This celebrity game is an exhibition game. The players are mainly entertaining stars. It can also be regarded as an entertainment event, and of course entertainment performance is indispensable. After the pre-match warm-up time of about twenty minutes was over, all the warm-up players on the court returned to the bench to sit down under the reminder of the staff. Several staff members quickly cleaned up the basketball that was jumping everywhere 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 court. Under the introduction of the live host, a band and a singer walked onto the stage and began the pre-match performance.

  This pre-match guest performer 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 performer only sang one song and left the curtain, but the pre-match performance did not end there. After the staff pushed the stage out of the stadium, two cheerleading teams rushed to the stadium and performed two dance performances.

   These two cheerleading teams are the exclusive cheerleading teams of the two American basketball teams from the east and west. They usually perform on the court and they are very professional. Even if they appear behind the Grammy-winning star singer, their demeanor has not been completely overshadowed. The neat and enthusiastic dance moves and their vivid expressions further brought up the atmosphere of the scene.

  Next, the mascots of some teams from the East and West played on the field and continued to warm up before the game.

  After the performance session is over, the next step is the admission ceremony of the coaching staff and players of the two teams. The staff came onto the field and laid two red carpets in the middle of the sideline near the bench to the center circle of the stadium. The players of the two cheerleaders, the mascots and some selected lucky spectators all stood on the two short red carpets. On both sides of the team, the stars of our team were greeted to play.

  Stars' admission ceremony is performed in pairs with one player from each team. The star of the Western Celebrities came out first. After walking over the red carpet from the bench to the center of the court, the star of the East unit appeared again. After the two met in the center of the court, they left together and returned to their respective benches. corresponding.

  The head coaches of the two teams were the first to appear. The two beautiful head coaches with pens and tactical boards were introduced by the host to take turns on the red carpet. They both won cheers from the audience.

   Players and assistant coaches from the two teams played in the second group. The Western Celebrities team is a former US basketball star who has been selected to the All-Star lineup ten times in his career. His name is Carmon Blunt. He is 2.05 meters tall. At his peak, he was the strongest forward in the league. One of the swingers, but it's been five or six years since he retired. Although Xiao Yao has not personally contacted him, he has also watched his game on TV and knows his situation. The Eastern Celebrity team is naturally Joey Bilsa.

  After the star coaching staff came out, the star players of the two teams were behind. The two teams are basically based on the principle of one-to-one correspondence. The Western Celebrities team has an entertaining star, and the East also has an entertaining star. There will be an Internet celebrity, an online celebrity here, a former professional player there, and a former professional player here.

  Counting part-time assistant coaches, each team has a total of 13 players, which means that with the head coach, there are a total of 14 groups of players. Among them, Xiao Yao was arranged to play in the tenth group, and his counterpart, Zhuo Zhiyuan, was another Chinese star.

  The domestic Haiyan video won the right to broadcast this celebrity game, and also won two live commentary seats on the sidelines. The celebrity admission ceremony is broadcast, and the broadcast commentary of the two Haiyan videos also introduces every star who appears on the stage. When Zhuo Zhiyuan, the Chinese star, appeared on the stage, there was a burst of cheers, and the voices of the two commentators unconsciously increased.

   "Zhuo Zhiyuan is on the stage! This is his third time to participate in the NBA Masters Tournament!" said one of the commentators named Li Jun.

  "This is the third time in the competition. He should be familiar with the occasion, environment and atmosphere. We also hope that he can perform well tonight." Li Jun's partner Zhang Yuan continued.

  Zhuo Zhiyuan played first in this group for the Western Celebrities. When he stood in the middle of the court, the chasing light 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's video. As the host yelled out Xiao Yao's name, the cheers at the scene seemed to be even greater than Zhuo Zhiyuan.

  "Xiao Yao played on the Eastern Army side! This is his first time to participate in a celebrity match!" Li Jun also introduced with some excitement.

  "This is the second time that two Chinese stars have participated in the Masters Tournament. The last time was the year before last. Zhuo Zhiyuan and Gao Lin participated in the Masters Tournament together. They were also divided into two teams." Zhang Yuan continued.

   "Xiao Yao and Zhuo Zhiyuan played a charity match together the year before, and they should be familiar with each other." Li Jun continued.

"The two of them performed very well that time. Especially Xiao Yao, who performed amazingly and won the MVP of that game. I hope that Xiao Yao can also have an amazing performance in the Celebrity Tournament this time." Laughed far away.

  Zhuo Zhiyuan’s appearance was more subtle and low-key, just smiling and high-fiving people on both sides of the red carpet one by one. When Xiao Yao appeared on the stage, he didn't make any noise, and he was also smiling and high-fiving the people on both sides. Compared with the high-profile and funny performances of some American stars in front of them, the two seem to once again show the subtleties of Chinese people in front of American audiences. After Xiao Yao walked to the middle and joined Zhuo Zhiyuan, the two did not communicate much. They just slapped each other's hands, patted each other's shoulders, exchanged words of cheer, and returned to their respective bench seats.

  The final star of the two teams is the captain of the two teams, and they are also the most famous superstars in their respective teams. The captain of the Western Celebrity Team is a young male singer who made his debut and has the world's top traffic. His name is Bill Justin, who was also the model Keith Craig had in mind when he wanted to keep Xiao Yao in the United States. On the East side, there is a top middle-aged actor named Jason Danfore. Not only has he won three Oscars, he has also won Grammy awards in the music world, and he is also a household name in the United States.

  The two captains were also the only group of star players who were interviewed by the host on the scene after they appeared on the field. When the two were interviewed by the on-site host, the staff quickly took off the red carpet, and everyone else also left.

  As an entertainment event, this live interview by the live host also has some challenging questions to the two captains. The two captains are naturally not at all polite and refuse to give in to each other.

  After a brief 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 for the opening stage.

   "Okay, let's take a look at the starting lineup of both sides..." Taking advantage of this time, the commentators introduced the starting roster of both sides to the audience.

  In addition to the assistant coaches of the two teams, each team also has two players with a background of professional basketball players, one male and one female. The female players are all active U.S. women's basketball players, and they all have championships in hand. The other two male players are also players who have won championships, but these two are retired players.

  Neither assistant coach has a starting field, but the other four professional players have been placed on the starting roster by the two teams. On the East side, Xiao Yao also got a starting position, and the other two starting players were captain Jason Danfore and a female player named Rita Mitchell.

  This Rita Mitchell is twenty-four years old this year. She is a TV presenter related to basketball games and also involved in actors and graphic models. Although the height is relatively common at 1.6 meters and less than 1.7 meters, she has not only shown a very good basketball game level in the program, interviewed many NBA superstars, and also demonstrated good basic basketball skills. The figure and appearance of the so-called "goddess" has a large number of fans among basketball fans and game fans. On an occasion like today, her popularity is no worse than the two captains.

The starting players are basically the most popular players on the scene, with the exception of Xiao Yao of the Eastern Celebrity Team.

  Want to say that the organizers value China's fan market? But there is no exception for the Western Celebrities on the other side. Zhuo Zhiyuan, also from China, was not placed in the starting lineup. Regarding this point, many commentators, including the two Chinese commentators of Haiyan Video, were confused and surprised, and there were many discussions about this.

  Two minutes later, the referee team came on the field with the ball for the game, and the starting players of the two teams also walked onto the court, stood in their positions, and prepared for the opening jump ball.

  The two active female professional players in the starting lineups of the two teams are all inside players. They are both over 1.9 meters tall and close to two meters in height. They have undertaken the task of jumping the ball more than once in the game. Although the two retired male players are both point guard players, they did not skip the ball at the opening, and their heights are 1.83 meters and 1.85 meters respectively, which are similar to most non-professional players, but graduated. Those who have played professional games have also had the experience of jumping the ball because of a face-off in the game. They are relatively experienced, but the head coaches of the two teams did not arrange for professional players to jump the ball.

The focus of this exhibition game is mainly non-professional players. The six professional players are not the protagonists and have no intention of being the protagonists. Therefore, the two teams did not arrange for professional players to jump the ball. The stars who gave this performance opportunity to non-professional players are considered as stars. It makes sense, but what is more interesting is that the two teams not only did not arrange for professional players to jump the ball, nor did they choose the tallest player among the non-professional players on the field to jump the ball.

The two players standing in the middle circle are preparing to jump the ball. The Eastern Celebrities are female player Rita Mitchell who is less than 1.7 meters tall, and the Western Celebrities are the team captain, who is less than one meter tall. Eight of Bill Justin. Both are the shortest starting players in their respective teams, and they are certainly not the best ricochets in terms of size. They are also one of the most popular stars in their respective teams.

  From this arrangement, we can very well feel the fun and entertainment of this game. Seeing such a position, the commentators on the scene all laughed and talked.

   "I don't know if Bill will develop 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, "Ladies first"!" Zhang Yuan smiled.

  However, as soon as the words of this sentence fell, the two of them screamed "Hi" together. It turned out that the referee on the court threw the ball into the air, and Bill and Justin immediately jumped up and moved the basketball in the air to his own half.

   "It's really a matter of my duty!" Li Jun shook his head and smiled.

The basketball that Bill Justin competed with fell into the hands of the Western Celebrities’ female professional player Carmel Norton. After receiving the ball, Carmel immediately handed it to another professional male player, Robert Foden. , Foden propelled the ball to the frontcourt.

  Professional player Kevin Donovan of the Eastern Celebrities team immediately confronted Robert Foden, and the others retreated and approached their defensive players.

  Bill Justin played a pick-and-roll cooperation with Robert Foden on the outside. Robert Foden passed the ball to Bill Justin, who slipped inside after the pick-and-roll. After receiving the ball, Justin didn't rush to the basket, but took advantage of Rita Mitchell's defense to make a mid-range jumper.

  The basketball shot by Bill Justin hit the right side of the basket and bounced out. Xiao Yao, who was standing in the defensive position within the three-point line at the bottom right corner, quickly retracted and jumped to take off the rebound.

"Bill missed a shot, Xiao Yao retreated within one step and jumped up to grab a rebound, a good shot!" Li Jun explained the situation of the game. When he saw Xiao Yao get the rebound, his voice did not feel much higher. Minute.

After landing, Xiao Yao did not hand the ball to Kevin Donovan, a professional player of his team, but directly rushed to the opponent's half with the ball and launched a fast attack.

   "Xiao Yao took the ball and directly launched a quick counterattack. The speed is very fast." Zhang Yuan also continued with some excitement.

   Xiao Yao's rush, everyone immediately ran to the Western Celebrity team halftime, the formation of this team suddenly became chaotic. Since Xiao Yao picked up the rebound from his own bottom line, most people on the court were closer to the opponent's half than him, so even though Xiao Yao had surpassed several players on the court when he rushed to the opponent's half, there were still three Westerners. The Celebrity player returned to his defensive position under the basket and turned to block in front of him.

  Facing the three men who stood defensively at the basket, Yu Guang glanced at Xiao Yao in the bottom corner, instead of slowing down and attacking, instead speeding up and going straight to the opponent's basket. The three Western Celebrity players wearing red jerseys immediately raised their hands and blocked Xiao Yao's body and sides. The three almost surrounded Xiao Yao.

When Xiao Yao got the rebound and started the fast break, Rita Mitchell, who looked weak and weak, was the most active player in the Eastern Celebrity team in the fast break, and because of her position, she always ran ahead of Xiao Yao. . When Xiao Yao hadn't rushed into the opponent's half-time three-point line, she had already ran to the opponent's basket and 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, and rushed to the basket, she quickly pulled to the left bottom line.

   "Xiao Yao took off with the ball, is he going to go hard?" Li Jun's tone was excited and a little worried, because he felt that this was not an opportunity to be reckless.

  Although Xiao Yao, who was already surrounded, started to jump, he did not take off with all his strength, nor did he jump very high. Facing the four raised arms in front of him, Xiao Yao raised the basketball with his right hand. Instead of shooting toward the basket, he threw it to his left.

  The basketball flying out of the crowded four people under the basket happened to fall into the hands of Rita Mitchell, who was already ready to respond in the left bottom corner. When Rita received the ball, there was no one within three or four meters beside him. She took a step back from the dribble in time and retreated beyond the three-point line before making a shot.

  The basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air and dropped into the basket accurately.

   "Good shot!" Li Jun and Zhang Yuan shouted in unison.

"Rita hit the three-point line! The East team took the lead in scoring. Now the score on the court is the East team leading three to zero." Li Jun continued, "You deserve to be a basketball goddess. The basic skills are really good. Throw in!"

"Xiao Yao also played very well. He got a rebound and an assist at once!" Zhang Yuan said, "During the fast break, he broke into the basket and then passed to the outside line. The consciousness, vision, and timing of the pass were all very good. !"

"I suddenly remembered the charity star game that year," Li Jun said suddenly, "In that game, Xiao Yao came up with two rebounds and five assists, and the five assists were given to different teammates, showing a very strong performance. Consciousness, vision, and passing ability. I think this is why Xiao Yao made his debut!"

  (End of this chapter)