This celebrity match is an exhibition match, and the players are mainly entertainment stars, which can be regarded as an entertainment event, and naturally entertainment performances are also indispensable. After about 20 minutes of pre-game warm-up time, all the warm-up players on the court returned to the bench and sat down under the reminder of the staff, and several staff members quickly cleaned up the basketballs bouncing 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, and under the introduction of the live host, a band and a singer walked to the stage to start the pre-game performance.

The pre-competition guest performer is a white female singer who has won four Grammy trophies and is a household name in the United States. Her appearance also set off a small climax in the atmosphere of the scene.

The guest performer sang only one song and left the show, but the pre-match performance didn't end there. After the staff pushed the stage out of the court, two cheerleading squads rushed onto the court and performed two dance performances.

These two cheerleading teams are the exclusive cheerleading teams of two American professional basketball teams from the East and West respectively, and they usually perform on the court, and they are very professional. Even when they appeared behind the Grammy-winning star singer, their demeanor was not completely overshadowed. The neat and enthusiastic dance movements and their vivid expressions also further brought the atmosphere of the scene.

Next, the mascots of some teams in the East and West took to the court to perform, continuing to warm up before the game.

After the performances, it was time for the coaching staff and players of both teams to enter the ceremony. The staff took the field to spread out two red carpets from the middle of the sideline near the bench to the center circle of the court, and the two cheerleading teams, the mascots and some lucky spectators stood on either side of the two short red carpets to greet the stars of their teams.

The star entrance ceremony is performed by one player from each team, in pairs of two. The stars of the Western celebrity team appeared first, and after walking the red carpet from the bench to the center of the court, the stars of the Eastern team appeared again, and after the two met in the center of the court, they left together and returned to their respective benches, which can be said to be a one-to-one correspondence.

The first to appear were the head coaches of the two teams, and the two beautiful head coaches who entered the venue with pens and tactical boards took turns to walk on the red carpet under the introduction of the host, and they both won a cheer and shout from the audience.

The second group featured players and assistant coaches from both teams. On the Western Celebrity's side is a former American professional basketball superstar named Carmon Blunt, who was 2.05 meters tall and was one of the strongest swingmen in the league at his peak, but it has been five or six years since he retired. Although Xiao Yao has not had personal contact, he has also watched his game on TV and knows his situation. On the side of the Eastern Celebrity Team, it is naturally Joey Bilsa.

After the star coaching staff came out, there were the star players of both teams. The two teams basically came according to the principle of one-to-one correspondence. There is an acting star from the western celebrity team, and there is also an acting star from the east, there is an Internet celebrity over there, there is also an Internet celebrity here, there is a former professional player over there, and there is also a former professional player here.

Including the part-time assistant coaches, there are a total of thirteen players in each team, which means that with the head coach, the total number of appearances is fourteen. Among them, Xiao Yao was arranged to play in the tenth group, and he appeared with another Chinese star Zhuo Zhiyuan.

Haiyan Video in China won the broadcast rights of this celebrity match, and also won two seats for live commentary on the sidelines. The celebrity entrance ceremony was broadcast, and the broadcast commentary of the two Haiyan videos also introduced each star who appeared at the same time. When Zhuo Zhiyuan, a Chinese star, appeared, there was a burst of cheers at the scene, and the voices of the two commentators unconsciously raised a little.

"Zhuo Zhiyuan has played! This is the third time he has participated in the American Professional Basketball Masters Game!" said one of the commentators named Li Jun.

"It's the third time he's playing, he should be familiar with the occasion, the environment and the atmosphere, and we hope he can perform well tonight. Li Jun's partner Zhang Yuan continued.

Zhuo Zhiyuan is in the Western Celebrity Team and is the first to appear in this group. When he stood in the center 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 of the scene and the broadcast screen of Haiyan video. As the host of the scene shouted Xiao Yao's name, the cheers at the scene seemed to be louder than Zhuo Zhiyuan.

"Xiao Yao is here in the Eastern Army! This is his first time participating in the Celebrity Tournament!" Li Jun also introduced with some excitement.

"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 Celebrity Tournament 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, and they should be familiar with each other. Li Jun continued.

"Both of them did well that time. Especially Xiao Yao, his performance was amazing, and he also won the MVP of that game, I hope Xiao Yao can also have an amazing performance in the Masters this time. Zhang Yuan said with a smile.

Zhuo Zhiyuan's appearance was more subtle and low-key, just smiling and high-fived the people on both sides of the red carpet one by one. Xiao Yao didn't make any trouble when he appeared, and he also smiled and high-fived 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 have once again shown the subtlety of the Chinese people in front of the American audience. After Xiao Yao walked to the middle and joined Zhuo Zhiyuan, the two did not communicate much. They just high-fived each other, patted each other's shoulders, exchanged cheers, and returned to their respective bench seats.

The star of the finale is the captain of both teams, and the biggest superstar of their respective teams. The captain of the Western Celebrity Team is a young male singer who debuted as a teenager and has the world's top traffic, named Bill Justin, and it is also the template that Keith Craig had in mind when he wanted to leave Xiao Yao in the United States to develop. On the East side, there is a top powerful middle-aged actor named Jason Danfol. He has not only won three Oscars, but also stepped into the music industry to win Grammy music awards, and is also a household name in the United States.

The two captains were also the only group of star players to be interviewed by the on-site host after the appearance. When the two were interviewed by the live host, the staff also quickly removed the red carpet, and everyone else also left the stage.

As an entertainment event, the on-site interview of the on-site host also had some provocative questions to the two captains. The two captains were naturally not polite at all and did not give in to each other.

After a brief on-site interview, the captains of both teams returned to the bench, and the coaching staff immediately gathered everyone together to explain the tactical arrangements for the opening period.

"Okay, let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides..."Taking advantage of this time, the commentators introduced the starting lists 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 American women's basketball players, and they both have championships in hand, and the other two male players are also championship-winning players, but these two are retired players.

Neither assistant coach started, but the other four pros were named to the starting line-up by both teams. On the East side, Xiao Yao also got a starting position, and the other two starters were captain Jason Danford and a female player named Rita Mitchell.

Rita Mitchell, 24, is a basketball TV presenter who also works as an actress and graphic model. Although her height is relatively ordinary 1.6 meters or less than 1.7 meters, she has not only shown a very good level of basketball games in the show, interviewed many American professional basketball superstars, but also showed good basketball basic skills, plus the figure and appearance known as the "goddess", she has a large number of fans among basketball fans and game fans. On an occasion like today, her popularity is no worse than that of 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.

To say that the organizers value the fan market of Huaxia? But on the other side, the Western celebrity team is no exception, and Zhuo Zhiyuan, who is also from Huaxia, is not arranged in the starting lineup. Regarding this point, many commentators, including the two Chinese commentators of Haiyan Video, were puzzled and surprised, and there were a lot of discussions about it.

Two minutes later, the referee took the pitch with the match ball, and the starters of both teams also took to the court, took their positions, and prepared to play the opening jump ball.

The two active female professional players in the starting line of both teams are interior players, both of whom are more than 1.9 meters tall, close to two meters, and have undertaken the task of opening the jump ball more than once in the game. Although the two retired male players are both players who play the point guard position, they did not jump the ball at the beginning, and their heights are 1.83 meters and 1.85 meters respectively, which is about the same as most non-professional players, but those who have graduated and played professional games have also had the experience of jumping the ball because of scrums in the game, and they are relatively experienced, but the head coaches of both teams have not arranged professional players to jump the ball.

The highlight of this exhibition game is dominated by non-professional players, and the six professional players are not the protagonists, nor do they have the intention to be the protagonists, so the two teams did not arrange professional players to jump the ball, and it is reasonable to give this opportunity to the stars of non-professional players, but what is more interesting is that the two teams not only did not arrange professional players to jump the ball, but also did not choose the tallest player among the non-professional players on the field to jump the ball.

The two players standing in the center circle ready to jump the ball, on the side of the Eastern Celebrity Team is Rita Mitchell, a female player who is less than 1.7 meters tall, and on the side of the Western Celebrity Team, the captain of the team and less than 1.8 meters tall, Bill Justin. Both of them are the shortest starters in their respective teams, and they are certainly not the best in terms of stature, and they are both among the most popular stars in their respective teams.

Judging from this arrangement alone, you can feel the fun and entertainment of this game very well. Seeing such a position, the commentators at the scene also laughed and discussed.

"I don't know if Beal will play up 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.

However, as soon as the words of this sentence fell, the two of them said "hi" in unison. 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 their own half.

"This is really a good idea!" Li Jun shook his head and laughed.

Bill Justin's basketball fell into the hands of Carmel Norton, a women's professional player of the Western Celebrity, who received the ball and immediately handed it to another professional male player, Robert Foden, who controlled the ball and advanced to the front court.

Kevin Donovan, a professional for the Eastern Celebrities, immediately pressed in front of Robert Foden, while the others stepped back and approached their own defenders.

Bill Justin played a pick-and-roll with Robert Foden on the outside, and Robert Foden passed the basketball to Bill Justin, who slipped inside after the pick-and-roll. Instead of rushing to the basket after receiving the ball, Justin made a mid-range jumper before Rita Mitchell could get in place.

Bill Justin's basketball smashed into the right side of the basket and bounced out, and Xiao Yao, who was standing in the defensive position inside the three-point line in the bottom corner of the right corner, quickly retracted and jumped up to take off the rebound.

"Bill missed, Xiao Yao retreated and jumped up to grab the rebound, good ball!" Li Jun explained the situation of the game on the court, and when he saw Xiao Yao get the rebound, his voice was a little higher.

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

Xiao Yao took the ball and directly launched a fast counterattack, which was very fast. Zhang Yuan also continued with some excitement.

Xiao Yao rushed, and everyone immediately ran to the half court of the Western Celebrity Team, and the formation on this scene was chaotic all of a sudden. Because Xiao Yao took the rebound at his own baseline, most of the people on the court were closer to the opponent's half than him, so although Xiao Yao had surpassed several players on the court when he rushed to the opponent's half, there were still three Western Celebrity players who returned to their defensive positions under the basket and turned to block him.

Facing the three people who stood in a defensive position under the basket, Xiao Yao, who glanced at the bottom corner, did not slow down to attack the position, but accelerated and rushed straight to the opponent's basket. The three Western Celebrity Team players wearing red jerseys immediately raised their hands and blocked Xiao Yao's front and side, and the three of them almost surrounded Xiao Yao.

When Xiao Yao got the rebound and launched a fast break, Rita Mitchell, who looked soft and weak, was the most active in the Eastern Celebrity team, and because of the position, she always ran ahead of Xiao Yao. Before Xiao Yao rushed into the three-point line of the opponent's half, she had already run to the opponent's basket and raised her arms. When she saw that Xiao Yao didn't seem to have a passing line, and she had no intention of passing the ball to the basket, and rushed all the way to the basket, she quickly pulled away near the bottom line on the left side.

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

Although Xiao Yao, who had been surrounded, started and jumped, he did not jump with all his strength, nor did he jump high. Facing the four raised arms in front of him, Xiao Yao raised the basketball with his right hand, and did not shoot in the direction of the basket, but threw it to his left side.

The basketball that flew out of the crowded crowd of four people under the basket landed right into the hands of Rita Mitchell, who was already ready to take it in the bottom left corner. When Rita received the ball, there was no one within three or four meters of her. She took a step back from the dribble and stepped outside the three-point line before she could shoot.

The basketball made a beautiful arc in the air and landed accurately into the hoop.

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

"Rita hit the three-point line!, the East team took the lead to score, and now the score on the court is a 3-0 lead for the East team. Li Jun continued, "It's worthy of being the goddess of basketball, the basic skills are really good, and the first three points in the opening game were shot!"

"Xiao Yao also played very well. I got a rebound and an assist in one fell swoop!" Zhang Yuandao, "When he is fast breaking, he bursts into the basket and passes to the outside." The awareness, vision and timing of the pass were excellent!"

"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 five assists were given to different teammates, showing strong awareness, vision and passing ability." I think that's why Xiao Yao will start!"