Almighty legend life

Chapter 226 Easy First Victory

After two days of truce, the NBA Western Conference finals of the 97-98 season officially started on May 1998, 5, local time in Los Angeles. The Jazz, like the Western Conference finals of last season, came to the Great Western Forum Arena in Los Angeles. An away challenge to the Lakers, who won 16 wins in the regular season and entered the playoffs without a single defeat.

Compared to last season when he was ignorant in the playoffs, this season Liu Han has been recognized by the entire league. He is already a top player not to lose to Jordan. It can even be said that in terms of offensive firepower, Liu Han Han wants to surpass Jordan. After all, Jordan himself has never scored 88 points.

Before the start of the game, the Lakers formulated tactics based on George Krent's advice from his old friend Li Rui. Liu Han will defend Stockton in this game and is responsible for controlling the offensive rhythm of the Lakers.Although Liu Han's defensive strength has not been recognized by everyone, it is undeniable that he does have outstanding single-defense ability. Without Jordan, facing Stockton, Liu Han still has an advantage.

The Jazz team looked quite dignified. Jerry Sloan hadn't figured out how to deal with Liu Han until he came to Los Angeles. He was still struggling with whether the Jazz should fight the Lakers defensively or offensively. The conceptual things about direction made Jerry Sloan almost have a nervous breakdown, but later he forcibly controlled himself not to think about it.Jerry Sloan felt that the first game should be considered a training session. Let the Jazz play according to conventional tactics, attack as they like, and defend as they want. Even if they lose, at least they can gain a lot of experience. Targeted changes can be made in the next game.

When it came to the Western Conference finals, Hollywood movie stars who are usually scattered all over the world showed up one after another at this time. The "star seats" in the Great Western Forum Arena were star-studded, and the cameramen on the sidelines also frequently captured the figures of these stars. In any respect, the Western Conference finals of the NBA playoffs are mutually beneficial to these stars, the players on the field, and even the entire NBA.

The commentators invited for this game are still Myrph Albert and Rego Sager. Of course, the famous Lakers Magic Johnson is also indispensable. He is well-known enough that although he has not signed a contract with any TV station, he cannot do without various commentary invitations. Bill Wharton is also doing a good job in the commentary business.

At the beginning of the game, the Lakers won the jump ball, and Liu Han grabbed the ball. He played very excitedly at the beginning of the game today, which is different from the usual games.

The Lakers tried to launch a fast break, but the Jazz were very tight against the Lakers' move. In the end, Liu Han had to slow down and switch to a positional battle.

In the positional battle, O'Neill had to occupy the position inside, and Liu Han immediately passed into the inside.Greg Ostertag, who was able to compete with O'Neal last season, was abandoned by Jerry Sloan this season. Instead, Greg Foster, who had been on the bench before, officially took over.

Although Greg Foster is not as tall and heavy as O'Neill, he is more experienced and dares to work hard.But now O'Neal is also very different from a year ago. He turned his back and shook Greg Foster, who was overstretched, and then dunked and scored two points.

The Lakers played very proactively at the beginning. Although Liu Han just passed the ball just now, he restrained the Jazz's defensive players very well from the outside. Otherwise, O'Neal will definitely meet the Jazz when he catches the ball inside. Various double-teams and slices.

As soon as Stockton received the baseline ball from his teammates in the backcourt, he encountered Liu Han's face-to-face defense.

Liu Han actually used a full-court press on Stockton from the very beginning.

Under Liu Han's pressure, Stockton dribbled very hard. Finally, with the help of his teammates, he was able to pass the halftime in eight seconds, but this has already delayed the Jazz's offensive time very well.

Sure enough, in the end, although Stockton passed halftime, he still faced the tight defense of Liu Han of the Lakers. Stockton, who was under a lot of pressure, did not dare to be careless, so he had to throw the ball to Malone, who was in the inside position.

Malone leaned his back on Robert Horry after receiving the ball, then turned and scored with a hook.The Lakers' defense against Malone was just a single defense, which made Stockton think it was an opportunity.

Although the Lakers failed to guard against Malone's offense, they didn't seem to care.

Liu Han still dribbled the ball steadily and met Stockton's defense after halftime. The Jazz had no choice but to let Stockton defend Liu Han, because now the Lakers lineup, The shortest player is Liu Han who handles the ball, but this is also 1 meters. It is simply unrealistic for Stockton to defend against other people who are taller than Liu Han.

Facing Stockton's defense, Liu Han didn't dare to be careless. The person who had defended on the opposite side all abused the opponent's shamelessness. Liu Han had heard about these things, and he knew that the seemingly honest and innocent person on the opposite side The murdered middle-aged white man was actually a very fierce guy.

Sure enough, those rumors were all based. When Liu Han tried to punch Stockton with his back, he found that Stockton was always trying to insert his legs between Liu Han's legs, and even The upward movement, the upward direction is self-evident, it is almost the softest part of the human body.

Although Liu Han had played against this guy before, it was the first time he was treated like this today, but he didn't have the slightest fear, but took advantage of the moment Stockton raised his leg and turned around to make a jumper. He leaned back a lot, and his raised right foot just kicked on Stockton's raised knee. Liu Han also responded to Stockton's "little move" with his own movements.

The basketball fell into the basket without any accident, but Stockton was taken aback. He didn't expect that Liu Han, who has always given people a silly look, now has some "old fritters" tendencies.

The Jazz continued to attack, but Stockton met Liu Han's defense as soon as he caught the ball. This guy is determined to stare at Stockton today, and to be honest, Liu Han is the same as brown sugar The defensive mode also makes Stockton, who has a firm mind, a little irritated. Although Liu Han can't use some small movements, he is like a plaster. If he wants to take it off, he has to endure the pain of breaking the skin.

Liu Han's defense really worked. Although Stockton relied on Malone's cover to temporarily get rid of the defense, Liu Han still lingered on him again. In the end, Stockton's helpless attack ended in this attack. The random shot ended, and the ball flew out of the baseline without even touching the basket.

Jerry Sloan couldn't help frowning off the court. He didn't expect the Lakers to be so targeted.

"Rego, maybe you won't believe it. In fact, I think Liu can be selected for the defensive team. His single defense ability is the best outside player I have ever seen. Even Jordan may not be able to compare with him now. After all, Jordan's age He is also getting older, and his basic physical ability has deteriorated." The magician still praised Liu Han from the beginning, this outstanding young man reminded Johnson of his youth.

"Ervin, I can see that Liu's defense is really good, but not as good as you said, but I think he can be called the best player in the league as long as he has that super accurate three-point ability "Rego Sager was first conquered by Liu Han's three-pointer.

"You're right, Rego. I think Liu is likely to break the playoff record for three-pointers in the playoffs. So far, he has made a total of 30 three-pointers in the first seven playoff games. Reggie Miller of the Pacers currently has the most three-pointers in a single season in the playoffs. He made 94 three-pointers in the playoffs of the 95-54 season. Of course, this is 17 games. The total number of playoffs, Liu is very likely to break this record this season." Myrph Albert now also highly respects Liu Han's three-pointer.

"Indeed, I have to admit that this young man is the best three-point shooter in the history of the league. Let us wait and see his performance." Rego Sager said.

(End of this chapter)