After the Lakers' victory over the Trail Blazers on Dec. 13, they didn't play for three days. With this short break, the Lakers players took a break in Los Angeles.

After the intensive schedule in November, there is a large interval between the races in the middle and late stages of December, and there is a lot of time for training and recuperation.

Next up will be a four-game road trip against the Chicago Bulls on the 17th, the Bucks on the 18th, the Timberwolves on the 21st, and the Suns on the 25th.

The most crucial of these is, of course, the Lakers' all-American live game against the Bulls. This game has attracted the attention of almost all basketball fans.

The Lakers are first in the league with 21 wins and 3 losses, and the Bulls are second with 20 wins and 3 losses.

But in the power standings, the Bulls are at the top of the list. The Lakers were ranked below the Bulls, the Mosaics. The media is not optimistic about the hard power of this young Lakers team, and only ranked them in third place.

This game will change the position at the top of the league, and the Lakers will remain first if they win. The Bulls won against the Lakers, and the retreat gave Hyun second place.

The mainstream voice of the league believes that although the current Lakers are strong, they are not far from this Bulls. The Bulls were the original team of 72 wins last year, and Bryant knew that they had 69 wins this season.

With 69 wins, the Bulls are at their peak, and they are a veritable all-time team.

Jordan was on fire, averaging 31.9 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.5 turnovers per game to win the best player of November.

31.9 points and 1.5 turnovers? Is this what people can do?

This is Jordan, an impeccable triangle offensive finishing core. It is a perfect combination of individual rhythm and team rhythm.

If we look at Jordan's early play, he mostly broke through with the ball and was very lethal, but the opposing team would also stop him in any way. Once he is guarded, then the Bulls will lose.

Even if Jordan scores 40 or 50 points, the Bulls have the potential to lose.

This is an inevitable drawback when the two roles of offensive initiator and offensive finisher coincide, and many historical stars can play unparalleled on-court performances and dominating on-court stats when they play both roles at the same time.

But they can't win.

And Phil Jackson completely shifted the role of offensive initiator from Jordan to teammates, Pippen, Kukoc, Ron Haber, Armstrong. These people also act as offensive initiators, and all Jordan has to do is finish.

He didn't have to dribble the ball across the half court alone, facing two people to the basket, twisting his body and scoring layups in countless arms.

Now Jordan plays very simply, running without the ball, catching the ball and shooting, sitting in the low post, turning over and jumping. Occasionally, a false shake will contribute a violent dunk to the basket, which will make the opponent tremble.

At the critical moment, he stood up with abundant physical energy and took over the game.

The audience can see that Jordan is playing very easily now, yes, lifting weights is Jordan's current style of play. Often, a simple move can create a very large shot space and then hit it easily.

That's the way Jordan is playing now, maybe not playing 100 per cent of his ability, but his teammates are playing as well as they should.

The concept of the triangle attack is like this, limiting the play of the dominant star to a certain extent, but creating enough space for teammates to play. The triangle offense is not so much a team service superstar as a superstar auxiliary team!

That's why superstars can win championships with triangle offense.

After the offense is finished, the overall defense of the Bulls must be mentioned, and the defensive system built by Ron Harper, Michael Jordan, and Scottie Pippen is an upgraded and strengthened version of the current Lakers' outside defense.

Jordan and Pippen's defense is clear to us as the top in history, Ron Harper's 1.98-meter guard. In the early days of his career, he averaged 22 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block per game in multiple seasons.

Both offense and defense have the performance of top players, known as Little Jordan.

He left the Clippers in the 94-95 season with an average of 20+6+5+2.2+0.9 per game. After joining the Bulls, he was willing to play a supporting role next to Jordan.

Kobe Bryant is very, very familiar with him, and he is on the team for the first two championships of the Lakers OK Dynasty in three consecutive championships. In his last life, he won 5 championships and can be called the king of role players.

From the Clippers' average of 17.8 shots per game to the Bulls' 6.4 shots per game, no one knows how much he sacrificed and how much he helped the Bulls.

The three strikers who are over 1.98 meters tall are top in terms of athleticism and defensive skills, and they are enough to dominate the game with their defense.

This is the Iron Bulls' perimeter defensive group, and it's fair to say that it's almost impossible to find such an outside defensive lineup in history.

And their interior line is led by rebounding king Dennis Rodman and big man Luke Longley.

One guarantees that the rebounds are foolproof, and the other has a height of 2.18 meters and a weight of 120 kilograms, which can resist the attacks of the interior giants of this era.

It's not luxurious, but it's a resilient interior defensive lineup. Even if it falls into the downwind, it is difficult to collapse.

At the same time, they also have Croatian legend on the bench, 2.08-meter big forward, best sixth man Tony Kukc, who can average 13.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game.

Steve Cole, the leader of the future three-point frenzy. He shot 46.4 percent from three-point range this season.

Lobert Parish, a Celtics legend, is currently a three-time champion, a nine-time All-Star, and a two-time All-Star team. His quest is to win another championship in the last year of his career. Although he is old, he can still play a wonderful performance at critical moments.

Others such as Jason Caffey and Bison Dele are good role players.

This is the king of the bulls, whether it is the starter or the bench, it is such a luxury. A team that can hardly find a weak point.

The Lakers watched and studied a number of Bulls games together on a no-game day.

"We've got to make O'Neill play to the edge on the inside, that's the first condition for us to win."

"That's right, O'Neill needs to break down their defense and then we'll follow up!"

"Who's going to guard Jordan?" O'Neill asks a pointed question.

"I'll come." Kobe Bryant has been preparing for this day for a long, long time.

"Kobe Bryant defends Jordan, Eddie defends Harper, and Bruce defends Pippen." Harris makes the decision, there is no problem with this distribution, and if Kobe Bryant can't prevent Jordan, then Eddie Jones and Bowen have no play.

"Beware, that guy Michael will definitely do his best, this is the first battle in the league." O'Neal was a little worried that if Jordan scored 60 points on Kobe's head, his little brother would not be crushed.

"I know." The Bulls are strong, but Kobe Bryant still has the confidence to beat them!

Always keep the faith! Whether it is difficulties or setbacks, high morale is the spirit of Mamba!

"Pack your bags and get ready to leave Chicago!"