"Hey, Liu, are you going to go home? Do you want me to give you my new car, although you are not a beauty, but I think it should be acceptable. The second day after the preseason, the Lakers still had regular training, and after the training, Liu Han was waiting at the door of the training hall, and the "big shark" O'Neal drove by. Liu Han and his new teammates get along well, his personality is easy-going, and he is not a person who is not good at communicating, compared to his previous childhood experience, Liu Han prefers his current life. O'Neill is usually a very interesting big man, and as long as someone else doesn't take the initiative to provoke him, he can get along with anyone.

"Thanks, Shaq, my girlfriend will come back to pick me up later, and I'll treat you to dinner if I have a chance, the food of my hometown." Liu Han remembered the "shredded potato pancakes" he made and impressed John Wooden and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Liu Han's favorite grandmother's potato rub when he was a child), and he thought that O'Neal, who had a funny personality, would like it.

"You mean Chinese food? Haha, I do love it. I think you should go get yourself a car, it's too inferior to let the beautiful woman pick up and drop off every time. But if I could, I'd like to learn boxing from your girlfriend's father, that's cool. O'Neal was impressed by Liu's beating of Rumir Robinson in training, and Liu's swift footwork made O'Neill think that learning boxing might be useful to him.

"Okay, Shaq, if there is a chance, I don't think LaBeouf will turn down an NBA star apprentice."

"See you tomorrow, boxer." O'Neill gave Liu Han a nickname in the team, boxer, which was unanimously approved by everyone.

On November 1, 1996, the NBA regular season of the 96-97 season officially kicked off, with fourteen games to be played on the first day of the game, and the Los Angeles Lakers will take on the Phoenix Suns who have lost their core on the road.

In this game between the Lakers and the Suns, the Lakers' starting five tigers are center Shaquille O'Neal, power forward Elden Campbell, small forward Cedric Sebaros, shooting guard Eddie Jones, and point guard Van Exel. The Lakers' head coach put Elden Campbell, the main center from last season, at the starting power forward position to make up for the team's shortcomings in this position, and Campbell, who averaged 13.6 points and 7.8 rebounds per game last season, can help the team both defensively and offensively.

Liu Han made the lineup for this game, he was the only point guard on the team's bench, and Rumile Robinson, who owed both businessmen, had a hard time being trusted by the head coach. Kobe Bryant didn't make the squad for this game, Del Harris eleven coaches who pursue safety, he doesn't want to start the new season with old players who have already played chemistry last season on the cold bench, and although he didn't organize the team's general manager Jerry West to trade Divac for Kobe Bryant, he still has reservations about this trade from the bottom of his heart.

The Suns lost their number one star Charles Barkley this season, and the Houston Rockets traded "aliens" Sam Kassel and Robert Horry for Charles Barkley, a trade that led the media to believe that the Suns' management had a brain cramp, and Charles Barkley was a superstar who averaged 23.3 points, 11.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game last season. Sam Kassel is a third-year rookie, and Robert Horry is just a good substitute for the Rockets.

In the face of the Phoenix Suns' weak interior line, O'Neal, who can be said to be the league's top center, has been attacking the Suns' interior repeatedly from the beginning, and the Suns' center Joe Klein is just a soy sauce player who averages 3.7 points and 3.4 rebounds per game.

The Lakers' main point guard Van Exel was in poor form today, he missed two consecutive open shots in the opening game, and only relied on passing to O'Neal to get 3 assists, and small forward Cedric also played averagely, and the opening feeling was as cold as having been to the North Pole.

About nine minutes into the first quarter of the game, the Lakers relied on excellent play on the inside to lead the Suns by four points, and the score of the two teams was 16-20. At this time, the head coach asked Liu Han on the bench to replace Van Exel, and in the first game of the regular season, Liu Han had the opportunity to play.

On the court, the Suns' offense was played, and the score became 18-20, Liu Han signaled for substitutions at the technical table, Van Exel saw Liu Han walking to the technical table and knew that the head coach was going to change, and Coach Del Harris, who pursues stability, is always the same nine-minute substitution. After Liu Han high-fived, Van Exel rested, and Liu Han officially entered the NBA.

After Liu Han came on the court, he dribbled through the half, came to the left side of the front court at 45 degrees and hoisted the ball to the center O'Neal, who knew very well that O'Neal's strong point on the field was now. After passing the ball to O'Neal, Liu Han ran to the other side to pull away the defender and let O'Neal play alone.

Sam Kassel didn't have any effect on the tall yellow man he was facing, and he felt that he should be a rookie, so he gave up chasing Liu Han and prepared to flank O'Neal.

O'Neal was observing the situation on the court after receiving the ball, he was very aware of Liu Han's ability, and Liu Han's three points in training left a deep impression on O'Neal. Seeing that Sam Kassel gave up his defense against Liu Han and attacked himself, O'Neal threw the ball directly to Liu Han who was waiting on the 45-degree three-point line on the right side.

Liu Han focused on the game as soon as he got on the court, he didn't hesitate and adjust directly after receiving O'Neal's pass, and the basketball flew out of Liu Han's left hand and crossed a beautiful arc into the net, 18-23, this is Liu Han's first statistic in an official NBA game, which will be the beginning of his legendary road.

Liu Han waited until O'Neal came back to defend after hitting this three-pointer and high-fived him, he was very grateful to this funny fat man, not every top interior player will like to give assists to others.

The Suns' offense, Liu Han stuck to Sam Kassel after the 1.91-meter-tall dribbled across the half court, he didn't know what Kassel was capable of, but Liu Han felt that the thin Kassel should not break through well.

Liu Han's kraft candy style defense put a lot of pressure on Cassel, and he felt that the rookie was very good, at least defensively.

Although Sam Cassel is new to the Phoenix Suns, as a player with three years of professional experience, he is still well aware of some of the team's basic tactics. After relying on his teammates' cover to separate Liu Han, Sam Kassel distributed the ball to power forward Robert Horry, who hit a two-point shot from the top of the arc to make it 20-23.

Next, the Lakers' offense was still from the inside, Cassel strengthened his defense against Liu Han, O'Neal passed the ball to Cedric, who received the ball and made a pull-up jumper, and the ball bounced out of the basket, Cedric was a pure blacksmith today.

The Suns grabbed the rebounds and started the fast break, and they knew that the Lakers were not fast inside, so they had to take every opportunity in the game. Sam Kassel took the ball directly to the Lakers' half after receiving a pass from his teammates, and Liu Han followed closely on the side. Cassel felt that he should be able to teach this yellow rookie a lesson, so he chose to go it alone, but he underestimated Liu Han's defensive skills and bounce, Cassel's left hand layup was sturdy by Liu Han, a very beautiful top board hat, the rebounding ball was grabbed by Elden Campbell who was back in place, Liu Han began to run to the opponent's half as soon as he landed, Campbell noticed Liu Han's run, and he threw the ball directly to Liu Han.

Liu Han had already passed half the court when he received the ball, and Sam Kassel, who reacted quickly, followed closely behind Liu Han. Liu Han quickly dribbled to the Suns' three-point line and then went straight to the jump shot, his sudden emergency stop allowed Sam Kassel to run directly over the head, Liu Han hit his second three-pointer of the game, 20-26.

Liu Han was high-fived and encouraged by his teammates after hitting his second three-pointer, and his teammates didn't expect the rookie to perform so well as soon as he came on the court.

The first quarter of the game was about to end after Liu's second three-point shot, and the Suns failed to score on their final attack, so that the Lakers ended the first quarter with a six-point lead at 20-26.

After a short break, the second quarter of the game began, and Liu Han led the bench on the court to attack the Suns' bench.

The Suns' backup point guard is this year's rookie Steve Nash, this player is 1.91 meters tall, but after weighing 85 kilograms, there is no way to face Liu Han Steve Nash, who is a lot taller and heavier than him, played 4 minutes, did not get a point, and did not have an assist, the head coach of the Suns couldn't stand such a performance and replaced Steve Nash directly.

Liu Han led the Lakers' bench to play the Suns' bench, his height gave him an advantage in the point guard position, and Liu Han's unfancy and steady passing also gave the Lakers bench players a lot of opportunities, and in the fifth minute of the second quarter of the game, Liu Han led the Lakers bench to play a 12-2 offensive climax, widening the score gap to 16 points.

Although Liu Han's performance on the field was unusually outstanding, Coach Del Harris still replaced Liu Han off the field, and he could not let Liu Han play the rest of the game, which would make the team's veteran players not very satisfied.

Liu Han didn't get a chance to play after that, but he scored 12 points and 5 assists in nine minutes of playing time, which was a perfect debut, although it was not enough to catch the debut of some passing stars, but for Liu Han, who was selected in the first round of 24, such a performance was enough to make fans and media remember him.

In the end, the Lakers won 82-96 against the Suns by 14 points, and O'Neal played 35 minutes, scoring 23 points and 14 rebounds, shooting 80% from the field, and the efficiency was amazing.