Chapter 116: Away stalemate
Zhao Chengkai felt that he should give more care to this cousin who had no father and no mother since he was a child, although Zhao Chengkai also knew that Liu Han's birth was actually the result of Liu Han's father's crime, but he felt that Liu Han was innocent, and his relatives were left in the ravine for 20 years, Zhao Chengkai felt a little guilty.
After seeing that Zhao Chengkai and Liu Han were very close, the people from the Basketball Association felt that they should not make any requirements for Liu Han to join the national team. However, they still haven't talked to Liu Han about joining the national team, the most important thing now is to buy some things in the United States, it is rare to have the opportunity to go abroad, the two of them are not only with tasks, but also with many people in China to help buy things, and now Liu Han is obviously preparing for the next game, and the matter of joining the national team can be discussed after the finals.
The arrival of CCTV reporters also made the other players of the Lakers team curious, and this was the first time they had dealt with people from across the Pacific at close range except for Liu Han. They were stunned when they learned that the Finals would be watched by more than 50 million people in China, and the NBA Finals would not have been watched by 50 million people when the ratings were highest in the United States.
And when the people of CCTV and the Basketball Association saw that Liu Han and this group of American men got along very well, they also felt amazing, in their opinion, domestic players are estimated to be unable to even speak when they come to China, but Liu Han is very important in the team, and it seems that Liu Han has a good relationship with everyone.
"Hey, are you a reporter from Liu's hometown? I want to ask you something? O'Neill found Zhao Chengkai.
"Hello, Mr. O'Neill, don't mind if I call you Shaq?" Zhao Chengkai is fluent in English, which surprised O'Neill.
"Ha, your English is more standard than Liu's, you know Bruce Lee, right? Do you all know kung fu? A-Da. O'Neill also comically imitated Bruce Lee's scream.
"Haha, Shaq, you learn a lot like that, but not everyone of us knows kung fu, and then the police in our country will be busy to death, because everyone will be very destructive when they fight." O'Neill made Zhao Chengkai feel that his cousin had made good friends.
The loss of the last game made the Chicago media less ridiculed the Lakers and Liu Han a little, but they still reported that the Bulls would eventually win the championship.
In the fifth game, the two teams looking to win the championship were unexpected, and both sides knew very well that whoever lost the game would be on the brink of danger.
At the beginning of the game, O'Neal won the jump ball, but after the ball was pulled out, Pippen struggled to grab it, and after getting the ball, Pippen immediately launched a counterattack, and the Lakers were unprepared and were scored two points by the Bulls.
The Lakers' starting lineup today is still Liu Han controlling the ball, while the Bulls have changed their defensive strategy, and Jordan is here to limit Liu Han's play.
Liu Han just dribbled the ball through the half court and encountered Jordan's defense, and in this game, Jordan vowed to teach Liu Han a good lesson.
In the face of Jordan's defense, Liu Han did not break through rashly, he knew that Jordan was powerful, after all, he was the one who won the best defensive player, Liu Han did not dare to be careless, he dribbled with his back to avoid Jordan's pick-up.
Liu Han dribbled his back against Jordan and then suddenly accelerated to break through to his right side, Jordan quickly moved sideways to block the direction of Liu Han's advance, Liu Han's left hand dribble changed direction and turned to the right side to break through, Jordan's foot movement was really powerful, and Liu Han's forward route was blocked at the first time, but Liu Han still moved to the right side, Jordan met Horry who mentioned the outside line to Liu Han's cover, but his cover quality this time was not high, and he was cleverly bypassed by Jordan.
Liu Han was entangled and had no choice but to pass the ball to Kobe, who hoisted it inside. O'Neal caught the ball and forced Luke Longley to score two points, and Horry's cover just now was empty of the inside.
The Bulls attacked, Ron Harper dribbled and tried to break through Liu Han, but Liu Han's defense was not bad, he blocked the route that Ron Harper broke through, Luke Langley came out to cover Harper, Liu Han was blocked, O'Neal did not make up the defense, but stayed on the inside, Liu Han quickly bypassed the cover and continued to chase Harper. Harper saw that O'Neal didn't come out and shot a high jumper, and the ball bounced out of the frame.
O'Neal turned around and grabbed the rebound, Liu Han had already counterattacked quickly, O'Neal directly passed to Liu Han, but the ball was a little high, and Liu Han struggled to catch the ball, and there was no chance to counterattack.
Liu Han stabilized and slowly organized the attack, and Jordan had returned to the defense to continue to pester.
O'Neal went to the outside to cover Liu Han, the quality was very high, Jordan was blocked, Luke Longley didn't dare to carelessly try to defend Liu Han closely, but Liu Han suddenly accelerated around Luke Longley to kill the inside, Jordan did not give up and chased Liu Han closely.
Rodman let go of Horry from the baseline to try to block Liu Han's breakthrough, Liu Han strode towards the baseline with his right foot in the high-speed march, Rodman quickly moved sideways to block Liu Han's breakthrough, but Liu Han took a step to the left with his left foot to deceive Rodman. After jumping up, Liu Han jumped high with the ball in his right hand and tried to dunk, Jordan flew over from behind to try to block, but Liu Han did not force it but withdrew his outstretched right hand and handed the ball to the left backhand basketball. A very nice European walk-through and hand-changing lever.
"Beautiful, Liu Han's pass is rare in the NBA, and it is usually European players who use this technical move, but Liu Han did it even better, because he completed this set of moves at high speed, and Jordan's block did not work." Today's commentator, Rego Sager, still does not hesitate to praise Liu Han.
Zhao Chengkai on the sidelines and the CCTV filming team couldn't help but applaud loudly, watching Liu Han's performance on the spot is much more exciting than watching it on TV.
Jordan was very depressed about not being able to put down the ball, and he almost tried his best to defend, but he still let Liu Han score.
The Bulls attacked, Jordan tried to save the face he had just lost, he was strong in the bottom corner of the right side, Ron Harper Ma passed to Jordan, Kobe Bryant kept trying to go around the front but failed, Jordan broke through directly to the bottom line after taking the ball, Kobe quickly moved sideways to block, Jordan pulled the ball with his right hand and turned around, and threw a jumper backwards, Kobe Bryant had nothing to do about this quick turn, he could only watch Jordan score two points.
This crucial match was a stalemate from the start, with both teams putting in almost their best efforts to defend and attack.
In the first quarter to 9 minutes, the two teams successively replaced the bench players, the loss of the last game made Phil Jackson realize that his team is not physically advantageous, in terms of age, the Lakers are much younger than the Bulls as a whole, the players in the team are more than 30 years old after Byron Scott, and the Bulls only Luke Longley is 28 years old in the starters, and the others are over 30 years old.
The Lakers didn't play well after coming off the bench, and the rest of their bench lineup except for Van Exel, who had some three-point ability, didn't do well on three-pointers. The Bulls chose Kukochi and Steve Kerr, the two major pitchers, but the defensive ability of the Bulls bench was worse than that of the Lakers, and the two teams were still in a stalemate for a while, and no one could completely pull away or lead.
The first quarter ended with the two teams tied 25-26 and the Bulls leading by one point. (To be continued.) )