Chapter 103: Advance to the finals

In the second quarter, Liu Han rested, Kobe Bryant came off the bench, the Lakers team is very strong today, the young players have reached a new height after the last game, each player played very hard, but it is precisely because of playing too hard, the Lakers players today are shooting a little stronger, the Jazz players seized the opportunity to play a counterattack in a row, in the second quarter to 7 minutes, the Jazz team pulled the score to 49-43, they overtook 6 points.

Coach Harris immediately brought the team's main man onto the court.

The Lakers' offense, Liu Han advanced with the ball, Harris did not let Van Exel play, he felt that there should be an experienced ball handler in the bench lineup, otherwise the Lakers' bench would always play more impatiently.

Liu Han handed the ball to O'Neill after arriving in the front court, and he was in good form today and had the advantage.

O'Neal received the ball and turned around and went straight up, Ostertag tried to block hard, but O'Neal relied on his physical advantage to squeeze away Ostertag's dunk and caused the opponent's foul, although the free throw failed to be thrown, but the Jazz's center made three fouls in the body even if it was successful, Ostertag would definitely not dare to make too much action in defense in the next game, if he got four fouls in the first half, the game would not be good.

The Jazz team's offensive routine today is still very skillful, and their blocking and dismantling cooperation has been tempered by Coach Sloan for many years.

The Lakers' defense is a bit worse, because they have never been known for their defense, and because the players seem to be focused on offense today. Therefore, the score gap between the two teams has not been narrowed.

At halftime, the Lakers still trailed their opponents by 5 points, and Liu Han scored 6 points and 3 assists in 5 minutes of playing time in the second quarter.

At half-time, Coach Harris emphasized the defense, and he hoped that the players could strengthen their defense in the second half, and if they could not prevent the opponent's attack, the score gap would never catch up.

The second half continued, the Lakers players really strengthened their defense, Liu Han today's sense of defense is very good, he successfully intercepted the opponent's pass twice in a row and counterattacked successfully, and the gap in the score was narrowed to one point.

The Jazz called a timeout, and Coach Jerry Sloan scolded the players almost with a roar, one of the few gaffes he has made since he coached.

The Jazz players stepped up their physical confrontation after returning from a timeout, and they defended almost hand-to-hand combat.

The Lakers attacked, Liu Han was in a position near the left baseline, Eddie Jones hit the ground and passed to Liu Han, Hornacek struggled to withstand Liu Han, and now Liu Han Hornacek must use all his strength to resist.

After receiving the ball, Liu Han first leaned on Hornacek with his back, and then took advantage of the opportunity for the opponent to stick up again, and turned to the right side. Hornacek reacted quickly and immediately blocked Liu Han's attempt to break through to the baseline.

Liu Han pulled the ball with his left hand again and turned to the left, Ma Long immediately made up for it and tried to pinch Liu Han, but Liu Han's turn was normal when he used his right foot to jump lightly, just to avoid Ma Long's defense, and then Liu Han's body hit two points in the process of drifting to the right.

The wonderful goal made the Lakers fans cheer in victory, and the MVP shouts on the sidelines made the Jazz players look a little embarrassed, because Malone won the regular season MVP this season, but now Liu Han has made Malone lose face with his goal.

The Jazz team's offense is still quite stable, and Malone's mid-range shot was not inaccurate because of the ball just now, and the gap in the score is still one point.

The Lakers are a little chaotic in the offense, all along, they have been using the advantage of Liu Han and O'Neal to attack, but now the Jazz have strengthened the blocking of these two people, and the pass cannot be handed over to the strong point very smoothly, which makes the Lakers' role players a little confused, Van Exel chose to shoot himself, but unfortunately, the ball bounced out of the frame.

The rest of the third quarter was a game of iron, with the Lakers' role players getting out of touch and the Jazz having problems with their offense after they put more effort into defense.

At the end of the third quarter, the two teams were tied at 69.

Entering the fourth quarter, Liu Han began to take the initiative to mention the outside ball, and he increased his shots outside the three-point line at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and made two consecutive three-pointers to pull the score away.

Not to be outdone, Malone beat Horry to win two plus one, and Stockton also fired from the outside to keep the score tight.

5 minutes into the fourth quarter, Liu Han once again held the ball on the outside and made a shooting feint, Hornacek, who was frightened by Liu Han's three points, flew out as soon as possible, Liu Han hit the inside, and in the face of Malone's supplementary defense Liu Han threw the ball high to the basket, O'Neal fell from the sky, scored two points with a violent dunk and let Ostertag leave the court with six fouls, the Lakers' lethal tactics finally worked, and the only player in the Jazz team who could put some pressure on O'Neal on the inside was sent off, and the Jazz team was in trouble.

Coach Jerry Sloan almost shouted hoarse in this game, but the Lakers with Liu Han and the Lakers without Liu Han are completely two teams, and the Jazz can push the Lakers without Liu Han into a desperate situation, and the Lakers with Liu Han are not something that the Jazz can resist.

Malone and Stockton are almost desperate offense and defense, their mentality is now in trouble, and the comeback of years of hard work is on the horizon, but it is unacceptable for anyone to turn the Lakers on the edge of the cliff.

When the game was still 4 minutes into the game, Liu Han hit a three-pointer from the outside again across Hornacek's defense, and the gap in the score came to 8 points, leaving little time for the Jazz.

Then Ma Long faced Liu Han who came over to make up for the defense in the attack, and maliciously raised his iron elbow to try to give Liu Han a ruthless blow, but Liu Han was very clever and turned his head to avoid the heavy blow to his head, although Ma Long's elbow still hit Liu Han's shoulder hard, but with the thick muscle block, Liu Han was not hurt much, but the referee blew the game, and they gave Ma Long a first-class malicious foul, which is at the home of the Lakers, and now Liu Han is a new star in the league, The referee will not save face for Malone, who is mentally unbalanced.

After two free throws, the Lakers extended the deficit to 10 points, and the Jazz had no hope of turning the game around.

In the end, the Lakers relied on Liu Han's wonderful performance of 30 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists to win the tie-break, while the Jazz, who lost the game, can be said to have lost and lost.

Liu Han, a rookie who just entered the NBA, almost single-handedly brought the Lakers to the Finals, and almost all fans in Los Angeles were conquered by Liu Han, who has now ignored Liu Han's skin color, and they feel that Liu Han should become a legend in Los Angeles.