The first day of the All-Star Weekend.

More than an hour before the All-Star Weekend officially begins, audiences have already flocked to Madison Garden Plaza.

Several cameras were set up on the side of the court to prepare for the All-Star Game TV broadcast.

After all, New York is the largest city in the United States and has the largest sports market in the United States. With the population of New York City, it is still easy to fill a Madison Garden Square.

Chen Qiang and the bosses of several other teams sat in the private room. When everyone saw the stadium sitting in full, they all smiled satisfied.

"It seems we'll have a successful All-Star Game," Boston Celtics owner Walter Brown said.

Next year's All-Star Game will be held in Boston Gardens, so Walter Brown is very concerned about the attendance of the All-Star Game. He is a little worried that fans will not pay attention to the All-Star Game, but judging from the attendance of Madison Square Garden, Walter Brown's concerns are unnecessary.

What Chen Qiang is more concerned about is the situation of television broadcasting.

"The skills challenge is about to begin. We have no problem with our broadcast signal, right?" Chen Qiang asked Edward Ireland beside him.

"No problem, I just checked it myself, neither the radio signal nor the television signal," Edward Ireland answered.

"I'm not worried about the broadcast signal. We always use the radio to broadcast the game. I'm more worried about the transmission of the TV signal when we are playing games. After all, this is our first time in the TV broadcasting of the game. Even the National Broadcasting Corporation has very little experience in TV broadcasting." Chen Qiang said.

At this time, I felt that it was not just Chen Qiang who was worried. In the commentary seat, Wilson, who was in charge of the TV commentator, also wiped the sweat from his head with a nervous look on his face.

Wilson is a famous sports commentator in New York. He was young and was once an excellent athlete. After becoming a sports commentator, Wilson was also good at commentating many sports events, the one who is most proficient in basketball is commentating.

Before this, Wilson brought many exciting commentary on basketball games to the audience in front of the radio, and he also gained some fans because of this. Some fans did not have a preference for the team, but they would turn on the radio to listen to the game explained by Wilson because they like Wilson's commentary, which is better than the basketball game itself.

Today, Wilson received a difficult task, which is to comment on the All-Star Game of Basketball. More importantly, this time he did not comment on the game for the audience in front of the radio, but for the audience in front of the TV.

Wilson has more than ten years of experience in sports competition commentary, but this is the first time he is a commentator on TV.

Wilson knew that radio broadcasting and television broadcasting were completely different. When using radio to broadcast sports competitions, listeners would not see the scene of the live competition. The situation of the competition was entirely based on Wilson's narration. It doesn't matter if you read it wrong or miss it occasionally. Just continue to talk. Sometimes in order to make the commentary more exciting, he does use some exaggerated descriptions to attract more listeners.

The commentary on TV broadcasts can be seen by the audience, but at this time, Wilson cannot tolerate nonsense. He can only describe the real content he sees, cannot exaggerate processing, and if he says the wrong thing, it will make him unprofessional enough. This is also a test of his commentary career for Wilson.

Not only that, being a TV commentator is also very risky for Wilson. If he can't say it well and is embarrassing in front of so many TV viewers, the good reputation he has accumulated over the years will be ruined!

"The pressure is so great!" Wilson sighed. He even wanted to escape at the last minute, but when he remembered the $100 commentary fee that Chen Qiang paid him, Wilson mustered up the courage again.

A game worth $100 is a sky-high commentary fee. The average weekly salary of an ordinary American is $25, and $100 is equal to the monthly salary of an ordinary person. Wilson only needs to comment on a few hours of the game to get the $100, which is a temptation that Wilson cannot refuse.

"Mr. Wilson, be prepared and it's about to start!" The director's voice came from the headphones.

The next moment, Wilson sat upright, then took out the manuscript that had been prepared long ago, waiting for the countdown.

...

Williams is a blue-collar worker in a mold factory.

Thanks to the outbreak of World War II, the Allies needed a large amount of supplies, which led to a great development in the United States' industry. Almost all factories are starting work non-stop. Blue-collar workers like Williams have become delicious buns, and they work overtime every week. Thanks to the powerful trade union organization in the United States, the factory owners are not stingy with overtime pay, so in the past two years, Williams' salary has increased significantly.

Williams, who made money, bought a TV for his family. After returning home from get off work every day, he turned on a bottle of beer and lie on the sofa to watch the TV. To relieve his fatigue from work, he also became an indispensable entertainment activity for Williams.

On the evening of the day, Williams returned home. His days of work made him feel a little exhausted. Not only physically tired, but also mentally tired. As usual, he turned on a bottle of beer, then turned on the TV, and lay on the sofa to watch the TV program.

In this era, you don’t have to change channels when watching TV. Anyway, only NBC has broadcasts TV programs, so you can watch it in one channel when you turn on the TV. The audience will watch whatever is broadcast on it, which saves the trouble of choosing.

In this era, the screens of TV sets were also very small, not much larger than those of later mobile phones. In addition, the clarity was not high, so if you were a little farther away, you would not be able to see clearly what was played on the TV.

But even so, Williams still watched it with relish. Compared to listening to the radio on the radio, the visual experience brought by TV is indeed much better than that of the radio.

"Friends of viewers, what you will bring you next is the live broadcast of the Basketball All-Star Game Skills Challenge!" The voice of the announcer came from the TV.

"Basketball All-Star Game? I've watched it in the newspaper. It seems to be held in New York. I really didn't expect it to be broadcast on TV. It's the first time I'm watching a basketball game on TV!" Williams immediately became interested.

At this time, the voice of the live commentator Wilson sounded from the TV: "Dear audience and allies, this is McGrady's New Plaza Garden in New York. Welcome to the scene of the first Basketball All-Star Game. I am commentator Michael Wilson..."

Next, Wilson began to introduce the upcoming All-Star Game. The TV screen was aimed at the basketball court, and the props needed for the skill challenge were also moved into the court.

"What do those human-shaped cardboards do?" Williams stared at the TV inexplicably.

At this time, Wilson also began to introduce the rules of the Skills Challenge.

...

Madison Square Garden.

"Are those props the skills challenge props?"

"What are so many props, human-shaped cardboard, ball baskets, and basketballs?"

"Listen, the commentator on the scene has begun to introduce the rules of the Skills Challenge."

"Look, there are people who are demonstrating."

The official will specially create a CG animation to introduce the rules for the skills challenge in the later All-Star Game. However, the TV broadcasting in this era does not have such conditions, so Chen Qiang simply asked someone to demonstrate the process of the skills challenge on the spot so that the audience can understand the process of the skills challenge more easily.

After a while, the person in charge of the demonstration completed the entire demonstration process. Whether it was the audience on site or the audience in front of the TV, they basically understood it. As for the audience in front of the radio, they could only think about it with a confused look on their faces.

"So that's how it is. Drip the ball around those humanoid templates, then pass the ball into the frame, then shoot a ball, and then go back, and complete a pass, followed by a layup."

"It looks very simple, it's just dribbling, passing and shooting. I think I can do it too!"

"These projects look simple, but they may not be easy to do. Look at the passing ball, you must accurately pass the ball into the round frame!"

"What's the difficulty? You can definitely do it if you try it a few more times."

"Don't forget, who is competing with others to complete the whole set of movements faster. With the effort of trying a few more times, others have already completed the competition!"

The fans on the scene began to discuss.

For fans, the Skills Challenge is indeed a very new thing. No one has seen it before. Moreover, since this is the first time that the Skills Challenge is held, there is no past data to refer to, which gives fans a lot of room for imagination.

Although no one could discuss Williams with him in front of the TV, he felt that this skill challenge was very interesting, at least more interesting than the boring TV shows in the past.

The stars who participated in the Skills Challenge entered the field. They were all point guards of various teams. For fans who often watched the game, they were not unfamiliar with these players. Many fans were even fans of these players. For those in front of the TV who didn't usually watch basketball games, these players were all unfamiliar faces.

Finally, the first player appeared, and the sound of cheering immediately sounded, and the audience in front of the TV also heard these cheers from the scene.

"Many people are cheering. It seems that this player is very popular. Is he a basketball star?" Williams in front of the TV said in his heart.

"Preparation, 3, 2, 1, go!" With a command, the first player to participate in the Skills Challenge rushed out.

"He rushed out, his beautiful dribbling was very skillful and smooth. He passed the first obstacle, then the second and third, passing the ball, oh, what a pity, the ball hit the edge of the basket and could not pass to the designated position. He had to try again." Wilson began to explain passionately.

Basketball players in the 1940s had much worse skills than professional players in later generations. It was not difficult to dribble around obstacles. Players at that time could easily complete it, but it took more time. When it comes to the passing stage, it was a bit difficult for players at that time. Players in this era were far less accurate than those in later generations. Looking at the early data of the NBA, you can know that most of the top ten players in the assist list averaged less than twice a game, which shows that the passing skills of the players at that time were far worse than those in later generations.

After three attempts, the professional point guard successfully passed the basketball into the basket and continued to complete the subsequent events. Perhaps because he knew that his shooting was not very accurate, he did not shoot outside the second zone, but held the ball within three seconds to complete the shooting action.

The player took more than a minute to complete the entire set of technical movements in the Skills Challenge. If he completes a set of actions for more than 40 seconds in the future Skills Challenge, he will definitely be eliminated. The winning results of previous Skills Challenge champions are basically within 30 seconds.

Chen Qiang was not surprised by this result. Compared with those of later generations, the level of basketball players is probably worse than that of later generations.

However, the audience gave the player warm applause. After all, he was the first player to appear on the court. No one knew whether the result of more than one minute was fast or slow, but at least he completed the whole set of movements.

"This game is interesting. I wonder if the second person to appear will be faster than him." Williams in front of the TV picked up the beer and took a sip, then stared at the TV intently.

The second contestant appeared.

In the commentary seat, Wilson summarized the gains and losses of the commentary just now. With experience in explaining the first player, Wilson felt that he had found some tips for explaining the skills of the challenge.

“Prepare, 3, 2, 1, go!”

The second player has also started.

The audience also seemed nervous, some staring at the second contestant, while others staring at the timer on the scene.

Wilson also started the passionate commentary again. He is worthy of being the ace basketball commentator. After looking for some tips for commentary, he quickly mobilized the atmosphere on the scene.

Then the third and fourth players appeared one after another, and the reactions of the audience were getting more and more intense.

For the entire All-Star Weekend, the Skills Challenge is just the first event of the All-Star Weekend, and at most it is an appetizer.

However, for these fans on the scene, this unprecedented way of competition is simply too novel and too strange! In addition, the increasingly lively atmosphere on the scene constantly infects everyone and makes every audience fall into the game.

As for the audience in front of the TV, they had no choice. Anyway, just this TV channel, you have to watch whatever you play.
Chapter completed!