Battle of the Gods!!

"This is North Carolina! The center of the basketball world!"

"Welcome the Lakers! We have the league's number one player, Michael Jordan, and the league's best small forward, Grant Hill!"

"In the new century, we will be a great team!"

"Michael Jordan will win his sixth championship and become the greatest player in history!"

The Lakers players had barely stepped off the plane before they felt the atmosphere of a battle for the ages.

North Carolina blue was everywhere!

The fans had painted their faces blue!

Blue banners!

Blue graffiti!

This place was a sea of blue!

Compared to the religious fervor of Jazz fans, North Carolina's fans were no less fanatical!

They were utterly devoted to Jordan and Hill!

NCAA fans were the most passionate group of all.

Compared with the commercially driven NBA, NCAA fans were more pure. No matter how their team performed, they would fanatically support their local team. After all, the players at local universities had often grown up right before their eyes.

At the same time, alumni ties in the United States were extremely strong. Many players on local teams were the children of their friends and relatives. They were practically family!

From the moment Michael Jordan returned to North Carolina, fans throughout the entire state erupted!

It was like Yao Ming winning an NBA championship, then returning to play in the Chinese Basketball Association and causing a sensation!

Countless fanatical fans had made the Hornets one of the top three most profitable teams this season.

One had to know that the Hornets had always been at the bottom in previous years!

Yet this season, they ranked behind only the New York Knicks in the Big Apple and the Los Angeles Lakers in the City of Angels.

The spending power of fans in those