“Daddy, I want to see you play basketball.”

Tang Tian would participate in the Celebrity Game entirely because of his son, Tang Si's, words.

As a doting dad, he naturally couldn't refuse.

Moreover, after he revealed to the media that he was participating because of his son, Kobe quickly responded, saying that he would also participate in the Celebrity Game.

This was supporting Tang Tian.

After Kobe, Ginobili and Parker also responded one after another.

When Tang Tian saw that these old guys couldn't hold back, he simply called Yao Ming.

This year's Celebrity Game format was a match between the American team and the international team.

Now, those who could play were all on the international team. When Kobe saw this, he tagged Jordan on Twitter. Jordan had also wanted to compete with Tang Tian for a long time, and surprisingly agreed.

Jordan, Barkley, Reggie Miller…

As a result, this year's All-Star Celebrity Game became a carnival party for fans. Retired legends all came on the court to play an exhibition game for Tang Si.

Tang Si became the biggest star overnight.

The league also knew that this Celebrity Game was different from the past. In previous years, the games were held in small arenas, but this year's game was held directly in the United Center.

The arena was packed, and the fans' enthusiasm seemed even higher than the All-Star game itself.

This was also reasonable.

The All-Star game happened every year, but a Celebrity Game like this was a once-in-a-lifetime event that no one wanted to miss.

On that day, major media outlets all arranged live broadcasts, and the number of media and reporters on-site also reached a new high.

No one expected that the Celebrity Game would evolve into this. It should be known that this was originally a warm-up game and the most inconspicuous one.

But now it had become the highlight of All-Star Weekend.

It could only be said that life was full of surprises, and these were also the most interesting things.

On February 17th, after participating in the star activities outside the arena during the day, fans all entered the arena early to wait for the Celebrity Game to begin.

Half an hour before the game started, the legends from both teams entered the arena one after another.

With more legends this year, none of the cross-界 (kuajie, crossover) celebrities came, and the game was entirely a contest between legends.

This kind of competition raised the overall level of the game and was what fans were most looking forward to.

During the introduction ceremony, the players from both teams were introduced one after another.

For the American team, there was Jordan, Kobe, Reggie Miller, Duncan, O'Neal, Barkley, Wade, David West, and coach Kenny Smith.

For the international team, there was Parker, Ginobili, Tang Tian, Nowitzki, Yao Ming, Mutombo, Diaw, Olajuwon, and coach Nash.

This was truly a gathering of stars.

Especially when Tang Tian came out with a little belly, fans who hadn't seen him in a jersey for a long time wanted to cheer and laugh at the same time.

As expected, after NBA superstars retire, their bellies are their biggest enemy.

However, the warm-up session that followed surprised them.

Despite having a big belly, Tang Tian could still dunk easily, and even performed a signature windmill dunk, igniting the atmosphere in the arena.

The cameraman mischievously focused on Jordan and Kobe, and sure enough, both of them looked surprised.

Especially Jordan, his expression seemed to say that he didn't expect Tang Tian to still be so capable, and he was a little regretful about coming.

However, the God of Basketball was, after all, the God of Basketball. The expression flashed by, and then he also showed off a dunk to prove that he could still play.

After the warm-up, the opening ceremony began, and the starting lineups of both teams entered the court one after another.

For the American team, there was Wade, Kobe, Jordan, Duncan, and O'Neal.

For the international team, there was Parker, Ginobili, Diaw, Nowitzki, and Yao Ming.

To the fans' surprise, Nash didn't let Tang Tian start.

After this starting lineup came out, Kenny Smith on the opposite side also made exaggerated expressions and gestures, revealing "what happened."

But he quickly made a "fierce" expression, obviously wanting Nash to pay the price.

After the final warm-up, the starters of both teams entered the court one after another.

O'Neal and Yao Ming jumped for the ball.

The cheers at the scene exploded, this was the Yao-Shaq showdown that hadn't been seen in years.

Yao Ming had now become a female giant, and although O'Neal was also very fat, he looked like a little brother.

With neither of them being able to jump high, Yao Ming used his height to tip the ball back to his own half, winning the international team the opportunity to attack first.

Ginobili dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and ran a pick-and-roll with Yao Ming.

Yao Ming stood there and almost knocked Kobe over.

Fortunately, Kobe's belly was big enough to cushion the impact, and he stood firm.

Ginobili used this huge screen to snake his way into the paint and make a small floater.

"Swish!"

The basketball went into the net, Ginobili scored on his first shot.

Compared to the others, Ginobili, who had retired not long ago, was obviously in better shape.

Wade dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and passed it to Jordan.

This was giving the God of Basketball some respect.

Jordan posted up Diaw, but couldn't push him. He chose his signature turnaround fadeaway.

Unfortunately, the God was also old. The hang time was worrying, and the turnaround fadeaway almost resulted in an airball.

The ball hit the front of the rim, and Nowitzki turned around and grabbed the rebound.

Nowitzki passed the rebound to Parker, who sped to the frontcourt and made a layup.

The American team's players watched with big bellies. Wanting to chase back on defense was something they could only dream of in their current condition.

4 to 0.

The international team gave the American team a head-on blow right from the start.

At this time, the camera focused on Nash sitting steadily on the bench.

It seemed that after being an assistant coach for three years, Nash was about to graduate.

Wade's isolation play in the frontcourt still didn't work, but fortunately Duncan jumped first and grabbed the offensive rebound, passing it back to Kobe on the outside.

Seeing that his teammates were not performing, Kobe decided to do it himself.

His big belly swayed from side to side as he changed direction, and Kobe shook off Ginobili with his signature small fadeaway.

"Swish!"

Kobe scored the first point for the American team.

Before, Kobe had been trying to regain his shape to prepare for pregnancy, and it now seemed that it had kept him in very good condition.

Nowitzki's signature golden rooster independence shot in the frontcourt missed, and O'Neal grabbed the rebound, finally getting his first statistic.

Kobe played Ginobili again in the frontcourt, but the second shot missed.

It was Duncan again, this time scoring directly with a putback.

4 to 4.

The American team scored a 4-0 run, tying the score in one fell swoop.

Cheers erupted from the audience, and smiles were on everyone's faces.

This was probably the most interesting game they had ever seen, with both physical comedy and skill, and the key was that they could relive the legends' signature moves.

This was not the most exciting game they had ever seen, but it was definitely the most interesting.

With six minutes left in the first quarter, the score was 9 to 8.

After playing for a while, the legends were obviously running out of stamina, and their shooting percentage dropped.

Both sides made extensive substitutions, and everyone on the bench who could play came on.

It was at this moment that a burst of cheers erupted from the crowd.

Because they saw Tang Tian taking off his jersey and coming on the court!

After more than half a year, they could finally see Tang Tian play on an NBA court again!

Even though he also had a belly.

ps: Special thanks to 年年 (Nian Nian) for the 50,000 Qidian coin reward!!