The Lakers' winning streak stopped after just passing thirty-three wins, although the fans were a little disappointed, but the Lakers' management and coaching staff were still very happy to see the loss of this game, after all, the current Lakers are too strong, and there are already teams that have begun to fight against the Lakers, eighty-two games in a season, no team can concentrate on it all the way, once a team is too strong, then other teams are bound to unite against this team, just like the Bulls in the 95-96 season, By the end of the season, all the teams were preparing to beat the Bulls, and even the teams that had no playoff hopes would give it their all against the Bulls. When Jordan talks about the second half of that season, he usually says that he persevered with his will, but how fierce the game was at that time.

The Lakers just lost, but this does not affect their status in the minds of fans, it is about to be the All-Star Game on February 6, the Lakers have confirmed that there will be three people participating in the All-Star Game, namely Liu Han, O'Neal and Nash, Nash has performed quite well after joining the Lakers, and he has also won the love of many fans, with the influence of the Lakers in the United States and even the world, Nash was thrown into the All-Star Game, although only a substitute, but this is a lot of good news for Nash.

The selection of Liu Han and O'Neal is entirely due to their performances, Liu Han is now averaging 31.7 points per game, still ranking first, and he is also ranked seventh on the assist list. O'Neal averages 20.5 points per game, but he ranks third in the league in rebounds per game, ahead of Dennis Rodman and Mutombo.

The Lakers' loss to the Timberwolves came on January 30, and their most important game before the All-Star break was just February 1 against the Chicago Bulls.

On December 17, '97, the Lakers and the Bulls had already played a regular season game of the 97-98 season, in which the Lakers defeated the Bulls, which was the first matchup between the two teams since last year's Finals. The next game on February 1 will be the last game of the regular season between the two teams, and the Bulls don't want to be swept by the Lakers in one season, and they hope to be able to hand the Lakers two straight losses in this game.

Jordan attaches great importance to this game, he was robbed of the ticket king by Liu Han, and with the rise of the Lakers, Jordan's status has also been impacted by Liu Han, he no longer has a huge influence in the Bulls as before, and the management of the Bulls is no longer obedient to Jordan, before the start of this season, the Bulls originally planned to use Scott Pippen to trade the draft pick to sign the talented Tracy McGrady, but Jordan threatened to trade Pippen and retire, which made the Bulls miss this excellent young man, It also caused a rift between Bulls management and Jordan.

On Feb. 1, the Bulls arrived at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles, ready to deliver a two-game losing streak on the Lakers' home court.

The Lakers still have a consistent lineup for this game, Nash controls the ball, Liu Han acts as a scoring guard, Ray Allen is absent due to injury in this game, and is replaced by Michael Finley, Robert Horry at the fourth position, and center O'Neal.

The Lakers' youth storm this season has caused many teams in the league to make some changes, but that doesn't include the Bulls. Phil Jackson seems to be easy-going, but in fact he is an extremely stubborn person, he sticks to the beliefs in his heart, and also insists on his most proud triangle offensive tactics, although the Lakers' tactics are really very novel, but Phil Jackson just did some understanding, did not change his usual tactics.

The game started and O'Neill jumped the ball to win. In the last game, he was laughed at by his teammates, including Liu Han, for a long time, because O'Neal once bet with his teammates that he could win all the jump balls this season, but he didn't expect that he would lose after only half of the season, which means that O'Neal must ask someone in the team who has time to travel to the Caribbean after the season, so O'Neal was very focused when he jumped the ball in this game.

The Lakers, who won the jump ball, unexpectedly did not get the offensive rights, and O'Neal's ball was picked up by the astute Jordan, who saw that the Lakers were not firmly on the ground, and scored two points directly on the fast break.

Generally, there will be a period of relaxation after the winning streak is ended, and the Lakers' player state has not recovered in this game, and Jordan seized the opportunity after a moment's stunned.

The Lakers re-served the baseline, and Nash met Ron Harper's defense after dribbling the ball across the halfcourt, Ron Harper is taller than Nash in height, but Nash is better in speed, after all, Ron Harper is 34 years old, and his physical function will inevitably decline.

O'Neal came out to cover Nash, Nash dribbled around Harper, O'Neal went down, and the ball was hit and passed to O'Neal, but Rodman defended quickly and blocked O'Neal's offensive line.

O'Neal saw that there was no chance and turned around to attack Rodman, but Luke Longley took advantage of the situation to contain O'Neal. O'Neal quickly shifted to the outside, and Liu Han received O'Neal's pass at 45 degrees on the left side and defended Jordan head-on.

The Lakers fans on the sidelines were very excited, and the head-to-head matchup between Liu Han and Jordan would always attract the attention of most fans, and the Lakers' home audience didn't expect this game to come so quickly.

Liu Han faced Jordan with the ball in one hand with his left hand, Jordan didn't dare to let Liu Han go too far, and Liu Han was a little closer in his defensive position.

Liu Han suddenly accelerated to break through from the right side of Jordan's body, the super-fast first step surprised Jordan, his defense was a little slower, and he could only take a step from behind to try to interfere with Liu Han's dribbling, but Liu Han's current speed is really the top in the league, and the strong explosiveness makes it difficult for Liu Han to keep up after the start, and Jordan's current body is getting older day by day, Liu Han directly threw off Jordan in one step.

Liu Han, who broke away from Jordan's defense, dribbled to the basket, Luke Longley quickly added to the position, and Rodman followed O'Neal from the other side.

Liu Han dribbled with his left hand and made a delicate change of direction to break through Luke Longley again and get close to the baseline, then he jumped up and hit the ball with his right hand in the air. This ball can't be considered very beautiful, but Liu Han's two consecutive breakthroughs are elegant and fast, attracting cheers and MVP shouts from the audience.

The game was very intense from the beginning, the rest of the Lakers players were a little slack, but Liu Han was still focused, and the Bulls treated this game as a playoffs, last season they swept the league in the regular season to reach the Finals, but lost to the Lakers in the Finals, which made the Bulls very unhappy, this season the Bulls lineup has hardly changed, they expect to regain their former kingship. (To be continued.) )