In an article titled Out of a Resounding Defeat Comes a Hero for China the writer compares the excitement Chinese basketball fans had for Yao Ming at the USA/China basketball game to Oklahoma City...

In a new arena with loud music, luxury boxes and lithe dancers that sounded and played like Oklahoma City, U.S.A, the flashbulbs popped for Yao and the Chinese national team making its entrance to the court as they did for Michael, Magic and the original American Dream Team in 1992.
Pretty cool, huh?