The Target Center in Minnesota was decorated with a "Happy Chinese New Year" theme. [Photo/Chinaculture.org]

At halftime, cheerleaders in Chinese qipao dresses staged exciting dance performances and Timberwolves players handed out red envelopes and lucky plush toy dogs to the spectators. Meanwhile, artists from the CAAM Chinese Dance Theater gave a performance, titled Dragons Flying and Phoenixes Dancing, to Chinese pop music.