Chapter Seventy-Seven: Transformation and Learning

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"Hey, boy, how are you behaving worse and worse lately, is there something wrong, didn't you quarrel with my daughter?" Over the weekend, Liu Han and Safina returned to LaBeouf's for dinner, and LaBeouf noticed the ups and downs of Liu Han's recent form.

"No, Lar, I'm having a good time with Safina, it's just that I've had some trouble in the game, but I've found a solution now." Liu Han sobered up a lot after communicating with Coach George.

"Well, that's good, but seriously, I think you need to be a little bit more aggressive in the game, you need to add breakouts and dunks, and a two-point dunk is more aggressive than a three-pointer."

"Well, I see, Lahr, I'm learning how to dunk and break through with my teammates."

The NBA's regular season is really very tight, one game in two days is the norm, more two games in three days or more intense back-to-back, coupled with the need to go to the away side when the long flight, rookies will generally be uncomfortable with such a tense game, and rookies who can break through this point to achieve results will become the focus of everyone's attention.

Lakers players have noticed a change in Liu Han in their recent regular training, and the young man with amazing projection is now practicing breakouts and dunks.

"Hey, Shaq, can you teach me how to dunk?" Liu Han was the first to find O'Neill.

"Haha, boxer, you can't learn my dunks, if you want to learn my dunk style, first you have to have a ****** and a height of more than two meters. What, haven't you learned to dunk before? It should be easy to bounce according to your height and jump. O'Neill was surprised by Liu Han's request.

"yes, Shaq, I've never learned how to dunk before, and I've only been learning basketball for two and a half years now."

"SHIT, are you kidding? You've only been learning basketball for over two years? It's impossible, haha, boy, this joke is average, I can only give you 0 points. O'Neill thought Liu Han was joking with himself.

"Okay, Shaq, tell me who's the best if I'm going to learn how to break and dunk."

"Well, if you dunk now, of course, you'll have to learn from Jordan and Wilkins, but these two old guys don't show off dunks very much these days, and you can look for their old tapes. Tim Hardaway's change of direction and dribbling are worth learning from, and the other Seven-Six kid is also very good at dribbling and breaking, and his first move is very fast. ”

"Oh, okay, so do you know Tim Hardaway or Alan Iverson? Can you tell me about it? Liu Han amused O'Neill again with his way of speaking.

"Haha, are you going to tell them in person that you want to learn their tricks? I can't guarantee that they will hand it over to you, but don't worry, I'm familiar with the guy with the surname Hardaway, and I can introduce you to some, but I don't know that kid from Seventy-Six, you have to come by yourself, and you'll definitely meet at the All-Star Rookie Game, so you can tell yourself when the time comes. O'Neill looked at Liu Han, who had a sincere face, and felt that if he didn't agree, it would be a crime.

Liu Han began to try to break through and dunk in training, although his breakthrough seemed a little lacking in change and rhythm at first, and the dunk was also the easiest two-handed slam dunk, but he still insisted on his own training.

After the end of the training, Liu Han also found some previous dunk contests and game highlights to watch, although he had seen a lot before, but at that time he was more concerned about the rhythm of other people's shots, and seemed to have no love for breakthroughs and dunks, but now when he watched these tapes again, he was stunned by those amazing dunks and changeable directional breakthroughs, his excellent shooting ability limited his imagination, Liu Han felt that he had discovered a new world.

Liu Han began to try these dunks and breakthrough moves that he thought were too fancy before, Liu Han looked very clumsy at the beginning, his dunks often dunked, and when he dribbled through, he often lost the ball or was cut off, but Liu Han still insisted on his own changes.

Kobe Bryant seemed a little dismissive of Liu Han's changes, he felt that Liu Han was doing too much, he was attracting the attention of the coach, he had performed very well in the game recently, and won the attention of the coach, and Liu Han was at a low ebb, which made Kobe, who has always been a little extreme to Liu Han, feel refreshed. Liu Han's change is useless in Kobe's eyes, because Kobe feels that dunking and breaking through are more demanding of physical talent, and it is difficult for Liu Han to grow in this area.

While Liu Han was still working hard for his change, the Lakers' game entered the final stage of January.

On January 28, 1997, the Lakers came to Dallas to take on the Mavericks on the road. At this time, the Mavericks were at a low ebb, and the team that officially joined the NBA in the 80-81 season was considered a promising team in the mid-80s, but after entering the 90s, the team's record declined severely.

Liu Han sat on the bench in this game, his status in the mind of Coach Harris has declined, and Kobe Bryant gets a start.

Prepared by the Mavericks with the fourth pick in '93, Jamal Mashburn was regarded by the league as a potential superstar, he averaged 19.6 points per game in his rookie season, and 23.4 points per game in his last game, but Marshburn entered this season with injuries, and today is his first game back from injury.

In this game, O'Neal had the advantage inside, and the Lakers opened the situation first after the opening. Van Exel's style of play changed after coming off the bench for a few games, and the Lakers worked well inside and outside in the first quarter to end the first quarter with a 23-18 lead. Liu Han came on as a substitute for Van Exel in the second half of the first quarter, and Liu Han, who added a breakaway, scored four points in the rest of the first quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Liu Han led the Lakers to come off the bench. Michael Finley, who the Mavericks traded from the Phoenix Suns during the trade, was the main defense of Liu Han.

Liu Han tried to break through Michael Finley's defense in the game, but his current breakthrough skills and dribbling skills are not very mature, and Liu Han looks a little clumsy in the face of Finley's close pressing.

Liu Han's current state seems a little embarrassing, he has been trying to break through on the field, but he has forgotten his best skills, which makes the head coach off the field Harris feel a little angry, and he feels that Liu Han's future is not much.

Less than 5 minutes into the second quarter, Liu Han went off the court. After the return of the main team, the Lakers played the Mavericks easily, and the Lakers led by 12 points at halftime.

In the second half, Liu Han did not get any more chances to play, and it seemed that the head coach had enough of Liu Han.

In the end, the Lakers beat the Mavericks lightly, and the score of 102-83 also illustrates this.

"Liu, you behaved badly today? Why not shoot a three-pointer. O'Neill was a little disappointed with Liu Han's performance, and he felt that as a friend, he should remind Liu.

"Oh, Shaq, I'm afraid I'll forget to break through when I get used to it, haha, it's okay, just wait for me to learn to break through after a while." Liu Han didn't seem to be worried at all.

"Liu, I think you should stabilize your chances of playing now and then think about breakthroughs, breakthrough techniques and some other things can't be learned in a day or two, you can do these trainings during the holidays." O'Neill still cares about Liu Han very much, and he likes this "sincere" young man very much.

"It's okay, Shaq, I'm a quick learner, and I should be able to learn when the All-Star break is over."

Liu Han's words made O'Neill shake his head, and he felt that Liu Han was whimsical.

The next day, the Lakers traveled to San Antonio to take on the Spurs, and the three Texas teams were not far from each other.

David Robinson was still injured in this game, and the Spurs were only supported by Avery Johnson and Wilkins, and the 11-29 record indicates that the Spurs have no hope of making the playoffs this year.

Without David Robinson on the inside, the Spurs didn't have a good way to deal with O'Neal, but fortunately O'Neal was not in good form today, scoring just 21 points on 8-of-19 shooting. Eddie Jones played well and scored a team-high 23 points. Bryant played well in this game, shooting 6-of-12 from the field and 3-of-7 from three-point range to score 19 points.

Liu Han only got 12 minutes of playing time in this game, and he played the same as the previous game, trying to break through the opponent's defense, but there were several mistakes, and he only scored 5 points on 2-of-6 shooting.

Liu Han's performances in these two games have been criticized by the media and fans, who feel that Liu Han's current performance is similar to that of '96.

After the game against the Spurs, the Lakers have finished their entire January game and will play the next game against the Washington Bullets on February 2.

So far, the Lakers are 37-8 ranked second in the West, more than half of the 82 games in the season, and the results of each team have gradually opened, because of Liu Han's downturn, there is no suspense about the conjecture of the best rookie candidate this season, Allen Iverson with his average of nearly 20 points per game and nearly 8 assists make the media and fans unanimously optimistic, although the 76ers' 10-34 record is unbearable, but this does not affect the fans' love for Iverson, this height is about the same as ordinary people, The short player with a baby face on top won the hearts of the fans with his blazing speed and fancy dribbling.

O'Neal won the Western Conference's Player of the Month award for his outstanding performance in January, and Kobe Bryant also increased his stats because of his increasingly stable playing time, and he was also favored by the media, and his style of play is more flamboyant than Liu Han.

Liu Han is no longer the focus of media and fans, it seems that people have begun to gradually forget about this rookie who has set a three-point record in a row, Liu Han is now like a little worm wrapped in a cocoon, no one knows what will come out of the cocoon, maybe it is a gorgeous and brilliant goddess of light butterfly, maybe it is just a moth trying to put out the fire.

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