This week in Japan, a new pro basketball league is getting underway, and tonight’s game between Alvark Tokyo and the Ryukyu Golden Kings is being played on an LED court. It’s nuts.
The court for the inaugural B. League game at Yoyogi National Gymnasium is covered with LED light panels. A few years back, Nike created an LED court in China, but according to Kyodo News, the B. League says this is the first of its kind to be used in professional league play.
This is not projection, but actual screens. It makes everything look kind of like, well, video games.
コートがLEDになっとる！ pic.twitter.com/j9k6W06oga
— 井手 康博 | ニューワールド (@yasuide) September 22, 2016
LEDコートすごいね〜
でもすでに一部壊れてるような所があって気になる〜 pic.twitter.com/bxD9plAp3H— ケ－ (@hp82gg95sid) September 22, 2016
Tip off.
B.LEAGUE TIP OFF! https://t.co/0mYlMCnsfD
— 大西玲央 Reo Onishi (@ReoOnishi) September 22, 2016
Just check out how three pointers are logged:
本日放送させて頂きました！
開幕戦いよいよ始まりました！
V(^_^)V#KATSU #渋谷バスケ#Bリーグ#アルバルク東京#渋谷のラジオ pic.twitter.com/nSDxsuDGOa— 渋谷のラジオ (@shibuyanoradio) September 22, 2016
https://twitter.com/embed/status/778899614619492352
Here’s the half-time show:
超満員のBリーグ開幕戦、演出とLEDコートがとにかくすごい。
こんな環境でバスケの試合が行われてるのを観れて嬉しい🙌#Bリーグ #開幕戦 pic.twitter.com/uFuT26bYtW— Kento (@kentobento77) September 22, 2016
This is wild.
LEDビジョンコートやばすぎww pic.twitter.com/OvuHwLh0FL
— 柊 (@baskeone1) September 22, 2016
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