Brother Yi's First Career Regular Season MVP

Brother Yi's First Career Regular Season MVP

The Kings and Lakers could now be considered bitter rivals.

Ever since Wang Yi joined the Kings, they had faced the Lakers in the playoffs every year.

Their first game would tip off at 7 p.m. on May 2.

Wang Yi usually went to the arena two hours early to practice.

But with his father visiting during this year's playoffs, he kept urging Wang Yi to get to practice earlier.

So the family had already arrived at the arena by 3:30.

While Wang Yi practiced on the court, his parents toured every nook and cranny of the arena.

As he wandered around, his father marveled at how advanced American arenas were.

The gap between basketball in China and the United States could be seen in the arenas alone.

China now had more than ten stadiums that could hold tens of thousands of people, but there were only a handful as high-tech and intelligent as Golden 1 Center.

Golden 1 Center was more than just an arena. It brought together food, entertainment, shopping, and basketball.

Even if you didn't watch a game, you could spend an entire day having fun there.

There was an amusement park, clothing stores, restaurants, and even a movie theater.

You could try out the latest VR basketball games or bring your children to take part in family activities.

Most ingenious of all, the arena was open on all four sides, with entrances from every direction.

A commercial district surrounded the arena, bringing it together with the businesses around it.

You could pop into the arena while out shopping, and visit the surrounding commercial district during breaks in the game.

It could be said that one arena had spurred economic growth in the neighborhood.

Looking at it all, Wang Jianhua