On June 1, 1997, the NBA Finals of the 96-97 season officially began, playing against the Los Angeles Lakers and the Chicago Bulls.

The head coaches of both teams were cautious about the finals before the game, for the Bulls, although they have created the best and second best results in league history for two consecutive seasons, but the fresh Lakers should not be underestimated, especially after entering the playoffs Liu Han, the young rookie showed amazing strength in the game, and the stable three-point shooting ability like a machine made the Bulls very jealous.

And for the Lakers, they are now in the position of challengers, and the Bulls' position in the league is unshakable, and they are the team that is creating legends.

The Bulls, who have the better record in the regular season, have home-court advantage, so the first two games of the Finals will be played at the Union Sports Center arena in Chicago.

There are four commentators in this Finals, namely Reg Sager, Michael Albert, Celtics legend Bill Russell and Lakers legend Abdul-Jabbar, considering that the Bulls have only retired the jersey numbers of two players before, and these two are the current Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan and Bob Lavor, Jerry Sloan was eliminated by the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals and is now **** wounded, while Bob Laffer can't come to the scene because of physical reasons, Therefore, the arrangement of the commentary can only be replaced by Celtics' famous Bill Russell.

The Bulls' roster for today's appearance is point guard Ron Haber, shooting guard Michael Jordan, small forward Scott Pippen, power forward Dennis Rodman, and center Luke Longley. The Bulls arranged for Australian center Luke Longley to start this playoffs in order to limit the Lakers' interior O'Neal's play, Luke Longley is two meters tall and 18 meters tall and weighs 265 pounds, although he is slower, but he is not inferior to O'Neal in tonnage and strength.

The Lakers' starting lineup has not changed, and Robert Horry is still the starting power forward, and this player who plays very seriously has been appreciated by head coach Harris as soon as he arrived with the Lakers.

At the beginning of the game, O'Neal jumped the ball to win, Liu Han squeezed Jordan to grab the ball, and Liu Han's physical fitness is not weaker than the top stars in the league.

Jordan followed Liu Han as soon as he got the ball, and Bulls head coach Phil Jackson specifically emphasized before the game that he wanted to carry out a special close press for Liu Han, and his three-point threat was too great.

Liu Han didn't show too much after winning the ball, but passed the ball to Van Exel, who came to pick up, and then he ran to the Bulls halfcourt to settle down.

Van Exel dribbled the ball through the half court and hoisted it directly to Liu Han, who was entangled with Jordan.

Liu Han got the ball with his back through several grabbing positions, Jordan kept trying to go around the front so that Liu Han had no way to catch the ball, but he underestimated Liu Han's strength, this kid who was weak when he played Jordan last time is now growing up and is about to catch up with Jordan.

After Liu Han won the ball, his teammates pulled away, and everyone knew that this would be a challenge between the league newcomer and the league legend.

"Wow, Liu and Jordan were together at the beginning of the game, haha, this must be the most anticipated picture of this finals." Rego Sagar said when he saw the situation on the field.

"Liu is the fastest growing player I've ever seen, he went to my training camp when he was in college and he did really well." Abdul-Jabbar raised his presence at the right time.

Jordan used his left hand to resist Liu Han to prevent him from turning around easily, and he himself provoked in Liu Han's ear: "Rookie, come one, don't be soft, I bet you will never be able to vote." Jordan did not despise Liu Han, he had a detailed understanding of Liu Han before the game, and he still admired the league's new "No. 24" Jordan, after all, his ball skills are very similar to his own.

Liu Han didn't pay attention to Jordan's trash talk, he suddenly turned back while Jordan was still talking, and then made a very large step-back jumper. Jordan's reaction was quick, and he quickly stuck to it and jumped up to try to block Liu Han. But Liu Han's backward jumper was really close to the limit, and the ball flew out between Jordan's fingers and plunged into the net, 2-0.

"Beautiful, very wonderful step-back jumper, Liu beat Jordan with Jordan's stunt." Rego Sagar has always admired Liu Han very much, and he has been praising Liu Han when he is commenting.

"It's really beautiful, this young man did a good job, but I'm sure Jordan will fight back, he's a persistent guy." Michael Albert also admits that the ball is beautiful.

"yes, it's not the same as the basketball we played back then, when the interior players who could play on their backs were rarely turned their backs to the opponents." Bill Russell, the Lord of the Rings, also said in a timely manner that he was back then, and this guy with 11 championship rings in his hand was the envy of many people in the league now.

Liu Han's backward jumper made Jordan feel gloomy, it seems that this young kid is a very black-bellied guy, and without saying a word, he used his actions to counter Jordan's trash talk.

The Bulls attacked, Jordan didn't seem to have any intention of returning Liu Han, he just landed in the bottom corner, and then his teammates ran tactics.

However, Liu Han did not dare to relax his vigilance against Jordan at all, after all, the other party is now recognized as the strongest player in the league.

When Bulls center Luke Longley got the ball on the inside, Jordan suddenly started, Rodman timely mentioned the outside to cover Jordan, Liu Han was blocked by Rodman, when he bypassed Rodman Jordan had already received the ball outside the three-point line, Jordan felt good today, and hit the first shot.

"It's so interesting, Liu hit Jordan with a step-back jumper, and Jordan immediately hit Liu with a three-pointer, and the two sides seem to have exchanged first-line tactics." Melf Albert has always been the go-to commentator for the Finals, and he has been commenting on the Finals for six consecutive seasons since '91, and for Jordan and Liu Han, he would prefer the Bulls to win the championship.

The game went head-to-head from the start, with the Lakers still taking advantage of their team's strong points and the Bulls looking more varied.

Liu Han did not fluctuate because of Jordan's three-pointer, as soon as he was on the court, he would focus all his attention on the game, no matter how provocative the opponent was, he would not care, what he cared about most was how to win.

The Lakers continued to attack, and Liu Han did not grab a position with Jordan again this time, but took the initiative to receive the ball on the outside. However, Van Exel did not pass the ball to Liu Han, Jordan followed very closely, Van Exel did not dare to pass the ball to Liu Han rashly, but hoisted the ball to O'Neal inside.

O'Neal took the ball and singled Luke Longley with his back, but the opponent's strength was not inferior to O'Neal, O'Neal couldn't hit the basket easily, he could only half-turn and hook his hand, and the ball bounced out of the frame.

When O'Neal was about to make a move, Liu Han suddenly accelerated into the inside. Liu Han's sudden start made Jordan stunned a little, and he somewhat underestimated Liu Han's speed to get Liu Han out of his entanglement.

After Liu Han entered the inside line, he flew up as soon as he entered the three-second zone, and the ball that popped out of the frame just fell into Liu Han's control, and a violent dunk from Dennis Rodman made the Bulls fans let out a burst of exclamation. Rodman pushed away Liu Han, who was still riding on his shoulder, he was not an easy to be bullied, and a rookie riding buckle made Rodman feel that he had lost face.

The game was very intense from the beginning, and the two teams did not have the slightest scruples and directly went hand-to-hand. And such a wonderful game also made all the fans happy, no longer hand-to-hand defense with each other, but wonderful goals and dunks, such a game is the game that fans like to see.