Almighty legend life

Chapter 91
On April 1997, 4, the NBA playoffs of the 24-96 season officially started. There were four games on the first day. The Timberwolves lost 97 to 95 to the Houston Rockets. The Hornets lost 112 to 64 to the New York Knicks, and the Los Angeles Clippers lost 99 to 99 to the Utah Jazz by 109 points. Both the East and the West won at home without major upsets.

On the 25th, the Lakers will play their first game of the playoffs against the Portland Trail Blazers.

In the first game, the Lakers did their best, and the point guard still used Van Exel. Nick Van Exel began to pass the ball to Liu Han under the persuasion of his agent and the Lakers management. In fact, he also wanted to be able to Get the championship.

The game has been under the firm control of the Lakers from the very beginning. Although the Blazers' Lithuanian center Sabonis is not inferior to O'Neal in height and weight, he is much worse than O'Neal in terms of strength and agility.Isaiah Ryder is also much inferior to Liu Han. Liu Han's current skills and his physical growth after training all make Liu Han a BUG in the position of shooting guard.

In the first quarter, the two teams were evenly divided. The Lakers only led by 25 points 21-4. Much stronger.

At halftime, the Lakers led their opponents by 13 points.

As soon as the third quarter came up, Liu Han began to play Isaiah Ryder in singles, and O'Neal did not keep positioning in the paint, but opened up space for Liu Han to play singles.Liu Han succeeded in consecutive singles against Ryder, and made two fouls in just 5 minutes. Ryder had to take a rest, and the Blazers substitute who came on was not Liu Han's opponent. Liu Han.And Liu Han quickly transfers the ball as long as the opponent tries to double-team. He is not a defender who can't pass the ball.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers have basically confirmed the victory. As long as the Lakers don't collapse in the fourth quarter with a gap of 24 points, it will be difficult for the Blazers to catch up.

最终这场比赛湖人队兵不血刃的拿下，刘汉出场29分钟，拿下21分8助攻8篮板，奥尼尔出战35分钟，拿下36分13个篮板，湖人队以99比77大胜开拓者22分。

There were also four games on the 25th. The Lakers won, and the top-ranked teams in the regular season who had home court advantage won one after another. Only the Suns had a big upset. They defeated Seattle 108-101 Sonics, Suns Rex Chapman scored 42 points.The Pistons lost to the Eagles, and the Bullets lost to the Bulls. Jordan scored 29 points, 8 assists and 8 rebounds in a quasi-triple double.

The Lakers rested on the 26th. There were only three games on this day. The Minnesota Timberwolves lost to the Houston Rockets again 84 to 96. The Timberwolves, who only had one player over 30 years old in the starting lineup, are much weaker than the Rockets in terms of playoff experience , As a team that has won two consecutive championships, as long as the Rockets' three core cores Olajuwon, Barkley, and Drexler play steadily, the Timberwolves will definitely be swept away.

The Hornets lost 93 to 100 to the New York Knicks. There is not much suspense in this round of the game. In fact, the Hornets' starting score is not weaker than the Knicks' starting score, but their bench scored only two points, while the Knicks scored 22 points off the bench. .

The Los Angeles Clippers lost 99 to 105 to the Utah Jazz. The Clippers have little chance in this round. Karl Malone is still strong, scoring 39 points and 11 rebounds. The Clippers have little to do against Malone inside.

On the 27th, the Lakers ushered in their second game at home.

The Blazers will recover after the last disastrous defeat, but their deficiencies in the interior cannot be made up for by being in good condition. The two white centers of the Blazers, Sabonis and Dudley, are not O'Neal's opponents.

Liu Han still played steadily in this game. The Blazers have no good way to limit the strong points of the Lakers inside and outside. Double-teaming Liu Han O'Neal will get a chance. If double-teaming O'Neal, Liu Han's three-point threat is even greater.

In the first quarter, O'Neal and Liu Han took turns attacking the Blazers' defense. The Lakers scored 33 points in a single quarter, leading the Blazers by 7 points.

In the second quarter, after the Lakers replaced O'Neal and Liu Han, the Trail Blazers came off the bench to pull the score back. The Lakers' bench players felt cold today. They didn't get some points until after O'Neal and Liu Han came back again. At the end of halftime, the Trail Blazers took the lead two points.

In the third quarter, O'Neal forced Sabonis to cause two fouls in a row. Sabonis, who had 4 fouls, had to rest. Without the inside barrier, the Blazers lost to the Lakers by 14 points in a single quarter.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Liu Han suddenly made a cold shot to expand the score of the two sides to about 107 points. Since then, the rhythm of the game has been controlled by the Lakers. In the end, the Lakers made another victory with 93 to [-].

奥尼尔在本场比赛拿下30分5助攻6篮板，而刘汉则抢下了13个篮板令人惊讶，当然刘汉还是很稳定的拿到了21分。

There were a total of five games on the 27th. The teams with better regular season results except the Eagles who were defeated by the Pistons 80 to 93, all other teams won. The revenge of losing at home.

After the Lakers won the second game, as long as they win the next away game against the Trail Blazers, they will advance to the second round of the playoffs. At this time, the first round of the NBA playoffs still has 5 games and 3 wins. system.

The Lakers had no game on the 28th. The Knicks defeated the Charlotte Hornets 104-95 away to advance to the second round of the playoffs. The Hornets were swept out.

The Jazz also completed a sweep of the Los Angeles Clippers. The score of 104 to 92 showed the ease of the Jazz. Jazz shooter Hornacek played well in this game and scored 28 points.

29日比赛湖人队依旧休息，老鹰队客场再负活塞队，踏上悬崖边缘，穆托姆博15分21个篮板的大号两双难敌格兰特希尔的24分8助攻4篮板。

The Rockets defeated the Timberwolves in an away game to complete the sweep. The Timberwolves played very well in this game. Six players in the team scored in double figures. Rookie Stephen Marbury scored 14 points and 13 assists, but the Rockets played even better. Although Ola Both Zhu Wang and Barkley were considered dead, but the Rockets' role players stood up in this game. Matt Maloney scored a team-high 26 points. Six of the Rockets scored in double figures and three scored in 3. .

The Miami Heat and the Orlando Magic launched an unusual defensive battle. Standing on the edge of the cliff, the Magic launched a Jedi counterattack. "Penny" Hardaway turned on the berserk mode and scored 30 points on 16 of 42 shots. In the end, the Heat failed to complete the sweep and the Magic pulled back one game.

The Supersonics unexpectedly lost to the Phoenix Suns again. Payton and Kemp scored 58 points, 20 rebounds and 8 assists for the Supersonics. He made 14 of 8 shots, 10 of 6 three-pointers and scored 29 points. Coupled with the excellent performance of the Suns' main players, the Sonics lost to the Suns 103 to 110.

On April 4, the Lakers traveled to Portland to challenge the Trail Blazers away. If they win, the Lakers will sweep the Trail Blazers 30-3.

The Blazers, who were already in a desperate situation, played very hard from the beginning of the game. They kept using foul tactics to prevent O'Neal from attacking the inside.

The Lakers are not in a good state today. Van Exel made zero three shots at the beginning of the game.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers trailed their opponents by 17 points 32-15.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Liu Han did not leave the field. He led the Lakers to counterattack the opponent from the bench. Kobe Bryant felt good in this game.

Liu Han did not have the slightest fear after facing the opponent's double-team. He passed it to his teammates when he had the opportunity, and made a foul if he had no opportunity. His three-pointer and back-and-back jumper are also called magic tricks to break the double-team. Liu Han single-quarter After scoring 22 points, at halftime, the Lakers led by 57 points 50-7.

The game continued in the second half, Liu Han took a rest, O'Neal led the main players to continue to maintain the score advantage, the Blazers were timid in the first half because they got too many fouls on O'Neal, Liu Han played in the second half of the third quarter After Duan made his debut, he hit three-pointers one after another. At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers took a 20-point lead.

In the fourth quarter, the Trail Blazers launched a Jedi counterattack. Their defensive actions became more and more serious. When they fouled, they also began to attack hard regardless of injuries. This move almost caused chaos on the field, but the Lakers players still restrained themselves. Emotion maintained the advantage to the finish line.

In the end, the Lakers swept the Trail Blazers. O'Neal scored 29 points and 12 rebounds. Liu Han got his first triple-double in the playoffs, with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.

When Liu Han was experiencing his first NBA playoffs, the Lewis Kyle family in Cleveland was also paying attention to Liu Han.

Hipson Kyle fell in love with Liu Han after accepting Liu Han's paper-cut gift that time, he would watch as long as it was Liu Han's game, but what he didn't know was that his mother actually paid more attention to Liu Han, Whenever Liu Han is severely fouled by the opponent on the court, Zhao Xueli's heart will always be pulled severely.

On April 4, while Shirley Zhao was waiting for her husband to get off work and her son to come home from school, he received a call from Shipson's elementary school, where Shipson suddenly began to have a nosebleed and fainted , has now been sent to the hospital.

Terrified by the news, Zhao Xueli quickly contacted her husband and rushed to the hospital.

Three days later, Zhao Xueli, who received the final examination results from the hospital, was struck down by the tragic fate of herself and her son just like when she first received news from Liu Han.Shipsen Kyle was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, commonly known as blood cancer.

(End of this chapter)