Xi'an, July 25 (Xinhua) -- On the 25th, the final of the 2021 Basketball 3X3 Golden League Xi'an Station was held, and more than a thousand spectators attended the stadium cheered for the Olympic national players and cheered for the "grassroots" players.
This year's league is divided into 30 races, of which Xi'an is the third of them, with a total of 128 teams registered to participate. After two days of multiple rounds of fighting, only the Brave Bulls and Wildfires were left. The final of the night was glued, and the Wildfires, led by former Chinese College Basketball League (CUBA) All-Star Lai Yiye, suppressed first and then rose, and finally won 15:12 to get a ticket to the finals.
Xu Shuming, a domestic "grassroots" basketball celebrity and disabled athlete who participated in the one-on-one challenge between games, told reporters that he has played for 12 years and his love for basketball has always been the same. "By participating in the 3X3 Golden League, I got to know a lot of able-bodied basketball masters who didn't look down on me or 'put water' on me because I was disabled. Standing on the court to play a fair duel is the essence of three-on-three basketball. He said.
Three-on-three basketball became an official Olympic event for the first time this year, and both Chinese men's and women's teams are still fighting on the field in Tokyo. At the Xi'an station, many spectators watched the dynamics of the Olympic Games while paying attention to the live showdown.
Yin Bo, a Xi'an university student spectator who has played basketball for 10 years, told reporters that the more compact three-a-side game gave him a different experience than the five-a-side full-time game. "I have been following the national team for a long time, and the competition in this Olympic Games has not fallen behind, and I hope that the men and women will achieve good results." He said.
The Basketball 3X3 Golden League plans to invite 40,000 players from 10,000 teams across the country to participate this year. The next leg of the tournament will be held on July 31 in Xiamen, Fujian Province, and the finals will be held in December this year. (End)