Christmas in 1997 Liu Han was spent alone with Safina, although Safina's family is only Christmas, Safina's father is an Orthodox Christian, and her mother is Jewish, both of these people are only Christmas, but Safina grew up in the United States, she received a purely American education, and Christmas is more like Valentine's Day here in Safina. For Liu Han, as long as he can be with Safina every day, every day is Valentine's Day.

This year's Christmas, the LaBeouf family went to Hawaii for a vacation, while Safina chose to stay in Los Angeles to accompany Liu Han. Mr. and Mrs. LeBeauf and Mr. and Mrs. LeBeouf, as well as one of their children, all went to Hawaii.

On Christmas Eve, Liu Han invited the Steve Nash family, the Ray Allen family, and O'Neill and his family to meet at his mansion in Beverly Hills. Liu Han and a few friends were chatting and laughing on Oriental food during the traditional Christian festival, which made Liu Han feel very happy.

After Christmas, Safina refused some small supporting role invitations, she felt that she already felt a lot about supporting roles, and she didn't need to continue to be a vase, if there was no suitable role, Safina still wanted to stay by Liu Han's side.

On December 26, the Lakers welcomed the Clippers at home, and the current core of the Clippers is Rodney Rodgers, and he only scored 12 points in this game under Liu Han's defense.

On the Lakers' side, O'Neal scored 44 points, shooting 16 of 23 from the field was really efficient, and more importantly, O'Neal made 12 of 15 free throws in this game, which frightened the commentator White Evans on the spot, Evans said that O'Neal did not have wrist deformation surgery to make his wrist soft again.

Liu Han brushed up a triple-double again in this game, although he scored 19 points after scoring, but with 12 assists and 11 rebounds, Liu Han's all-round is shocking, and there are some things that cannot be shown by data, such as Liu Han's defense of Rodney Rodgers, and Liu Han's deterrence to the Clippers on offense, Liu Han is like a nuclear bomb, placed there, if the opponent does not have a nuclear bomb, then Liu Han is the most important and powerful threat.

In the end, the Lakers beat the Clippers by 20 points, 118-98.

On December 28, the Lakers defeated the Celtics again at home, Anthony Walker had an amazing feeling in this game, scoring 30 points on 12-of-18 shooting, but the Lakers' strong team cooperation beat the Celtics into a little kid, the Lakers won the Celtics 14 in rebounds alone, and the Celtics won 9 assists, and the final score The Lakers beat the Celtics by 27 points. Liu Han shot a lot of three-pointers today and scored 33 points.

On December 30, the Lakers defeated the Sacramento Kings 103-80. Liu Han defended Richmond well, allowing the opponent to score only 14 points on 4-of-18 shooting, while Liu Han himself scored 26 points and 6 assists.

After this game, all the games of the Lakers in '97 are over, they have not lost a single game in December, and have completed a 24-game winning streak, surpassing the 20-game winning streak of the Bucks in the '70-71 season, ranking second in the longest winning streak in league history, ahead of them, only their predecessors Chamberlain and Jerry West created a 33-game winning streak in the '71-72 season.

For a while, the Lakers were in the limelight as the defending champions, and the only one in the league who could still pose a threat to the Lakers was the Bulls.

Entering 1998, the Lakers still showed their strength, they used sharp offense and wonderful teamwork, as well as the shocking performance of two superstars to shock the entire league, and they brought new changes to the league, the inconvenient defensive tactics were abandoned by more people, and all teams began to pay attention to the role of the three-point in the game.

On January 2, 1998, the Lakers defeated the Atlanta Hawks 118-102, with all six of the Lakers scoring in double figures and three scoring 20.

As the Lakers continued their strong performance heading into the new year, league president David Stern was in trouble.

Entering 1998, it will be a new round of labor negotiations is about to begin, although the emergence of Liu Han made the Bulls fail to successfully defend the title last season, but Jordan's status in the Bulls is still very high, and some of the team's core players in the team are getting higher and higher, the players' union has been clamoring to increase the wages of players, but continue to increase wages like this, raising the salary cap will damage the interests of the team owners, which will inevitably affect the operation of the league.

David Stern really appreciates Liu Han now, regardless of other aspects, only Liu Han takes the salary of a temporary worker and does the work of MVP, which makes David Stern very appreciative of Liu Han, of course, he also knows that Liu Han will definitely be new if he re-signs with the Lakers after the end of this season, but for now, Liu Han is still very in line with the interests of the league. And in other respects, Liu Han, who has never had any scandals, is much more positive than many superstars in the league, compared with Jordan, Liu Han is pure like a saint, which also allows the league to promote the image of the NBA to a more correct aspect, no matter how people appreciate the "alternative", the mainstream thought still yearns for the light.

The current president of the NBA Players' Union is Patrick Ewing, a core player of the New York Knicks, a seemingly rough man who is actually a very delicate man, and he is good friends with many players in the league.

In fact, David Stern doesn't have much of a problem with the players' union, the players just want to get more money, because after all, this is a youth meal, and not every player can earn enough money when he retires. What David Stern hates the most is actually the owners of teams like the New York Knicks, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Portland Trail Blazers, who have enough money to attract superstars to join, which makes the salaries of players in the league polarized, and the final result is that the superstars huddle, the stronger the stronger, the weaker the weaker, and eventually the balance of the league is broken, the NBA will lose its attractiveness, and at that time, it will be the beginning of the weakening of the NBA, which is the last thing David Stern wants to see.

The hidden worries encountered by the league will not affect Liu Han, because he doesn't know these things at all, and his only thoughts now are to play hard, compete for the championship, and then look forward to the opportunity to enter the national team and realize his dream. However, since entering 98, some players who are more familiar with the situation in the league have begun to prepare early, and some players whose contracts are about to expire are no longer in a hurry to sign with the team they are preparing for, because if they continue to wait for a while, they may reap more benefits. (To be continued.) )