China News Service, Taiyuan, March 4 (Reporter Hu Jian) After three years, the Shanxi Sports Center Stadium, known as the "Devil's Home Stadium", welcomed nearly 7,000 people to watch the game. It can be said that it is hard to find a ticket.
The same situation has appeared in many home venues in China, and the enthusiasm of the fans has added long-lost enthusiasm to the CBA league.
Zhang Ning scored 26 points.
Photo by Wu Junjie
1143 days ago, the Shanxi men's basketball team played against the Zhejiang Guangsha men's basketball team at home.
Since then, the Chinese Men's Professional Basketball League has gradually entered into a tournament system. Fans can only watch from a distance, but cannot come to the scene to cheer and cheer.
Now that the home and away system is restarted, the enthusiasm of the fans remains undiminished.
Mr. Feng, a fan who came from Jishan County, Yuncheng City, and his team of more than 30 people drove 6 cars to the Shanxi Sports Center Gymnasium. Regarding the return to the Shanxi Men’s Basketball Stadium after three years, he said, “I can’t speak in words. Expressing emotions, feeling like the blood is flowing backwards, very excited."
Yuan Zai scored 28 points and made 4 of 7 three-pointers.
Photo by Wu Junjie
In the gymnasium, huge posters of the players hung above the arena, and the phalanx of Shanxi Naota Fan Association dressed in yellow sat neatly on one side of the arena, and the familiar "Naota sound" resounded throughout the arena.
Before that, it was used as a national fitness center in Shanxi, and sports enthusiasts exercise here every day.
In the game on the evening of the 3rd, the Shanxi Fenjiu Men’s Basketball Team defeated the Nanjing Tongxi Zhouguang Men’s Basketball Team 122 to 101. As the new generation of “Twin Stars” of the Shanxi Men’s Basketball Team, Zhang Ning and Yuan Shuai scored 26 points and 28 points respectively , Laying the foundation for the team's victory.
As a rookie rising from the Shanxi Men's Basketball Team, Zhang Ning is favored by fans with his increasingly mature performance.
Foreign aid Field scored 16 points.
Photo by Wu Junjie
After the game, Zhang Ning took a group photo with college fans and gave signed gifts.
The former coach said at the post-match press conference, "It has been three years, and we are finally back. Whether there are fans or not has a great impact on us. After three years of tournament system, I am very excited to see the fans again."
Not only in Shanxi, but in the previous home game in Guangdong, it was even more difficult to get a ticket, all sold out within ten seconds. Even the Guangdong team coach Du Feng said in an interview with the media that he did not have a ticket.
In addition, the pre-sale of tickets for Shandong Men's Basketball, Zhejiang Men's Basketball, Liaoning Men's Basketball, Beijing Enterprises Men's Basketball and other teams is also very popular.
The Shanxi men's basketball team defeated the Nanjing Tongxi men's basketball team 122 to 101 at home.
Photo by Wu Junjie
Hou Xiangfeng, associate professor of Shanxi University, believes that the most important thing for the CBA to resume the home and away game system is to reunite the fans and revive the long-lost football market.
This not only allows fans and young people to experience the charm of basketball games at close range, but also makes fans in different cities love their cities more, which is conducive to the development of basketball culture.
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