The Lakers won the battle with the Nuggets and ushered in their 29th straight victory, and before they knew it, they were closing in on the record of their predecessors.

In the 1971-1972 season, the penultimate season before the retirement of Wilt Chamberlain, "The Big Dipper", during the previous ten seasons from 1959 to 1970, Chamberlain and the Boston Celtics led by Bill Russell competed with each other for ten years, sadly, Chamberlain, who had scored 100 points, only won the championship once, and in the 70-71 season, Chamberlain transferred to the Los Angeles Lakers, and he changed his solipsistic style of play, With team basketball at its core, putting himself in the same position as Jerry West and others, the Lakers went on a staggering 33-game winning streak in the '71-72 season, and although Chamberlain averaged 19.6 points per game this season, it earned him a second championship ring.

Jerry West, the current general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers, the prototype of the NBA league logo, was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the second pick in the first round in 1960, and since then, he has given his entire career to the Lakers. In 1969 he won the Finals MVP, but he didn't win the championship, and he became the first player in history to win the Finals MVP honor as an underdog. In the 1971-1972 season, Jerry West and Wilt Chamberlain led the Lakers to a 33-game winning streak, which no one has been able to break since.

Now, the Lakers team with Liu Han and O'Neal as the core is finally standing in front of the records of their predecessors, whether to surpass history and become a new legend, or to become a loser who witnesses the historical records of their predecessors, everything is in the hands of the Lakers themselves.

On January 17, the Lakers hosted the Miami Heat, Alonzo Mourning returned from injury, and the Heat had a full lineup to prevent the Lakers' 30-game winning streak.

In the game, the Heat did a good job of defense, but the Lakers had completely integrated into a whole at this time, and their cooperation was extremely tacit, and the rhythm of the game was always in their own hands.

Liu Han and O'Neal turned the Heat upside down, and other role players also played well, and the Lakers ended up winning their 30th straight game with a 109-91 victory over the Heat.

In the game, four Lakers scored double-doubles, but all four scored 20 points, Liu Han 28 points, O'Neal 22 points, Michael Finley 21 points, and Ray Allen 20 points.

On the rest day, the Lakers continued to sit at home to welcome the Orlando Magic challenge, the Magic team without Anfernee Hardaway was obviously not the opponent of the Lakers, Liu Han scored 48 points in the third quarter again to turn the fourth quarter into garbage time, and the Lakers also beat the Magic team by 25 points 107-82. The Lakers completed their 31st winning streak.

On January 21, the Lakers visited Phoenix to challenge the Phoenix Suns.

The Suns traded Steve Nash, who didn't perform well last season, to the Lakers before the start of the season, and they traded from the Mavericks for 1994 star Jason Kidd.

What the Suns didn't expect was that Steve Nash showed amazing passing talent as soon as he arrived at the Lakers, although his physical condition was not outstanding, he used his passing and tired running to keep the Lakers' offense in order. However, to the Suns' relief, Jason Kidd has also performed well with the Suns and has become an indispensable member of the team.

Ahead of this game, Nash returned from injury, and he's been looking forward to this game for a long time, hoping to prove how bad the Suns' vision is in this game.

However, after the start of the game, Nash ran into a lot of trouble, Jason Kidd is better than Nash in terms of weight and height, except for his poor projection, Nash is difficult to defend Kidd.

The Suns also have Antonio McDyes, the 95-year-old star who was traded this year, and he and Jason Kidd form the offensive and defensive core of the Suns.

Nash was in trouble, but Liu Han played very easily, he saw that Nash was not in the right state today, and was always full of a strong desire to attack, so Liu Han found Nash and told him that he would control the ball and let Nash run.

After possession of the ball, Liu Han began to send assists frequently, and Kidd was ready to let Liu Han see his defense, but after Liu Han hit two three-pointers on the top of his head in a row, Kidd immediately went to Nash and asked teammate Rex Chapman to defend Liu Han.

Nash led Kidd to start a long run, after Liu Han's training camp and George Clent's training, Nash's already excellent physical strength has made great progress, and at this time he did not hesitate to run physically to make Kidd very uncomfortable.

In the first half, the two teams were tied at 55, and the Lakers were in average form today, while Liu Han focused on passing the ball to his teammates.

At the beginning of the second half, Nash finally began to show his three-point ability that he had practiced in Liu Han's training camp, and his long run made his defender Jason Kidd finally unable to keep up, and Nash used three consecutive three-pointers to pull the score away.

In the end, with Liu Han's 20 points and 19 assists, Nash's 24 points and 5 assists, and O'Neal's 24 points and 14 rebounds, the Lakers defeated the Suns 119-103 and won their 32nd consecutive victory.

When the Lakers won 32 in a row, the media and fans were focused on the Lakers' upcoming next game, which was to take on the SuperSonics in Seattle on January 24, 1998.

Before this game, the predecessors of the Lakers team were interviewed by reporters, Wilt Chamberlain, who is sixty years old, is now suffering from illness, and in the early years, regardless of the various indiscriminate consumption of the body, Chamberlain, who was originally like an ancient beast, can only endure the pain, but he still accepted an interview with the media.

In the interview, Chamberlain said that he was happy to see the surpassing of his juniors, and hoped that the Lakers team with Liu Han and O'Neal as the core could win this year's championship.

Jerry West, as the current general manager of the Lakers, certainly hopes that the team he manages can surpass his own record back then, although the current basketball competition is more intense, but now the rules are more strict, the previous NBA is full of all kinds of hurtful actions, and few players can play for 20 seasons.

The media also interviewed the Seattle SuperSonics, and captain Gary Payton was dismissive of the Lakers' record, saying that he would definitely let Liu Han see how good he was, and it was Liu Han's outstanding performance that allowed the Lakers to sweep the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs last season.

However, relative to Gary Payton's confidence, experts and commentators are optimistic that the Lakers will tie the historical record, because the SuperSonics still had Sean Kemp last season, but this season's departure of Sean Kemp has made the SuperSonics weaker than the Lakers on the inside, and Liu Han's presence has also made the Lakers' outside more powerful.

After the media hype and the league's publicity, this ordinary regular season game has become no longer ordinary, whether the supersonic end the Lakers' winning streak or the Lakers tie the all-time record of their predecessors, everyone is waiting to see. (To be continued.) )