Seated primarily at each of the track's curves, the Italian fans roared as their team sailed by.
After one game in which he scored 45 points, Italian fans carried him from the court.
Gordon attended as special guest star at the premiere in Rome, meeting his Italian fans for the first time.
The team's numerous and ardent Italian fans are known as tifosi, though the team also has a vibrant international following.
Several Italian fans apologized for the behavior of the Milan audience.
But Italian fans can also behave with marvelous generosity.
Italian fans watching got to cheering him on.
They said the English fans would be segregated from Italian fans.
There were considerable scenarios for disaster here, and the nervous Italian fans and journalists worked over every one of them.
Italian fans hung banners proclaiming him "Man of the match".