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Chapter 215 The Unsolvable Liu Han
The head coach of the Sonics called the first timeout when the game was only about 5 minutes into the first quarter. The targeted play of the Lakers made the Sonics appear confused both defensively and offensively.

Although a timeout was called, George Karl didn't know how to deal with the Lakers' style of play, because Liu Han's existence really made people feel too painful.No one can defend the Liu Han supersonic team alone. They cannot keep up with enough speed and strength, and they cannot keep up with enough speed and strength.But if you don't just defend against Liu Han but choose to attack, Liu Han can pass the threatening ball, which is even more deadly for the SuperSonics. Once the Lakers' pitchers feel like shooting, the Supersonics will be directly poured by the three-point rain. Destroyed, during the regular season, many teams were directly hit by the Lakers' three-pointers to collapse.

This is why Liu Han is important to the Lakers. As long as he is there, the Lakers will play much more easily than if Liu Han is not there.Liu Han and Michael Jordan are the only two players in the current league team that can be called nuclear-weapon-level players because they both have very strong deterrence. Jordan may be more unique, and his shooting rate is not so abnormal, but Liu Han It's different, as teammates with Liu Han, everyone will have a chance to score points, as long as you shoot accurately.

After careful consideration, George Karl can only arrange players to double-team Liu Han. Now he can only hope that other Lakers players feel bad today.

After a timeout, the Sonics attacked first. Gary Payton dribbled the ball across half court. His dribbling rhythm was very weird, which was fundamentally different from other point guard players. This was actually due to Payton’s personality. He has always been a maverick. And a rebellious player, so his way of dribbling is different from the conventional mode.

Payton dribbled the ball across the half and met Liu Han's defense. He didn't dare to break through in front of Liu Han, who was tall, long, and quick to respond. Instead, he cautiously passed the ball to Jose Hawkins who came up to meet him.

After Jose Hawkins got the ball, Supersonics center Jim McIlvaine mentioned an up-line screen, O'Neal defended Hawkins, and Hawkins passed the ball to Ray Allen's Jim McIlvaine, who faced Ray Allen. Against Ray Allen, who is smaller than himself, he did not make a sudden attack but directly made a mid-range shot. The ball went in. The fairly accurate mid-range shot is probably the main reason why McElvain became the starting center for the Sonics.

The Sonics narrowed the gap to four points after the shot.

The Lakers' offense, the Sonics' previous suspension arrangement was to double-team Liu Han, and let go of Ray Allen, who hadn't played.

As soon as Liu Han dribbled the ball past halftime, he encountered two double-teams. The Sonics would rather someone else score than let Liu Han play.

Liu Han did not attack, but passed the ball to Ray Allen who was open.

After Ray Allen received the ball without the slightest hesitation, he directly shot a three-pointer, and the ball drew an arc very similar to Liu Han's shot and got into the basket.

Ray Allen has been just an ordinary starting forward and guard swingman since joining the Lakers, but what others don't know is that Ray Allen has been learning three-point shooting from Liu Han.

Since meeting Liu Han for the first time, Ray Allen has completely admired Liu Han's abnormal three-point ability. Ray Allen has been asking Liu Han for advice on how to shoot three-pointers. After training and pondering, Ray Allen's three-pointers finally had some shadows of Liu Han.

Ray Allen's decisive three-pointer made the Supersonic team's tactics into an embarrassment. Whether to double-team Liu Han now is the biggest problem facing the Supersonic team.

As the game continued, Ray Allen made some gains from the outside, and veteran Dell Curry also scored from the three-point line.

Eight minutes into the first quarter, veteran Dell Curry was replaced by Kittles.Kittles' three-pointers may not be as accurate as Dell Curry, but his mobility and impact are much stronger than those of veterans, and he also has an advantage in height.The Lakers began to change their style of play. Liu Han controlled the ball and controlled the rhythm. The Lakers started an attack from O'Neal from the inside to the Sonics. Facing the Sonics, which had fallen behind by 8 points, the Lakers took the initiative to lower their offensive rhythm.

Entering the playoffs, the Lakers can't continue to attack their opponents with the full court as in the regular season. George Crent must consider whether the player's physical condition can make the player after a season still like the regular season. The audience galloped.

The Sonics also took advantage of the Lakers' slowing down and gradually stabilized. After all, Gary Payton is a star who has competed with Jordan. His offense may be slightly weaker than his defense, but he still has abilities. Under his leadership Next, the Sonics did not allow the Lakers to continue to widen the gap.

In the last 2 minutes of the first quarter, the Lakers gradually replaced the substitute players. The Sonics took advantage of the Lakers' substitute players' unsteady foothold and narrowed the gap to [-] points.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led by 32 to 22 points.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Sonics also replaced the substitute players, but the Lakers' substitute players began to show off. Nash and Robert Horry controlled the entire game in their own hands, and the Lakers gradually turned the score. gap widens.

Less than 5 minutes into the second quarter, the Sonics had to replace the starters in advance, and their substitutes were completely spent by the Lakers.

The Lakers also began to gradually replace the starting players. After Liu Han came on the field, he first used a three-pointer and a two-plus-one to the inside to expand the gap to more than [-] points.

Gary Payton tried his best to follow Liu Han and ran all over the court. He even started pressing Liu Han with all his strength, just hoping to stop this guy from continuing to score, but the effect was not obvious.Liu Han is not a particularly conceited star, he knows how to use his teammates to create the most suitable opportunities for him to shoot, so the Lakers have always maintained a leading advantage, and the players also feel that playing is not very strenuous.

At the end of the second quarter, the Lakers maintained their 22-point lead until halftime.

During the intermission, Supersonics head coach George Karl arranged the tactics for the team in the second half. The Supersonics are now behind by too many points. If they want to catch up with the score, they must not only control the Lakers from scoring, but also must score consecutively. , Instead of getting stuck in this entanglement, it is better to give it a go and completely fight the Lakers offensively.

Sure enough, the Sonics frequently shot from the outside at the beginning of the second half. Vin Baker, Jose Hawkins, and Gary Payton all shot from outside the three-point line. Unfortunately, their shooting percentages were not high. On the contrary, the Lakers The team's three-pointers are still accurate. Liu Han's abnormal shooting rate seems to be transmitted to his teammates today. By halfway through the third quarter, the Lakers team has made more than 16 three-pointers. There are gains outside the line.

After the third quarter, the Lakers widened the gap again. They had already led the Sonics by nearly [-] points.

Supersonic coach George Karl sat on the bench in distress. He couldn't think of a way to solve the Lakers. As long as Liu Han exists, everything about the Lakers seems to be impeccable.

In less than 3 minutes of the fourth quarter, the Sonics replaced the main players and replaced them with substitutes. They gave up the game.

In the end, relying on the excellent performance of Liu Han and his teammates, the Lakers beat the Sonics by 119 points 93-26. Liu Han played 36 minutes and scored 28 points, 13 assists and 9 rebounds. The Sonics felt completely bewildered.

(End of this chapter)