The product on the court has not been entertaining for the Cavaliers this season. But the court itself, well, that’s another story.
The Cavs transformed their court into a 4,700 square foot 3D screen for the jersey retirement ceremony of Zydrunas Ilgauskas earlier this month, a flashy sendoff for a player whose game was anything but.
Produced by Virginia-based Quince Imaging along with the Cavaliers’ own QTV team and Think Media, 16 HD projectors transformed the court into what Quince calls “an immersive video environment.”
The video begins with the court growing out of nothing, then rippling and twisting itself into a screen that features the banners for all of the club’s previously retired numbers — Bingo Smith’s No. 7, Larry Nance’s No. 22, Mark Price’s No. 25, Austin Carr’s No. 34, Nate Thurmond’s No. 42, Brad Daugherty’s No. 43 and longtime play-by-play man Joe Tait — and Ilgauskas’ No. 11. Some highlights, not only from Big Z, are mixed in, too.
Pretty cool trick.
The clip ends with the court blowing up and crumbling into nothingness. Given the way the 26-41 Cavs have played, some Cleveland fans undoubtedly wished the court would’ve remained in a million little pieces.
