G3!

June 7, 1998. Outside the Chicago United Center, the area had already turned into a sea of red.

Yet scattered throughout it were quite a few purple-and-gold jerseys, leaving Zhang Weiping and the Dragon TV reporters he led completely dumbfounded!

This was Chicago!

The Windy City!

The Bulls' stronghold, a blood-red domain!

And Kobe fans had actually appeared in a place like this, trading barbs with Jordan fans beside them without giving an inch!

"I really never expected to see so many Kobe fans here." Zhang Weiping was deeply moved, feeling as though he was not alone in his beliefs.

"I asked around. They were all called here by the blogger behind Twitter's I Love Kobe Forum! They came to cheer Kobe on!"

"Uh, what does 'cheer on' mean?"

Over the course of that year, Twitter's influence had gone from nothing to something so widespread that even the most old-fashioned proud men could hear this kind of slang from their younger descendants. The changes had been enormous!

The fact that Kobe fans had flocked to Chicago like mad before this game to support him was precisely the result of Twitter's astonishing power to rally people!

Even during the former purple-and-gold dynasty's heyday, they had never received this kind of treatment on the road! And this was the Bulls' home turf. Even if one of these Bulls fans suddenly pulled out a gun and sprayed down the Lakers fans, Zhang Weiping would not have found it surprising—he would have thought it only natural!

This was the freest city in the United States!

The appearance of countless fans from rival teams in a city like this was simply unimaginable!

Chicago's security forces were scrambling to protect the lives and safety of fans from both sides.

The Lakers were already up 2-0!

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