The Lakers got off to a good start in the second round of the playoffs, which is nothing more than happy for Lakers fans, but what makes Lakers fans even happier is the strength shown by the Lakers in this game, their supersonic team has no power to fight back, you know, the supersonic team has also won more than 60 wins in the regular season this year, and a team with 60 wins in the regular season has no power to fight back, which shows the strength of the current Lakers team.

Needless to say, Liu Han's performance is recognized as a top star by the league, but the performance of the other young players of the Lakers has caught everyone's eye, and after the first round of playoff grinding, the Lakers' rough diamonds are starting to show amazing brilliance.

The management of many teams is beginning to prepare to contact the agents of these young players of the Lakers, in their opinion, these young people of the Lakers have the potential to become first-class stars, but more team management thinks about how to get Liu Han, because Liu Han signed a 2 plus 2 contract when he first joined the Lakers, and after this season, Liu Han can execute the player option, in case the Lakers have an infighting or something, maybe Liu Han can leave, Therefore, the management of many teams began to prepare in advance, as long as they got Liu Han, it means that the team has the strength to advance to the finals.

Not to mention these off-court topics, the playoffs are still in full swing.

On May 5, the Knicks challenged the Pacers on the road, and against the fierce defensive Pacers, the Knicks starters played well, four of their five starters scored in double figures, and only Chris Dudley was out of luck and did not score a point. However, the Pacers showed amazing resilience under Larry Bird, and although their starters did not score much, as long as Reggie Miller scored 17 points, the Pacers' bench exploded today, with four bench players scoring 56 points, more than half of the normal game total. In the end, the Knicks lost to the Pacers 83-93 and lost the first game of their second round of the playoffs.

The matchup between the Spurs and the Jazz was extremely difficult, both teams had good interior strength, and there were suitable role players on the outside, so the game was extremely fortunate.

Spurs rookie Tim Duncan broke out today, scoring a game-high 33 points and 10 rebounds, and beating Karl Malone's 25 points and 8 rebounds, but when the game came to the end, the Jazz, who only hit three three-pointers in the game, hit the most valuable three-pointer, and Jeff Hornacek did not become the background again, and he used Stockton's pass to kill the Spurs. In the end, the Jazz narrowly defeated the Spurs by one point 83-82.

On May 6, the Lakers, who had a day off, continued to face their opponents, the SuperSonics, at home.

After the last game, the head coach of the SuperSonics, George Karl, did not rest all night, he has been struggling with how to defend Liu Han of the Lakers, and when he was in pain, George Karl even felt that if he was given a gun now, he would definitely be the first to kill Liu Han.

After deducting the few hairs in the first place, George Carr could only bite the bullet and let the players pinch Liu Han and let go of the other players of the Lakers, which was almost a helpless solution, which could only pray that the Lakers would be abnormal with other players in the game.

The easy win in the last game made the Lakers players inevitably despise their opponents a little, which is human nature, and since the first game can be easily won, the second game must not be too difficult. However, Lakers head coach George Krent was keenly aware of the change in the mentality of his players, not only repeatedly emphasizing the importance of the game before the game, but also changing the starting lineup again.

Nash got the start in this game, the veteran Dell Curry played the scoring guard, Liu Han played the small forward, the big forward was Robert Horry, and the center was still O'Neal. This lineup George intends to play purely positional battles, drag down the pace of the game, and slowly stay up with the SuperSonics, so that other young players can gradually adapt to the game.

The Lakers' change of formation again put the SuperSonics in an embarrassment, and the originally arranged tactics of pinching Liu Han became an ornament again, because Liu Han did not exert any force in this game, but only ran with two defenders, which gave the Lakers more opportunities for other players.

Nash finally got his hands on the game after the last game, and he no longer blindly pursued speed, but learned to find the most suitable passing opportunities in the game through cooperation with teammates like Liu Han.

The Lakers' roster was once again firmly in their own hands from the start of the game. In the attack, O'Neal can attack on the inside, and after attracting the pack, he also has enough firepower on the outside.

In defense, Nash and veteran Dell Curry may become defensive holes, but fortunately, the SuperSonics don't have many shooters, except for Wenbeck and Gary Payton, who have baskets, the other players are hardly outside the three-point line, and Wenbeck and Gary Payton's three-point shooting is not stable.

In the first quarter, the Lakers established a six-point lead, O'Neal played the whole quarter, scored 14 points and 5 rebounds, and the efficiency was amazing, although Liu Han did not exert much force, but also hit two three-pointers from outside the three-point line to score six points.

In the second quarter, the Lakers replaced the young bench lineup that had been held for a whole quarter, and at the same time, the Lakers also changed the slow and leisurely style of play in the first quarter and began to impact the SuperSonics team's defense with speed, which made the SuperSonics team who had been accustomed to the rhythm of the first quarter stunned as soon as they came up, and the Lakers bench lineup played a 16-5 offensive climax in the first half of the second quarter, expanding the score gap to 17 points in one fell swoop.

The SuperSonics had to replace the main players again in advance, but the Lakers were also very targeted to let Liu Han possess the ball again, and closely guarded Gary Payton, the core of the SuperSonics team.

Liu Han was not disappointed by the defensive tasks assigned to him by his coach, and he preferred the feeling of victory to the amount of personal glory he received.

Under Liu Han's 100% focused defense, Payton was completely lost, and he was very difficult to connect the ball with Liu Han's restrictions.

With Payton in a slump, the SuperSonics quickly couldn't keep up with the pace of the Lakers, and O'Neal didn't play in the second quarter, and the Lakers could play as much as they wanted.

By halftime, the Lakers had established a 24-point lead, and the result was very similar to the previous game, but the process was completely different.

In the third quarter, the Lakers once again switched to a lineup that focused on interior offense, and O'Neal made a big show on the inside of the SuperSonics, not only letting the opposing starting center Jim McIlva go off the court early due to four fouls on his back, but also continuously blocking the SuperSonics' offense in defense, and the Lakers expanded the score gap to more than 30 points before the third quarter was halfway through.

Compared with the previous game, the Lakers played more advantageously in this game, George Crent's tactical arrangement completely restrained George Karl's tactics, and Liu Han also completely restrained Gary Payton, who is known for his defense, after the only core of the SuperSonics team was seen dead, their defeat was reasonable.

Eventually, the entire fourth quarter turned into garbage time, with Lakers staples like Liu Han and O'Neal getting plenty of rest.

The league is really worried about the Lakers' behavior of turning the fourth quarter of the game into garbage time, they are afraid that the loss of competitiveness of the game will reduce the ratings, so in the next game, the Lakers will definitely encounter the league's "special care", but these unspoken rules are also unknown to George Krent and the young players of the Lakers, the NBA league is in the final analysis to please the audience, so that the audience is interested in watching the game, which is what the league needs to pay the most attention to, Everything else is secondary to the league management. (To be continued.) )