Jay Chou vs Kobe Bryant Celebrity Charity Basketball, Shanghai Oriental Sports Center

Today was the day of the charity basketball match with Jay Chou vs Kobe Bryant at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. I took a taxi which didn't take too long and cost 30RMB which wasn't bad seeing as the arena is in Pudong and I live in Puxi. I was glad to arrive quite early and there were many people hanging around outside but we were allowed to go in already.
It was very different inside that there was no merchandise on sale and only drinks and popcorn. I was surprised actually that a bottle of water only cost 5RMB as I would have thought the prices inside would be much more expensive.
I was in block 17 and the security man told me I could go through any of the entrances to get to my seat but when I went in I had to ask each area where my seat was and then one man took my ticket and made me walk up and down and follow him and we ended up right where we started and another man told him off about something and then I was on my own again.
I finally found my seat on the opposite side of the arena from where I entered which was annoying but the seat was good.
It started with some basketball players from Washington jumping up on trampolines doing slam dunks, then cheerleaders from Oklahoma and Toronto doing dances, and some people dressed in Sprite colours (the sponsors for the game) doing cheers and dances.
Kobe and Jay arrived on opposite sides of the arena by Smart cars, Kobe playing guitar and Jay spinning a basketball. The teams were announced with Kobe being yellow and Jay being green. I was really surprised to see JJ Lin also playing for yellow! I'm unsure who the others are but there were many songs and Jay did a performance.
The first half and Kobe watched and didn't play. There was a text vote and the winning team got an extra 20 points which went to Jay. In the halfway point and there was a sing off against the teams and a few more performances including JJ.
Kobe played the 2nd half and evened out the scores but in the end Jay lost 82 - 87.
I really enjoyed it, the mix of music and game was good and a great experience. I left as soon as the scores were announced as I was worried about the huge rush of people and as I was on my own I wanted to take a taxi back. However quite a few other people had the same idea and we were heading to get a taxi but these taxi's were charging 150RMB to drive to Puxi! In the end I had to take the Metro but as my changing station it was closed so I had to take a taxi from there. All in all, an experience well learnt.