Chapter Eighty-Nine: God Possesses Liu Han Today
Heading into April, the NBA's regular season is in its final stages, and the Lakers have had an excellent record this year and are currently in second place in the West. At the beginning of March, the Lakers were ranked first in the West, but after Liu Han reduced his playing time in March, the team lost a lot of games in a row and was overtaken by the Utah Jazz.
O'Neal also started recovery training in late March, and he hopes to be back before the playoffs, O'Neal is full of confidence today, Liu Han gave him a big surprise, and he hopes that he can win the championship this year.
On April Fool's Day in 1997, before the Lakers' game against the Seattle SuperSonics, Liu Han officially asked head coach Mr. Harris to start, and Liu Han felt that he could adapt to the position of shooting guard.
After about a month of hard training, Liu Han's body has changed a lot, his explosiveness and flexibility have been greatly improved, during training, the Lakers players found that Liu Han can now make very beautiful aerial moves, and he can maintain a very high shooting rate under aerial confrontation.
Coach Harris agreed to Liu Han's request, and he also hopes to familiarize the team with this set of tactics with Liu Han as the offensive and defensive core before the playoffs begin, and the game can test whether Liu Han can really adapt to this position.
The Lakers' starting lineup for this game is point guard Van Exel, scoring guard Liu Han, small forward Eddie Jones, power forward Elden Campbell, and center Tyreth Knight.
Although the SuperSonics' record this year is not as good as last year's, their current record is still in fourth place in the West, and the core of Gary Payton and Sean Kemp's inside and outside offensive and defensive core allows the SuperSonics to occupy a place in the West.
Sean Kemp did not start this game and was on the bench.
At the start of the game, Tyrith Knight won with a jump shot in the middle circle, and the Lakers attacked first.
Van Axel dribbled the ball up front and passed it to Elden Campbell, who received the ball and passed it to Van Axel again, who then blocked Gary Payton to chase Axel.
Van Exel took a dribble and shot directly after receiving the ball, but he dribbled this step more, so that Gary Payton's defense was already in place, the basketball bounced high behind the basket, and the supersonic interior stuck the Lakers players in positions trying to grab the easy rebound.
Liu Han accelerated after seeing Van Exel's shot, and threw off Jose Hawkins, who was defending himself, and rushed inside, when the supersonic player was still looking up to look at the basketball that was still flying upwards, Liu Han jumped high, his left arm almost all exceeded the basket, and his head was very close to the basket. The flying basketball was grabbed by Liu Han's left hand and then dunked heavily into the basket.
Liu Han's dunk like a god descended to earth made all the supersonic fans present let out a burst of exclamation.
As soon as the game began, Liu Han used this supplementary dunk to announce his return.
The SuperSonics coach shouted loudly off the court for Gary Payton to switch to Liu Han, and Gary Payton is the best defensive player on the SuperSonics perimeter.
As the game continued, the SuperSonics were screened by Gary Payton to block Van Exel and shoot a three-pointer, and the Lakers' defense was always lacking in deterrence.
The Lakers attacked, Van Exel still didn't want to pass the ball to Liu Han, but he was watched tightly by Jose Hawkins, who was switched over, and there was no way to shoot easily, so he passed the ball to his teammate Elden Campbell, trying to do the same offense as the last time, but Campbell did not pass the ball to him again, but hoisted the ball to Liu Han, who was in a position near the bottom left corner.
Liu Han took the ball with his back and leaned against Gary Payton, who put his hand on Liu Han's waist and pressed it tightly to prevent Liu Han from starting easily.
Liu Han dribbled the ball against Gary Payton and then made a shake of his left shoulder to the left side of his body, Gary Payton was not shaken by Liu Han's feint, but he still pushed Liu Han with the hand on Liu Han's waist.
What Gary Payton didn't expect was that Liu Han relied on Gary Payton's nudge to turn towards his right side, Liu Han's right foot was the axis, and he jumped immediately after a close 180-degree turn, and his body leaned back in the air to avoid Gary Payton's interference and shoot easily, and the basketball crossed a perfect arc in the air and fell into the net.
Gary Payton was stunned by Liu Han's actions just now, if you don't look at the skin color, Liu Han's actions just now are exactly the same as the guy who made Gary Payton annoyed so much.
The Lakers players were also shocked by Liu Han's actions just now, and the movements that appeared in front of them were so similar to Jordan, almost like a replica.
At the beginning of the game, Liu Han scored four points in a row, and what made the Lakers fans in front of the TV sigh that Liu Han's skills this time were so powerful.
It's not that there is no one in the league who can't do this move, but Jordan was the only one who can do it so perfectly and elegantly, and now it seems that there will be one more young man.
The game continued, the Lakers' outside defense still looked a little soft, and the supersonic players could break through at will, except for Liu Han, who still showed excellent defensive skills and will, the other players of the Lakers made people feel a little inattentive.
The Lakers also looked a little chaotic on offense, and Van Exel never gave Liu Han a pass, even though Liu Han showed a very good form at the beginning of the game. However, the rest of the Lakers players are still willing to pass the ball to Liu Han, and they also think Liu Han is more trustworthy than Van Exel.
Lakers head coach Harris replaced Van Exel after seeing the situation on the court, since Liu Han is going to play this game, he can't tolerate Van Exel's willfulness.
Less than 6 minutes into the game, the Lakers replaced their starting point guard, and Liu Han returned to his familiar point guard position.
After controlling the ball, Liu Han still played a different style than before, and his accurate three-point made Gary Payton, who was defending him, not dare to let Liu Han go too far, but after being close, Liu Han began to single Payton with his back again.
Although the Lakers' defense still did not improve, relying on Liu Han's excellent play, the Lakers still bit the score tightly, and Gary Payton felt that he did not have a good defensive method against Liu Han.
In the second half of the first quarter, the SuperSonics also tried to contain Liu Han, but the rest of the Lakers' players had a good hand today, and they didn't waste Liu Han's passes.
At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the SuperSonics by 4 points at 28-24, and Liu Han scored 15 points in a single quarter, and only made two three-point shots, all of which were hit.
Entering the second quarter, the SuperSonics did not dare to wrap Liu Han anymore, and the other players of the Lakers felt very good today, and it would definitely be no good to continue to wrap up.
After a period of training, Liu Han's physical fitness at this time is not weaker than some stars who rely on his body to eat, and Liu Han has now learned to make a step-back jumper comparable to Jordan's level, and Gary Payton has exhausted all means and has no way to stop Liu Han from scoring.
In the 8th minute of the second quarter, the Lakers attacked, Liu Han advanced to the front court with the ball and continued to face Payton with his back, Payton did not dare to be too close to Liu Han at this time, he was frightened by Liu Han's skills shown in the previous singles, and the young man's playing feeling made Payton feel too similar to Jordan.
Liu Han dribbled with his back to Payton a few times into the three-point line and then suddenly dribbled to the right side, Payton didn't dare to let Liu Han enter the inside line so easily, Liu Han stopped and made a fake move to try to jump out, Payton was frightened by Liu Han's movements, he knew how accurate this young man was, so he didn't dare to let Liu Han shoot.
Liu Han bypassed and threw the ball directly to the rebound after Payton jumped, and the supersonic interior players were confused by Liu Han's action, and they were still wondering if this guy suddenly got out of his hands.
Liu Han threw the ball to the rebound and immediately followed up, jumped up when he entered the three-second zone, at this time the basketball thrown to the rebound just fell back into Liu Han's hand, Liu Han picked up the ball from under the body with his right hand to make a big loop, the ball was heavily dunked into the basket, this is a dunk that can be selected as the best goal of the month.
On the Lakers' bench, all the players stood up and cheered for Liu Han's wonderful dunk just now, waving towels that made people think that the Lakers had won.
There were also Seattle fans in the audience on the sidelines who applauded Liu Han's wonderful goal, although the Lakers are now the enemy, but the wonderful goal still deserves everyone's applause.
In the next game, the two teams entered a stalemate, but the Lakers relied on Liu Han's blow to the supersonic to suppress the score.
At the end of the second quarter, the Lakers led by 7 points at 65-58, and Liu Han scored 17 points in a single quarter again, and scored a total of 32 points in the half, nearly half of the team's total scores.
Liu Han took a break in the third quarter, and the SuperSonics took the opportunity to equalize the score, but Liu Han came back with three consecutive three-pointers to give the Lakers the lead again.
Entering the fourth quarter, the SuperSonics have been closely chasing the score, but Liu Han has pulled the score away again and again, the SuperSonics basically have no effect on Liu Han's defense, and Gary Payton, who once won the best defensive player, has no way to Liu Han, and the Seattle audience even began to boo, and they don't know if the boos are against Liu Han or their home team.
In the last 3 minutes of the game, Liu Han once again used two three-pointers to widen the gap in the score to more than 10 points, and the supersonic finally failed to perform a miracle.
Liu Han scored 21 points in a single quarter again in the fourth quarter, shocking Seattle's home court. In the end, the Lakers won the game 107-99, Liu Han played 40 minutes, shot 7 of 7 three-pointers, and scored an astonishing 62 points.
After the game, the head coach of the Seattle SuperSonics said in an interview that today, the rookie was possessed by God.