The Shanghai Sharks and the Houston Rockets have deepened their partnership by holding their first friendly match in the e-sports arena. The Shanghai-based video-sharing platform Bilibili collaborated with the Rockets' Clutch Gaming for this exciting event. Shengyu Zhang, a senior director at Bilibili, stated that the Shanghai Sharks and the Houston Rockets have an annual friendly match, and they decided to extend this friendship from traditional sports to the e-sports field. The connection between the two franchises comes from NBA Hall of Famer Yao Ming, who played for the Sharks before joining the Rockets in 2002. The match attracted 891,000 viewers, with Clutch Gaming emerging victorious after 30 minutes of gameplay. The two teams plan to hold an annual exhibition, and Clutch will also broadcast its gameplay videos on the Bilibili website. Bilibili started as a video-sharing platform but has been expanding into gaming, with its gaming videos generating more traffic than any other type last year. Today, the basketball game between the Shanghai Sharks and the Houston Rockets tipped off at 8 a.m. in Houston (Beijing time), with the Rockets coming out on top. Shanghai's star player Jimmer Fredette led all scorers with 41 points, while former Rocket Luis Scola added 18 points, and Zhang Zhaoxu led the Chinese scorers with 10 points. However, the star-studded Rockets lineup proved too much, with James Harden scoring 37 points and dishing out 9 assists, while PJ Tucker contributed 22 points.