Yao Ming came to Xiamen again as the chairman of the Basketball Association, Yi Jianlian, the retired ticket king of last year's CBA All-Star Weekend South District, returned to Xiamen as a guest, and NBA legend and "Flash" Wade will also appear at the Phoenix Stadium in tonight's North and South Star Game. Xiamen, which has hosted the CBA All-Star Weekend for two consecutive years, has been star-studded, and basketball culture continues to be inherited and carried forward in Ludao, the "cradle of world champions".
Yesterday afternoon, the CBA Xingrui first-year team and the Tsinghua University men's basketball team's Xingrui Challenge kicked off the 2024 CBA All-Star Weekend. The Tsinghua University men's basketball team won the opponent 74-71 with tacit cooperation, and Shi Kui of Tsinghua University won the MVP of the first Xingrui game, where he scored 20 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists. In the evening, the second-year team of Xingrui played a match against the University United team, and the University United team won by 3 points. In this Xingrui game, Chen Guohao of the University Student United won the MVP, and he scored 24 points, 18 rebounds and 3 assists.
After the end of the Xingrui competition, the preliminaries of the individual competition were hotly staged. Shi Kui, Lin Yanting, Li Yiyang, and Gao Shiyan advanced to tonight's skills challenge finals, Yuan Shuai, Jia Mingru and Wang Ruize entered tonight's three-point contest finals, and college player Tang Jianwen (99 points), wild card player Wan Lei (95 points) and Beijing player Zeng Fanbo advanced to tonight's slam dunk contest finals with 91 points.
Tonight, the CBA All-Star Weekend's "feast" North and South Star Game and individual finals will be staged, how did Zhou Qi perform in his sixth appearance? Can Abdul Salamu, who regards Xiamen as a blessed land, defend his MVP? Can Xiamen player Lin Wei stage a violent dunk in his first trip to the North-South Star Game? All of the above will be revealed one by one at the Phoenix Stadium. (Xiamen ** reporter Lu Pengyu).
Features. Yao Ming listens to the story of Tan Kah Kee and basketball in Jimei.
In the two Xingrui games, Yao Ming, chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, came to watch the game in person. In the evening game, Yi Jianlian appeared beside him. Yao Ming comes to Xiamen every year with a full itinerary. Yesterday, Yao Ming, who came to Xiamen again to attend the CBA All-Star Weekend, went to Jimei to listen to the story of Chen Jiageng, who has an indissoluble relationship with basketball.
In the 30s of the 20th century, with the support of Tan Kah Kee, the Sports Department of Jimei School developed women's basketball. It became the strongest women's basketball team in southern Fujian and one of the top three women's basketball teams in China at that time. Yesterday morning, Yao Ming, Abdul Salamu, Hu Jinqiu, Wang Bo and other CBA players and coaches observed the training of the women's basketball team of Jimei University on the basketball court in front of the Shangzhong Building where the women's basketball team of Jimei School trained that year.
In 1933, Tan Kah Kee facilitated the "Star Horse Tour" of the well-known Xiamen men's and women's basketball teams, and the team played 34 games in Malaysia and Singapore for two months, maintaining a total of wins. Many of the team's players are from Jimei School. After learning about the glory of Xiamen basketball more than 90 years ago, Yao Ming nodded again and again.
After the trip to Jimei University, Yao Ming and his entourage came to Aoyuan to visit and learn about Chen Kah Kee's educational practice as a sports person.
At the same time, another group of people composed of Sun Minghui, Wu Qian and Shen Zijie appeared at Xiang'an Qihang School, where 3 CBA All-Star Weekend stars interacted with special education children and 5 Yao ** basketball teenagers, and unveiled the "Xiang'an District Basketball Training Base for the Disabled".
Reporter Lu Pengyu.