North beat South 133-121 in CBA All-Star
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The North Team beat the South 133-121 at the 2009-2010 All-Star Game of the Chinese Basketball Association league (CBA) at the packed 13,000-seat Wukesong Arena, a gala that was undoubtedly the best ever in the 15-year CBA league history.
It was quite an enjoyable game for the audiences at the stadium that hosted the basketball competitions of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and also the biggest All-Star arena in the history.
The star players took the All-Star as an experience of fun rather than a competitive high-scoring match in an unprecedented way.
Following the dance steps of the cheer leaders, the players delivered their hobbies, background or talents during the pre-game show-ups. Top votes receiver of each team, Zhang Qingpeng of the Liaoning Panpan and Wang Zhizhi of the Bayi Fubang, even sung lyrics when they emerged from the dazzling lime-lights and deafening music.
The cloak, apple, ladder, mask and etc. were used in the Dunk Slam contest, which was more like an innovation contest rather than a slam skill show-off.
Two-time All-Star player of the National Basketball Association of America (NBA), Stephon Marbury of the Shanxi Zhongyu introduced more no-look pass, alley-hoops and mid-court 3-pointers into the Game, which won him the Most Valuable Player award of the All-Star.
"I didn't expect anything before the game. I just wanted to have fun here. But I do think I made some impact on this game," Marbury said.
Marbury, who had 30 points, was pitched minutes into the game when his North starting teammates clearly took the upper hand in a quite dull game.
He received the full-house cheers and the fans were inspired by the efforts of the players for more interesting running and shooting after that.
The game was played quite evenly in the first three quarters with the scoring line after each quarter recorded as 28-31, 57-58, 90-86.
The North broke off when Marbury chipped in three steps-away-from-the-arc 3-pointers in row on 110-95 midway in the four quarter, and the remaining of the match was like another Three-Pointer contest.
Rodney White of the Zhejiang Guangsha had the game-high 32 points and John Lucas III of the Shanghai Sharks had 30 points for the South All-Star.
During the break, Zhang Qingpeng beat his two competitors, Lucas and Ji Linpeng of the Guangsha, after shooting four spots, finishing with 22 points to win the Three-Point Shooting Contest.
Sean Williams of the Fujian SBS won the Slam Dunk Contest which was full of misses, while Lin Zhijie of the Guangsha won the Skill Challenge.
