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Virtual fans: NBA’s ‘genius idea’ has generated fun, kept MFFLs engaged

We’ve all wanted to be a fly on the wall at some point in our lives.

The NBA has come up with the next best thing.

Those virtual walls behind the team benches that are full of cheering fans, mascots, babies and even celebrities during NBA games from the bubble have become quite the topic.

Thanks to technology, individual teams are able to have fans watch a game on their laptop or tablet while their images and actions show up in the virtual seats on the screens along the sideline and at either end of the court at the games at Lake Buena Vista, Fla.