Chapter 112: What is a three-point rain like rain?

Phil Jackson's adjustments played a role, Liu Han's pass was cut off twice in a row, the Lakers players began to slack off because of their previous easy shooting, and the Bulls seized the opportunity to fight back.

At halftime, the Bulls narrowed the deficit to seven points.

At halftime, Coach Harris said to Liu Han: "Liu, I need you to try your best to score in the second half, don't care about anything else, I'll give you unlimited shots, tell me, can I trust you?" ”

"Don't worry, coach, you won't be disappointed." Liu Han looked confident.

The second half continued, with the Bulls serving first. Liu Han is still with Ron Harper, Kobe Bryant is entangled with Jordan, although he was taught many times by Jordan today, but Kobe is a very resilient player, and he is not discouraged by this.

Ron Harper passes the ball to Pippen, who comes up to pick it up. Pippen took the ball and tried to force Robert Horry, but Horry's defensive position was very good, limiting Pippen's breakthrough, and Pippen had no choice but to give the ball back to Harper.

Jordan squeezed Kobe Bryant to the position, Ron Harper immediately passed the ball, but the power of his pass was a little less, Kobe flew straight out to grab the ball, and his efforts finally paid off.

Liu Han was very clever and picked up the ball from Kobe Bryant and launched a counterattack with all his might, and the Bulls players returned to defense at full speed.

Liu Han slowed down after half time when he saw that the opponent had returned to the defense in place, Ron Harper hurriedly defended and tried to get close to Liu Han, but Liu Han changed direction again and accelerated to break through Ron Harper at the first time when he slowed down, at this time the Bulls had returned to the defensive position, and there were no other defenders in front of Liu Han.

Liu Han came to the three-point line and pulled out his shot, and the basketball continued to fall into the net without the slightest accident. The gap in the score was widened to double digits again, and this was already the sixth three-pointer that Liu Han hit.

Jordan was a little depressed by Kobe's steal just now, and he looked down on this young man who is still unknown, and this young man's persistence reminded him of when he was young.

"Beautiful, Liu has made 6 three-pointers, what an amazing young man, I have never seen a young man who can practice three points so accurately, to be honest, if it was a game like ours before, he might have scored 40 or 50 points per game." Magic Johnson is now starting to reminisce about the past, and during the "SHOWTIME" period, the Lakers were known for their quick offense and quick offensive and defensive transitions.

"His three-pointers are really good, but I think he wouldn't have gotten that many shots in the past, when he was a lot more fierce defensively than he is now." Bill Wharton is going to go against Johnson today.

"Bill, that's not necessarily, you didn't have a three-point line when you played, but now Liu has raised the importance of the three-point line to a higher level, and no player will choose to let Liu wantonly shoot on the outside, that's a nightmare. Watching Liu's three-point shooting contest during the All-Star Game really scared me, he set a record that even he couldn't break, but maybe there will be a 4-point line, a 5-point line or something like that in the future before he has a chance to break his own record. Reg Sager has been a die-hard fan of Liu Han since the All-Star Three-Point Contest.

The Bulls continued to attack, and Jordan once again singled Kobe Bryant with the ball, and the successful break last time restored Kobe Bryant's confidence.

Jordan took the ball and suddenly turned into a face frame, and then raised the ball up with his right hand, and Kobe, who was too concentrated, flew directly.

Jordan withdrew his arm and easily broke through the dunk to score two points. Bryant was once again the object of Jordan's play.

The Lakers still relied on three-point tactics in the third quarter, but the difference was that other players tried their best to cover and open up space for Liu Han, so that Liu Han had a chance to play alone.

Liu Han took the ball to the front court to face Ron Harper, the left-handed dribble suddenly changed direction to break through, Ron Harper quickly adjusted the center of gravity to block Liu Han from breaking through, but Liu Han's right hand behind the dribble broke to the left again, and Ron Harper adjusted his center of gravity again to try to get close to Liu Han.

After dribbling behind the back, Liu Han continued to dribble under his crotch with his left hand to change direction, this time Ron Harper finally couldn't keep up with Liu Han's rhythm, he thought that the previous center of gravity adjustment completely lost the defensive position, Liu Han did not continue to kill inward but shot again on the three-point line, the seventh three-pointer. The margin of the score came to 11 points.

In the next game, although the Bulls were still strong on offense and could still score under the Lakers' full defense, Liu Han's performance like a god made the Bulls' scoring seem very weak.

With four minutes left in the third quarter, the Lakers already led by 15 points, and Liu Han hit three more three-pointers in that time, extending his three-point tally to 10 in the game, and he has already broken the league's playoff record for three-pointers.

Phil Jackson has been trying to adjust the team's defense and limit Liu Han's play, but the rest of the Lakers players today are also very good, as long as Liu Han is surrounded by other players who are open, they can also shoot three-pointers, which puts the Bulls in a dilemma.

With two minutes left in the third quarter, Liu Han went off the bench and the Bulls also replaced the bench.

The Bulls' bench players caught up with some of the scores in the next two minutes and four minutes after the start of the fourth quarter, and the Lakers' bench felt began to drop, and Van Exel began to squander his shots, and when Liu Han came on again, the gap between the two teams was still eight points.

As soon as Liu Han came on the court, he used a long-range shot two meters away from the three-point line to widen the gap in the score to more than 10 points again. The Bulls began to fight back to try to catch up with the score, but Liu Han hit three more 3-pointers in the next six minutes, and the rest of the Lakers players also played well and hit back-to-back shots.

With two minutes left in the game, the Lakers still led by 14 points, and the Bulls gave up the game without any hope of turning the tables.

In the end, the Lakers won the game 110-95, Liu Han shot 14 of 16 from the field, all from outside the three-point line, scored 42 points and 14 assists, O'Neal got a double-double of 18 points and 17 rebounds, and he barely shot much today. Byron Scott scored 15 points on 4-of-6 three-pointers, and Bryant scored 8 points, but he defended Jordan single-handedly throughout the game, and although he still allowed Jordan to score 32 points, his tenacious performance still won praise from the audience.

The Lakers made 36 shots from beyond the three-point line today, hitting 24 three-pointers, a statistic that also broke the record of 20 three-pointers in a single game set by the Seattle SuperSonics in '96, and almost rained down the Bulls.

The media in Los Angeles used the phrase "Have you ever seen rain?" This is the three-point rain" reported on the game, and Liu's 14 three-pointers also broke his own record of 12 three-pointers in a single game during the regular season this season. The Los Angeles media praised Liu Han for his performance in the game with the greatest three-point shot in league history.

At the post-game press conference, a reporter asked Bulls head coach Phil Jackson what he thought of this game, and Phil Jackson said that today's Lakers are irresistible, but who can guarantee that everyone else except Liu Han can maintain this feeling every game. (To be continued.) )