The Lakers lost to the Bulls in the first game of the finals of the 96-97 season, which did not surprise too many people, after all, the Lakers are still a relatively young team, although they have a glorious history, but in recent years, the situation in the league has changed, except for the Houston Rockets who grabbed two championships in the two years when Jordan first retired, the rest of the time the Bulls dominated the league, so the Lakers' loss is also reasonable.

Chicago's media did not hesitate to ridicule after the Lakers' loss, although Liu Han was loved by many fans, he was still described by Chicago's media as an arrogant person who was not self-conscious, and although Liu Han scored 33 points in the last game, he was still said by Chicago's media that he was prevented by Jordan, in fact, in terms of scoring and shooting percentage, Liu Han is higher than Jordan.

The Los Angeles media 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, and the Los Angeles media also reported that Jordan and Liu Han avoided fighting in the game was cowardly, but some neutral media criticized the Lakers head coach Harris's employment, they believe that Harris did not make good use of the current Lakers lineup.

On June 3, the second game between the two teams resumed after a day of rest, again at the United Sports Center arena in Chicago.

The Lakers have no change in the starting lineup compared with the previous game, Coach Harris feels that Liu Han spent too much physical energy on offense in the last game, he should defend Jordan, as long as he prevents Jordan and the Bulls are not good to play, so in this game Harris arranged Liu Han to defend Jordan alone, and try to cooperate with the interior line in the offense.

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

The Bulls' starting lineup today has not changed, and their tactics were successful in the last game, which put the Lakers' outside core into a situation of fighting alone, and Liu Han, who was too physically exhausted, failed to complete the reversal.

At the beginning of the game, O'Neal still jumped the ball to win, and the Lakers attacked first. Van Exel's got the ball and advanced steadily to the front, Liu Han settled into the weak corner to wait for the opportunity and open up the space, and O'Neill was in the position.

Van Exel played a bit more solidly than he did in the regular season after entering the playoffs, and he hoisted the ball to O'Neal who was in position. O'Neal leaned back after receiving the ball and used his strength advantage to knock away Luke Longley and score two points. O'Neill's last defeat was frustrating and he felt he should have played a little bit stronger in this game.

After conceding the ball, the Bulls were not too discouraged, Luke Longley's role was to be a sapper, he could prevent it, and if he couldn't prevent it, he would send O'Neal to the free throw line, but after all, it was just the beginning, and Luke Longley didn't want to get off the court early.

Ron Harper isn't a point guard who creates chances, but his steady and low-key style suits the Bulls right now.

Liu Han had his eye on Jordan when the Bulls were attacking, and since the coach had arranged defensive tasks, he tried his best to complete them.

Jordan also ran to the weak side like the last Lakers offense, bringing away Liu Han, Ron Harper handed the ball to Pippen, Pippen received the ball and forced Eddie Jones to hit the inside, O'Neal made up for the defense, Pippen did not pass, but relied on O'Neal to throw the ball to the rebound. Although the ball didn't go in, the referee's whistle blew, and they blew O'Neal for a foul on the action just now, after all, it was the home court of the Bulls.

Pippen hit two free throws to tie the score. The Bulls' tactic today is actually to force the Lakers inside, try to make O'Neal's fouls, and when O'Neal fouls are too many times, the Bulls will be much easier to play, and it will be difficult for Liu Han to turn the tables alone.

Today's on-site commentary is still the same as the last four, and Reg Sager teased Jordan at the beginning of the game.

"Hey, Malv, did you find it, Jordan doesn't seem to have any intention of beating up today, he's chatting with Liu in the corner."

"Well, I think this should be Phil Jackson's tactic, he asked Jordan to pull away Liu Han, seriously, now this Bulls, only Liu has good defensive ability on the outside, if O'Neal fouls too much, then the Lakers will not be able to play this game, Harris still has too little experience." Malf Albert is a well-known NBA commentator, and he guessed the Bulls' tactics in just one round of offense and defense.

The Lakers continued to attack, Liu Han still fell to the weak side to open up space, O'Neal continued to attack the inside, but this time he was directly pulled down by Luke Longley when he turned to shoot, and one of two free throws was O'Neal's normal level.

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

The Bulls attacked, and Ron Harper passed 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 put Rodman to shoot. However, there was an accident this time, the Lakers immediately wrapped up after Pippen received the ball, Robert Horry and Eddie Jones worked together to guard Pippen, Pippen was under a lot of pressure, and could only hand the ball to Rodman, who was unguarded not far away, after receiving the ball, Rodman was still a little stunned when he saw that there was no defense, and Rodman shot directly as soon as his brain was hot, and this mid-range shot of about one step within the three-point line actually hit the board into the frame, which surprised the Bulls fans all over the court, you know, Rodman's number of goals in a season may not be as many as Liu Han's goals in a game.

Rodman also looked happy after the goal, and he himself knew that he could only score two or three out of ten such goals.

The Lakers fell behind after the opening game.

The game continued, the Lakers were still mainly attacking inside, Liu Han was pulling to the outside to attract firepower every time he attacked, and Jordan was also happy to be idle.

However, the situation on the field changed in the game after 5 minutes, O'Neal was a little enthusiastic in the attack because the opponent had been viciously fouled, he received the ball with his back and suddenly tried to teach the despicable Australian behind him a lesson, but the cunning Luke Longley fell out on the first hit of O'Neal, the referee's whistle blew, and O'Neal was awarded an offensive foul.

An angry O'Neill tried to explain to the referee that the opponent was faking the fall, but the referee remained unmoved.

Harris is in trouble, O'Neal has already committed two fouls, can only be rested, and the next game will not be good.

In the next defense, the Lakers also failed to do a good job of defense, the players still seemed to be a little nervous, the Bulls' tactics worked very well, relying on Jordan to abolish Liu Han, the other players of the Bulls team were much stronger than the Lakers in terms of strength, Ron Harper received Pippen's pass and hit the three-point line.

Coach Harris called a timeout and replaced O'Neal, who had already committed two fouls, he knew that the next game would rely on Liu Han's play, and his tactics and ideas were guessed by Phil Jackson.

"The game went on for 5 minutes and 34 seconds, the Bulls led by three points 14-11, and the Lakers' center O'Neal had already fouled twice. Reg Sagar said in a rare and serious tone. (To be continued.) )