At a critical moment, the Magician, who was personally benched by Zhang Hao, walked over to Zhang Hao and said, "Aix, well done..."

He then gave Zhang Hao a heavy pat on the shoulder, almost knocking him down.

It was only then that the Magician realized how exhausted Zhang Hao was, having made such a fierce game-winning play earlier... A clutch player!

Zhang Hao didn’t have the energy to reply, he shot the Magician a glance, turned around, and headed for the player tunnel, not wanting to give a post-game interview. All he wanted was to shower and get some therapy. Any interviews could wait until then.

In that moment, the referee confirmed the final score at the technical table, Lakers won 121 to 120!

Just as Zhang Hao entered the player tunnel, he received a task prompt!

"Top pick?:

Objective: In this game, Zhang Hao’s stats for points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks all need to be higher than Joe Smith’s. (Zhang Hao went 9 for 19, including 0 for 2 from three-point range, 9 for 11 from free throws, scoring 27 points, with 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, and 1 block; Joe Smith went 7 for 13, 4 for 5 from free throws, scoring 18 points, with 8 rebounds, 2 assists, and 1 steal. Accomplished.)

Zhang Hao’s total stat value is 47, Joe Smith’s total stat value is 29, a difference of 18.

Congratulations to the host for receiving a reward of 36 days of life.

Special contract player Zhang Hao helps the Lakers defeat the Warriors as a main player, congratulations to the host for accumulating a reward of 5 days of life.

This is my stage:

Objective 1: In the next games, whenever Zhang Hao faces a rookie with a higher draft position, his scoring must exceed that opponent’s while also aiding his team in defeating the opponent’s team.

Target opponent: 95 first pick rookie Joe Smith. (Accomplished)

Congratulations to the host for receiving a reward of 10 days of life.

Remaining life 857 days, available life 856 days.

Huh! Actually completed! Oh right, I got a block today, the top pick tried to block me twice and both were fouls... I thought I was busy defending Miller, that block stat wasn’t completed!

Beautiful, really beautiful...

As Zhang Hao celebrated, another task prompt came.

Mark of Glory 2: The Lakers with special contract player Zhang Hao have achieved a 17-game winning streak, tying Michael Jordan’s Bulls’ longest 17-game winning streak for the ongoing NBA regular season, reaching a critical point.

Hiss...

The Bulls are coming!

...

...

Zhang Hao hits a game-winner against the Warriors, Lakers achieve a 17-game winning streak, tying the longest winning streak by the Bulls earlier this season!

Half a season, 4 game-winning shots, now Zhang Hao’s cold expression has become a testament to his clutch nature.

In today’s Lakers game, Zhang Hao’s limited offensive skills were exposed again, but he won! He made the game-winning shot! The media mentions his limited skills can only suggest "what if he had more offensive moves in the future."

After the game, Joe Smith was forced to accept an interview and was asked what Zhang Hao said to him at the last moment. Although Joe Smith was frustrated, he was confused by Zhang Hao’s words and repeated them.

Thus, Sports Illustrated straightforwardly provided a headline—"Aix, God’s Gift to Los Angeles."

Because the Bible says—God said, let there be light and there was light.

Zhang Hao saw this headline and could only sigh, "Ignorant mortals."

During the dull mid-season, amidst the All-Star starting vote period, Zhang Hao’s popularity continued to rise, driving more fans to voting spots.

Now more and more people wish to see another rookie All-Star vote king appear!

After the 17-game winning streak, the media and fans naturally anticipate whether the Lakers can continue winning.

Coincidentally, the Lakers’ next opponent is the Bulls.

Will the Bulls keep their record of consecutive wins? Or will the Lakers take an 18-game winning streak?

After the game against the Warriors, the Lakers returned to Los Angeles for a night’s rest, and by January 31st, the Bulls were in Los Angeles.

With the Lakers at 35-8 and the Bulls at 38-6, they are about to face off.

No one could have imagined that entering February, the fight for first in the league is between these two teams!

Initially, when Lakers fans saw the "fight for first in the league" news headline, they didn’t react, wondering when they reached the level where they could compete with the Bulls for the league’s top spot?

Upon closer inspection, sure enough, the gap between the two teams is only 2.5 games!

The second-ranking Supersonics in the West and the second-ranking Magic in the East only have a 34-10 record. Their Lakers are the ones most likely to challenge the Bulls for the top spot in the league.

Every season when Jordan competes in Los Angeles or New York, it’s nationally broadcast, and this time is no different. Since the Lakers overturned and hit the game-winner against the Warriors, the media has been promoting this game.

When Zhang Hao made another game-winning shot, fans naturally thought of the Bulls first, as half of Zhang Hao’s 4 game-winners were against the Bulls, and all completed over Jordan!

The different time point for evaluating one event greatly changes its review. Now Zhang Hao pushing past Jordan for the game-winning shot has become a "signature move" rather than being controversial as initially.

Time flies quickly, the first month of the new year soon passed, and the first day of the second month arrived.

At 7:30 PM on February 1st, at the Great Western Forum Arena, the Lakers and Bulls matchup arrived on schedule...

Slaughter!

Bloody slaughter!

After 2 hours and 21 minutes, Zhang Hao looked at the glaring 99 to 84 score on the big screen... the score at the back is from their Lakers!