At 7:50 p.m., all the lights in Anta Center went dark.
At that moment, all the Raptors fans in the arena were filled with anticipation.
There were many Chinese-descendant fans in attendance that day—the most in Raptors history.
According to rough estimates, Chinese-descendant fans made up one-fifth of everyone in the arena.
They were especially excited for the light show.
On screens, fans in China were also eagerly awaiting the show.
The Raptors' official website had already announced that the team's opening light show would be revamped and would feature many Chinese elements.
In the darkness, the center circle of the Raptors' court suddenly lit up.
At its center was the team's latest logo.
Black characters on a white background.
It looked like calligraphy on rice paper.
The character was a cursive "dragon."
The entire character was black, like the color of ink.
The "dragon" had been drawn in a single stroke.
The first dot became the dragon's head.
The strokes of its body were bold and powerful.
Its tail, with its natural curves and flowing lines, was a work of art.
The character looked incredibly imposing.
It was as if a real dragon were soaring through the sky, swallowing clouds and breathing mist.
But what puzzled everyone was that the dragon had no eyes.
As the crowd wondered why, the lights shone into the air and gradually coalesced into an old immortal with white hair, a white beard, and white robes, his bearing otherworldly.
The old immortal held a calligraphy brush.
He lowered it through the air and tapped it downward.
A drop of ink fell from the tip.
It landed where the dragon's eye should have been in the center of the court.
The next moment, golden light suddenly shone from the dragon's eye.
Then the dragon came