Christmas Day Surprise After the 1999-2000 Game: Monica Bellucci Was Pregnant, and Li Fei Was Thrilled!

Everyday Life and Good News After the 1999–2000 Christmas Day Game

The bustle of Christmas Eve in Los Angeles gradually died down.

Tens of thousands of fans had already left Staples Center. Christmas lights still glowed brilliantly along the streets, illuminating the evening breeze throughout the city.

The Knicks had finished their postgame drug tests and media interviews, but the team bus wasn't heading back to New York overnight.

Van Gundy gave the team a brief Christmas break, allowing the players, who had been competing nonstop, to get some rest.

Compared with the Lakers' gloomy, oppressive locker room, the Knicks were relaxed and at ease.

There was no wild celebration. A Dynasty team with a 28-game winning streak had long since grown accustomed to winning.

Li Fei turned down the dinner invitations from Jordan, Houston, and the others, and drove away from the arena alone.

His custom black Bentley rolled smoothly into Beverly Hills, avoiding the last of the traffic on the streets.

He lowered the window halfway. The cool evening breeze flowed into the car, dispelling the competitive heat that still lingered from the game.

Gentle American jazz played through the car stereo, easing the tension left by the grueling matchup.

Even after battling for forty minutes and putting up an astonishing forty points, Li Fei remained composed.

The extraordinary recovery his Titanium Alloy Physique granted him meant he barely felt the fatigue that ordinary players experienced after a game.

His gaze was still cool and sharp, though the domineering edge with which he had crushed his opponents on the court had faded.

The ornate gates of the Beverly Hills estate slowly swung open, and warm light spilled across the courtyard.

There was no smoke of battle or media frenzy here, only the quiet comfort that belonged to him