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The Hornets started the fourth with a 20-6 run to take a 98-90 lead with five minutes left to seal the victory.
Williams had 19 points and nine assists for the Hornets, and Henderson added 13 points, nine assists and six rebounds as all five Charlotte starters scored in double figures.
Reggie Jackson led the Detroit with 25 points and Greg Monroe added 18 points and 11 rebounds. Jodie Meeks had 13 and center Andre Drummond finished with 16.
In her post-match speech after winning this year's Australian Open, China's Li Na made sure to thank her agent at IMG, a global talent-representing company, for making her rich.
Apart from the $2.4 million in prize money, the most successful female tennis player in Asia knew that her second Grand Slam title would unquestionably improve her position in the list of highest paid women athletes Cheap Carlo Pinsoglio Jersey , with new endorsement deals likely to come her way.
"We are waiting on a deal announcement for her in a couple of weeks," Mary Jane Orman, vice-president of communications at IMG Tennis, tells China Daily.
Li is not the lone deal sensation in Asian sports. Signaling growth in the Asian sports market, four other players also made into the recent Forbes list of the world's highest paid athletes. Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao topped Asia with $34 million, followed by Indian cricketers MS Dhoni ($33.5 million) and Sachin Tendulkar ($22 million), and Japan's baseball star Ichiro Suzuki ($19.6 million).
"Various sports are creating icons Cheap Blaise Matuidi Jersey , and icons are in turn helping the sports industry to grow," says Mark Dreyer, founder of China Sports Insider, a sports business news and analysis website.
The rise of Chinese star Yao Ming in the National Basketball Association in the United States is believed to have led to basketball becoming the common man's sport in China, with courts becoming commonplace in the yards of many export factories.
The recent emergence of golfing sensation Andy Zhang indicates that the 16-year-old Chinese star could be on his way to becoming the next Tiger Woods, with high-profile sponsors sitting up to take note of future deals.
Last year, Nike signed its first head-to-toe endorsement deals with two Chinese golfers Cheap Benedikt Howedes Jersey , Li Hao-Tong and Zhang Xin-Jun.
A report by HSBC, Golf's 2020 Vision, said a boom in the numbers of children teeing in China and India means that the next generation of golfers is likely to be dominated by people from Asia. "Players like Shanshan Feng and Andy Zhang are a sign of things to come," it predicted.
Experts believe that one reason for the popularity of sports in Asia is that consumers are turning to leisure activities as they get wealthier. In China, the number of golf courses has tripled in less than a decade.
Taking a cue from the growth of sports in Asia, IMG Reliance - a joint venture between IMG and Reliance Industries, an Indian conglomerate - signed a 30-year partnership with the Basketball Federation of India.
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"The center of gravity of sports business will move to Asia. Just as the popularity of cricket in India means that the subcontinent has become the economic and political center of cricket," says Marcus Luer, founder and CEO of Total Sports Asia Cheap Juventus Hats , a sports marketing agency with offices in Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia.
"More TV exposure, bigger purses and sponsorship opportunities will help sports to grow significantly in the future in the Asian region," he adds.
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The North America and EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) regions are the largest and the second-largest sports markets in the world, respectively. Latin America is smallest with only 4.9 percent of the pie.
"The potential for sports business in Asia is bigger than we can imagine. We have over 4 billion of the world's population and sports are becoming more of a lifestyle and entertainment for us," says Ronnie Lee, CEO of the Singapore-based Asia Pacific School of Sports and Business.
"The growth of Asian sports business is due to many companies getting involved in various Asian sports. Global and Asian companies are spending more money to build their brand name through sports," he says.
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