Almighty legend life

Chapter 108

The Lakers lost to the Bulls in the first game of the finals of the 96-97 season. This did not surprise too many people. After all, the Lakers are still a relatively young team. But in recent years, the situation in the league has changed. Except for the Houston Rockets who won two championships in the two years after Jordan retired for the first time, the Bulls dominated the league for the rest of the time, so the Lakers' loss is also reasonable.

The Chicago media did not hesitate to mock the Lakers after the loss. Although Liu Han was loved by many fans, he was still described by the Chicago media as an arrogant man who could not control himself. 33 points, but the media in Chicago said that he was guarded by Jordan to death. In fact, in terms of scoring and shooting percentage, Liu Han is higher than Jordan.

The media in Los Angeles did not give up their support for the home team. They used regretful words to describe the last game, and Liu Han's performance was even more praised. However, the media in Los Angeles also reported that Jordan avoided Liu Han during the game. Not fighting is an act of cowardice, but some neutral media criticized the employment of Lakers coach Harris. They believed that Harris did not make good use of the current Lakers lineup.

On June 6, the second game between the two teams started again after a day off, and it was still held at the United Sports Center Arena in Chicago.

Compared with the last game, the starting lineup of the Lakers has not changed. Coach Harris felt that Liu Han used too much energy in the offense in the last game. He should defend Jordan. As long as he defends Jordan, the Bulls will not It's easy to play, so in this game, Harris can arrange Liu Han to defend Jordan alone, and try to cooperate with the inside as much as possible in the offense.

Although Liu Han did not raise any objection to the coach's arrangement, he felt that Harris' arrangement was slightly wrong. Liu Han always felt that his role in offense was greater than in defense.

The Bulls' starting lineup has not changed today. Their tactics in the last game were very successful, and the Lakers' outside core fell into a single-player situation. Liu Han, who was too physically exhausted, failed to complete the reversal.

At the beginning of the game, O'Neal still won with a jump ball, and the Lakers attacked first.After Van Exel got the ball, he advanced steadily to the frontcourt, Liu Han settled to the corner of the weak side to wait for an opportunity and opened up space, and O'Neal made an inside position.

After entering the playoffs, Van Exel played more steadily than in the regular season. He lobbed the ball to O'Neal who wanted to be in the position.After receiving the ball, O'Neal leaned back and used his strength advantage to break away from Luke Langley's strong dunk and scored two points.The loss in the last game made O'Neal very angry. He felt that he should play more strongly in this game.

After losing the ball, the Bulls were not too discouraged. Luke Langley's role was to be an engineer. He defended as soon as he could, and sent O'Neal to the free throw line if he couldn't.

After the baseline serve, the Bulls slowly advanced. Ron Harper is not a point guard who is good at creating opportunities, but his steady and low-key style is very suitable for the current Bulls.

Liu Han focused on Jordan when the Bulls were attacking. Since the coach arranged the defensive task, he tried his best to complete it.

Jordan also ran to the weak side like the last time the Lakers attacked, driving away Liu Han, Ron Harper handed the ball to Pippen, Pippen received the ball and forced Eddie Jones into the inside, O'Neal defended, Instead of passing the ball, Pippen relied on Shaquille O'Neal to throw the ball to the backboard.Although the ball missed, the referee's whistle blew, and they blew O'Neal's action foul just now. After all, it was the home court of the Bulls.

Pippen made two free throws to tie the game.The Bulls' tactic today is actually to force the Lakers inside and create O'Neal's fouls as much as possible. After O'Neal fouls too many times, the Bulls will play much easier. It is difficult for Liu Han to come back.

Today's on-site commentary is still the last four. Rego Sager teased Jordan at the beginning of the game.

"Hey, Malfoy, did you notice that Jordan didn't seem to have any intention of fighting hard today, he was chatting with Liu in the corner."

"Well, I think this should be Phil Jackson's tactic. He asked Jordan to pull Liu Han. Seriously, in this Bulls team, only Liu has a good defensive ability on the outside. If O'Neal fouls too much, he will end up. , then the Lakers will not be able to play in this game, and Harris still has too little experience." Malfoy Albert is worthy of being a well-known commentator in the NBA, and he guessed the Bulls' tactics in just one round of offense and defense. Not far from ten.

The Lakers continued to attack. Liu Han was still on the weak side in the frontcourt to open up space. O'Neal continued to attack the inside, but this time he was directly pulled down by Luke Langley when he turned around and shot. O'Neal made one of two free throws. normal level.

Liu Han did not participate in the two consecutive offenses, which surprised the Lakers fans in front of the TV. Since entering the playoffs, the team has mainly focused on Liu Han's offense.

The Bulls attacked, and Ron Harper handed the ball to Pippen again after halftime.In fact, the Bulls also have shortcomings in offense, that is, Rodman has almost no offensive ability, and the Lakers can let Rodman shoot.But this time there was an accident. After Pippen received the ball, the Lakers immediately double-teamed. Robert Horry and Eddie Jones guarded Pippen. Rodman, after receiving the ball, Rodman was a little dazed when he saw that there was no one defending him. As soon as his mind was hot, Rodman shot directly. The fans of the Bulls were very pleasantly surprised. You must know that the number of goals scored by Rodman in a season may not be as many as that of Liu Han in a game.

After scoring the goal, Rodman also seemed very happy. He also knew that he could only score two or three out of ten such goals.

The Lakers fell behind after the start.

As the game continued, the Lakers still focused on inside offense. Every time Liu Han attacked, he pulled to the outside to attract firepower, and Jordan was also happy to relax.

However, the situation on the field changed in the 5 minutes of the game. O'Neal was a little passionate because of the opponent's fierce fouls in the attack. Luke Langley fell out on the first hit of O'Neal, the referee's whistle sounded, and O'Neal was called an offensive foul.

An angry O'Neal tried to explain to the referee that the opponent was diving, but the referee was still unmoved.

Harris was in trouble. O'Neal had committed two fouls and had to rest. The next game would be difficult.

In the next defense, the Lakers also failed to do a good job of defense. The players still seemed a little nervous. The Bulls' tactics were very effective. Relying on Jordan to abolish Liu Han, the other players of the Bulls were stronger than the Lakers. Few, Ron Harper received a pass from Pippen and made a three-pointer.

Coach Harris called a timeout and replaced O'Neal, who had already made two fouls. He knew that the next game would depend on Liu Han's performance. His tactics and ideas were well guessed by Phil Jackson.

"At 5 minutes and 34 seconds into the game, the Bulls led 14 to 11 by three points. Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal has fouled twice. Now the Lakers are in a difficult situation. The next game will depend on whether Liu can perform magic again. You showed it." Rego Sager said in a more serious tone rarely.

(End of this chapter)