Last night was 80s night in New Orleans, and while the game between the NBA’s first-place Chicago Bulls (22-6) and the last-place Hornets (4-22) didn’t generate much excitement, – the Bulls cruised to an easy 90-67 victory – the same cannot be said about the pre-game player introductions.
Having experience as an owner, player, coach and introduction man of his own “Semi-pro” basketball team from the mid-70s (you may remember him as Jackie Moon), Will Ferrell seemed like the perfect fit to perform his hilarious player introductions on a night when everyone inside the New Orleans Arena was enjoying “a blast from the past.”
Check it out.
And in case you wanted to compare Ferrell’s performance last night with his player introductions from the movie “Semi-Pro,” you can check out the latter in the video below.