December 29th, the Lakers' last game day of 1996, they faced a challenge from the Sacramento Kings at home.
After a tough offensive battle, the Lakers narrowly defeated the Kings 113-108, securing their third consecutive win.
The Kings' Mitch Richmond scored 32 points, and Billy Owens scored 29 points, leading the Kings in a very strong offensive performance.
Thanks to the Kings' lousy defense, Zhang Hao scored 25 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 block, and 2 steals, Kenny Anderson scored 22 points and 8 assists, O'Neal had 23 points and 11 rebounds, Byron Scott scored 16 points, and the Magician had 5 points and 7 assists... making the win difficult.
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"The Celtics and the Kings are useless! Richmond is trash! Huff... cough, cough, cough..." Jordan was so angry that he took a deep puff of his cigar and almost choked himself, quickly throwing the cigar away.
