Christmas is here, and the League could no longer tolerate its best players refusing to play in the Christmas game. This time, Stern ignored all opposition from the Trail Blazers and firmly forced the schedule to include a Christmas game.
No one can wrestle an arm against a thigh. The Trail Blazers were once again assigned a Christmas game, and their opponent was the unfortunate Denver Nuggets, while the other match was the Chicago Bulls against the Boston Celtics.
The day before Christmas, the entire Trail Blazers team returned to Portland. Gan Guoyang invited both Peterlovic and Sabonis, the two foreign players, along with their families, to spend Christmas Eve together. Beelman and his lawyer girlfriend were also on the guest list.
In the past, before anyone was married, the younger players on the Trail Blazers would always gather together at Drexler's house and eat meals prepared by Gan Guoyang.
