July 1st, Minster High School gymnasium, Phoenix City.
The series opener.
The game was at seven in the evening. By the time Chen Yu arrived, a large crowd had already gathered and was having their tickets checked at the entrance.
Phoenix is the largest city in Arizona and the fifth-largest in the entire United States. It has a huge population. With the NBA season over and tickets priced cheaply at just a few US dollars, filling a gymnasium that could only hold eight hundred people was relatively easy.
Not to mention, the second part of the auditions, which aired on June 26th, had brought the show even more attention.
It was a TV show produced by local celebrity Chen Yu, featured Curry, a second-generation star many people recognized, and on top of that, the production team had announced in advance that Grant Hill would be there to watch the game.
For these reasons alone, it was impossible for the venue not to be packed.
Chen Yu had arrived with Hill.
