As soon as the Lakers arrived in Salt Lake City, they were "warmly welcomed" by local fans, but fortunately, the Lakers' service team was experienced and chose a very private hotel for the Lakers, so at least the rest of the Lakers players was guaranteed.

On May 22, 1998, after a three-day break, Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals of the 97-98 NBA Playoffs finally began.

After the heavy losses in the first two games and the less mature changes of coach Jerry Sloan, the Jazz are back on their feet and will take on the mighty Lakers in their usual tough style.

"Bill, welcome to Salt Lake City, wow, I have to say, the fans here are really welcoming, at least we have to raise our voices when we talk, otherwise we can't hear what they're saying. Bill, can you hear what I'm saying? Rego Sagar was as funny as ever, and his last words were shouted like today's guest, Bill Wharton.

"Oh, okay, Rego, I don't worry about your throat, I'm worried about my ears. It's true that the fans here have been very enthusiastic since the Jazz were established here, but, seriously, I think this kind of atmosphere is suitable for the game, because you don't hear any trash talk in this environment, which makes the game a lot less disputed, haha. "Bill Wharton is also a funny guy.

"Beal, I don't think there will be fewer disputes in this game, coming to Salt Lake City, the Jazz will definitely let these young Lakers see what it means to be physical." Melf Albert felt it was going to be a tight game today.

The Lakers are doing the final warm-up, except for a few old players and Liu Han, some other young people are a little absent-minded, although they have experienced nearly a dozen playoff games, but when they stepped into this arena, they were still frightened by the Salt Lake City fans, and the Salt Lake City fans who yelled at them with red faces and red ears made these young people start to be a little nervous. The Lakers players felt that if it weren't for the barricades of the court, maybe someone would have rushed down and killed them, or at least their expressions looked like they were trying to do so.

Seeing that his teammates were a little nervous, Liu Han felt that he should do something.

"Shaq, pass me the ball, I'm going to dunk." Liu Han shouted to O'Neal, who was practicing free throws with the ball.

O'Neal knew that this game would definitely be difficult to play, and the opponent would definitely strengthen his defense on the inside, so he felt that he should adjust his feelings, maybe he would make a lot of free throws today, but when he heard Liu Han say this, O'Neal knew what he was going to do, so he stopped the free throw practice and prepared to feed Liu Han.

The Lakers players saw O'Neal come to the three-second zone with the ball and Liu Han ran out of the three-point line, and they all knew what Liu Han was going to do, so they all gave up space.

O'Neal raised the ball high with his right hand, standing in the three-second zone, Liu Han accelerated to the basket, jumped up suddenly after approaching O'Neal, and then picked up the basketball in O'Neal's hand with his right hand and handed it to his left hand, and after holding the ball with his left hand, he smashed the ball into the basket with his arm. By the time Liu Han reached his highest point, his head had already exceeded the basket.

The slam dunk was a mix of sleek and domineering that made the Lakers players cheer from the courtside commentary, but the Jazz fans booed.

"Wow, what are you doing? Is he demonstrating to Jazz fans? But this dunk is so beautiful, I'll give it 10 points, what about you? Rego Sagarh made a shut-up gesture to the fans on the sidelines after seeing Liu Han buckle the blue, which surprised him a little, and he always thought that Liu Han was a "good boy".

"It's a really good dunk, and I give it 10 points, but his subsequent actions are a little provocative, so two points will be deducted." Bill Wharton didn't like this honest-looking young man from the beginning when he saw Liu Han, he liked the kind of "bad boy" with personality, but unfortunately his own son was also a "fool" with a similar personality to Liu Han.

Although Liu Han has always had a gentle influence on the fans, he actually has a violent side in his heart, otherwise he would not be like a different person as soon as he arrives on the court, although he rarely uses small actions and other means on the field, but this does not mean that he can tolerate other people's insults to him. Jazz fans put up some discriminatory signs, which has made Liu Han a little angry.

Before the start of the game, the referee called the two managers together, and they said to the two managers that they hoped that both sides could be restrained on the field, and if there was any conflict, they would definitely not be soft, although this was a customary explanation, but everyone knew that this game was absolutely indispensable for muscle collision.

The match then began in earnest with O'Neill jumping to beat the re-started Ostertag.

In the previous game, Ostertag has not been reused, on the one hand, his skills are relatively rough, and he has almost no projection ability after blocking and dismantling, and on the other hand, because Ostertag's violent temper makes it difficult for him to control his foul count, and he is often sent off with full fouls, which makes Jerry Sloan very unhappy, but in today's vicious battle, Jerry Sloan still let the tall and strong Ostertag return to the starting line to deal with O'Neal.

The Lakers' starting line today is back to tradition, with Nash holding the ball and Liu Han at shooting guard.

O'Neal's ball was snatched by Liu Han cleverly, but the Jazz's Hornacek immediately pasted Liu Han so that he could not launch a fast attack, and the rest of the Jazz players also quickly returned to the defense, so the Lakers could only start a positional battle.

Liu Han passed the ball to point guard Nash, and he ran to the weak side with the defender to wait for the opportunity.

Nash didn't take the ball more after receiving it, but came to the 45-degree position to hang it to O'Neal, who was going to be in the position.

O'Neill received the ball and leaned his back against Ostertag and found that the opponent was standing firmly and well prepared. However, O'Neill took advantage of the recoil force he relied on to turn backwards, and then jumped directly and leaned his body towards Ostertag, who had already jumped up and blocked.

Ostertag was inexperienced and completely deceived by O'Neill's movements, but he didn't stop at all when he fell, and directly pulled O'Neill down with a slash on his face.

From the very beginning of the game, the Jazz showed the momentum to fight every ball with the Lakers.

O'Neal made two free throws for the first time of the game, and the practice he did in the warm-up paid off.

The Jazz's offense is still their traditional blocking, but Stockton, who is defended by Liu Han, plays very hard, and the ball passed to Malone is a little reluctant, although Malone finally receives the ball, but the previous delay allows Horry to block Malone's shooting line.

However, Malone was very self-serving, he directly took advantage of the dribble that Horry pasted up to shake Horry, and then relied on O'Neal to score the ball under the basket, and the referee awarded O'Neal a foul, and Malone completed two plus one strongly.

Liu Han showed a fearless attitude from the warm-up, he encountered a lot of small movements of the opponent in the attack, as long as the opposing players and Liu Han had physical contact, their arms or knees would greet Liu Han's body covertly, which made Liu Han play a little hard, and he was unconsciously a little angry. (To be continued.) )