Phoenix Suns shine in Macau as the NBA makes a star-studded return to China
Stars of stage, screen and sports among fans in a packed Venetian Arena treated to an evening of singing, dancing and sparkling basketball
The NBA made a star-studded return to China on Friday, with singers, dancers, thousands of fans and a glittering array of celebrities cheering the league’s first game in the country for six years.
A night long in the making began with a crowd of 11,317 at The Venetian Arena in Macau being treated to a show of illuminated lion dancers dressed in black, orange and purple, the colours of the Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns.
“Thank you for letting us back,” the Suns’ Dillon Brooks told the crowd in an opening speech on behalf of his team. Harbin-born Fanbo Zeng, a Net, told the venue in Mandarin to have “a lovely night”.