Until the All-Star break, the Trail Blazers lost only two games, entering the All-Star weekend break with a record of 46 wins and 2 losses.
Besides losing to the Spurs, on February 5th in the game between the Trail Blazers and the Bulls, the Bulls won by a narrow margin of 99:98, taking a victory away from the Rose Garden Arena.
With a complete lineup, the Bulls handed the Trail Blazers their second defeat of the season, giving the team some confidence: they still have hope of defeating the Trail Blazers to win the championship.
Like Gan Guoyang, when the team's overall state is unstable and fluctuating, Jordan steps up and uses his performance to help the team secure victories.
In the January game against the Bucks, Jordan scored 44 points, and then against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, he scored another 44 points.
