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Chapter 214 Unsolved Liu Han Part [-]
On May 5, the first game of the second round of the playoffs between the Hornets and the Bulls kicked off. Facing the mighty Bulls, the Hornets seemed a little out of shape. The team shot only 3% in the entire game. Among them, Glen Rice only made 35.6 of 25 shots and 9 of 25 three-pointers. Although he still scored [-] points, his efficiency is really not high.

For the Bulls, Jordan scored 35 points again, and he also had 11 rebounds. He played for 44 minutes. For a 35-year-old player, it can only be admitted that his condition is really good .

In the end, the Hornets lost to the Bulls 70-83.

In the last game of the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, the Knicks, an old enemy, finally avenged their revenge last year. They defeated the Heat 98-81 away to advance to the second round.

The Heat, which lacked an inside pillar in the game, was suppressed by the Knicks.In the last game, Mourning was suspended for fighting with Knicks player Larry Johnson.In fact, in the eyes of many people, the reason for Mourning's suspension was not because he hit Larry Johnson, but because he dragged the Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy who ran up to persuade the fight and ran for more than ten meters. A koala hugged Mourning's lap, but Mourning kept trying to chase Larry Johnson. Van Gundy was dragged out by Mourning for more than ten meters.

Mourning's absence made the Heat lack an inside defensive gate, and Larry Johnson was not so important to the Knicks. In the end, the Knicks succeeded in revenge, which can be regarded as revenge for being eliminated last year.

In the fifth game between the Rockets and the Jazz, the Jazz played their previous state, but the Rockets fell into a downturn. Not only did Olajuwon play abnormally, but even Drexler, who was the core of the outside line, also played well. Abnormal, Drexler made only 13 of 1 shots in the normal game and scored 7 points. Such a performance could not help the Rockets advance anyway. In the end, they were eliminated, and this pair of Charles Barkley, who has been chasing the championship, He is already 35 years old, and his back injury makes him unable to continue playing. Barkley feels sad. He is also 35 years old. Michael Jordan can score more than 30 points in a game. It made Barkley think of retiring.

After the game on May 5, the first round of this season's playoffs is all over. The Bulls, Hornets, Knicks and Pacers are promoted in the East. The game between the Bulls and the Hornets has already started.

In the West, the Lakers, Supersonics, Spurs and Jazz advanced to the second round.

The second round match between the Lakers and the Sonics will start on May 5. This is the second consecutive season that the two teams have met in the second round of the playoffs.In the second round of the playoffs last season, the Lakers relied on the outstanding performance of Liu Han and O'Neal to eliminate the Supersonics with Sean Kemp and Gary Payton 4-4. Pu went to the Cavaliers, and now the Sonics have become Gary Payton's team alone, which makes everyone look down on the Sonics, because the Lakers with Liu Han are really too strong now.

Before the start of this round of the series, Supersonic star Gary Payton said in an interview with the media that he would not be afraid of the Lakers. In his opinion, the Lakers are still too young and he has a way to deal with Liu Han.

Such a statement was ridiculed by the media in Los Angeles as overreaching. You must know that this Lakers team has tied the Bulls' record of 72 wins.

However, the Lakers did not underestimate the enemy as they did in the previous round. The young Lakers did not have much experience in the playoffs before, but after the first round, these young talents of the Lakers have some opponents. The understanding of the playoffs, they know that any team that can make the playoffs cannot be underestimated.

On May 5, the first game of the second round of the Lakers playoffs started in Los Angeles.

The Lakers made some changes in the starting lineup of this game. Nash was placed on the bench, Liu Han was the point guard, Robert Horry was also placed on the bottom bench, Michael Finley was the starting power forward, and Ray Allen serves as small forward and veteran Dell Curry serves as the starting shooting guard.

The lineup arrangement of the Lakers is completely aimed at the Sonics. Gary Payton is a guard who has won the best defensive player. If Nash plays, he may be completely suppressed by the opponent, but Liu Han is not afraid of Payton. Regardless of height, strength, or skill, is Liu Han stronger than Payton, and the most important thing is that Liu Han is not afraid of Payton's physical confrontation.

Nash sitting on the bench can strengthen the firepower of the Lakers in the second quarter with Robert Horry, and the supersonic bench does not have too good defensive inside, Horry can even try to attack inside.

The change of the Lakers made the Sonics a little flustered, because their head coach George Karl's tactic in this game was to attack Nash, but now Nash was replaced by Liu Han, which made the Sonics in the game. All the previous arrangements were in vain.

George Krent has always used the same starting lineup during the regular season, which also confuses the head coach of the Supersonics, George Karl. In fact, George Krent has always been a coach who uses players based on their status. Let who play.

After the start of the game, the Lakers first started to attack from Liu Han's point. O'Neal frequently mentioned the outside line to cover Liu Han, and Liu Han used O'Neal's effective cover to start shooting from the outside line.Liu Han's goal is to suppress the Supersonic's perimeter performance at the beginning of the game, and then pass the ball to his teammates to attack after attracting enough defensive firepower.

Liu Hanyi’s opening shot gave the Sonics a headache. Originally, they arranged for two point guards in this game. Gary Payton was going to deal with Nash, and Jose Hawkins was properly marking Liu Han. But now Nash is not playing. , and Hawkins is useless in defending Liu Han, not to mention O'Neill's cover, even if there is no cover, Liu Han can take whatever he wants against Hawkins.

In desperation, the head coach of the Supersonics, George Karl, could only let Gary Payton defend Liu Han and Jose Hawkins defend Ray Allen.

The offensive SuperSonic team also started today with an outside offense. Since they have two point guards, the purpose is to open the gap from the outside of the Lakers. But now Nash, the defensive loophole, is not on the court, and the Lakers are more mobile. The new Michael Finley served as power forward, which completely messed up the arrangement of the Sonics.

In less than 5 minutes of the first quarter, the Sonics trailed by 6 points. Liu Han scored 5 points with a burst shot in 9 minutes, and the entire Sonics team felt puzzled.

At the beginning of last season, Payton's defense left a deep impression on Liu Han. At that time, Liu Han had just entered the league, and he didn't have a specific understanding of many things. Sweeping the Supersonics in the playoffs, in the face of Payton's defense, Liu Han has not played so hard.

Since Liu Han was able to suppress Payton last season, now after another season of training, coupled with the new growth of Liu Han's physical fitness, facing Payton's defense again, Liu Han played easily Incomparable.

(End of this chapter)