

Players were slow-dancing, doing handstands, riding each other like horses.īetween the third and fourth quarters of play, the YMCA music was playing- the entire crowd stood up and danced the classic song. Then there was a slow motion play with the balloon ball. There was an entire play in rewind, with the sounds coming from the speakers as if a tape was going backwards, and all the players were retracing their steps and making funny faces. When they hid behind crowd members, they put paper machete into the bucket and everyone just got flurried with paper instead of being soaked. Players ran around the stadium throwing water on each other. There was a mix of balls on the court, a balloon that looked just like the real basketball flew into the roof of the dome after being shot. Adele’s “Hello” became an event, as Ant again was singing to a referee, and then he jumped onto him. Players got their pants pulled down while taking foul shots. They eventually gave her a gift wrapped box that when she opened was filled with towels, and underneath all the towels was her purse. As she walked on the “Here Comes the Bride” song was playing. The Globetrotters stole a purse from a woman in the crowd and had her come onto the court to retrieve it. Sweet J, the only woman on the court, made her ball-handling a spectacle during a one-on-one against an All-Star.Īlley-oops and extravagant celebrations and Justin Bieber fiascos, where Ant sang the song “Sorry” to one of the referee’s. There were dunks with feet, cool passing and steals. They went ahead and started cracking jokes at the referees, calling them Shrek and Donkey. Then the team took the time to teach the young kids in the crowd about sportsmanship- the Globetrotters way. It basically turned into a quick dance party from there. Afterwards, they began to shoot around and make some high-flying dunks and showoff their smooth dribbling skills. The team comprised of Ant, Smooth, Stretch, Dizzy, Firefly, Smooth J, Clutch, Flight Time, and Bull. They performed in the Famous Magic Circle while each player played with the basketball and got introduced.
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Then the Globetrotters were welcomed on court behind full support. “But by the end of the night you’ll see why the World All-Stars are the best in the world!” “You probably think you came here to see the Harlem Globetrotters,” Walli said. Welcomed by boos, coach Shawn Walli addressed the crowd. The perennial opposing team, the World All-Stars, came running onto the court dressed in all black jerseys. There was a quick pause in action for the Star Spangled Banner. Then it was Globie and the Globie crew who took the stage! They did some break-dancing and more. Then he danced around with three adults in a contest to see who could boogie the best. Globie played musical chairs with three boys, and seemed to have the game in the bag until the final round, where he was beaten for being a bit too confident after losing sight of his chair while taking selfies with people at court-side seating. Frenchy adorned a sparkling blue blazer and his charisma shined just as bright.įrenchy introduced Globie, a friendly blow-up mascot who loved to mess around. “Everyone say ayooooo, ayoooooo.” The fans followed along. The night began at 6:40 when the host, Frenchy, came onto the stage to rile up the crowd. They’ve spanned the globe and visited six continents and over 200 countries! The Globetrotters were celebrating its 90th year of making people smile. The world-famous event had amusement coming from all corners of the court- from dancing to jokes to water-bucket tossing to massive mascots- there was even some basketball to be played. Thousands of children and parents of Syracuse were hitting the floors laughing Saturday night in the Carrier Dome because the Harlem Globetrotters put on a show to remember.
