Chapter Sixty-Nine: Another Lore and a Winning Streak

While the media was still focusing on Liu Han's dispute with the Philadelphia media, the Lakers returned to Los Angeles to face the Boston Celtics.

Anthony Walker, a rookie selected by the Celtics with the sixth pick in the first round this season, began to show his potential in the game, and the young player who played against Liu Han in the '96 NCAA Finals was two meters and three meters tall and weighed 220 pounds, and he had a physical advantage in low-post singles and was able to hit three-pointers from the outside, and he quickly became an instant force for the team as soon as he joined the Celtics.

Liu Han, who scored a team-high 26 points in the last game, is still on the bench, and head coach Del Harris sees Liu Han as an important firepower on the team's bench.

Kobe Bryant unexpectedly got the start in this game, and the back-to-back games made the veteran Byron Davis look a little difficult, and the team's starting point guard Cedric was still injured and rested, so head coach Harris arranged for Kobe Bryant to start.

Kobe Bryant, who was stimulated by Liu Han, began to shoot frequently on the outside after he came on the court, but he was a little impatient and he was in no state at all, more than Van Exel, in the first quarter of the game, he hit none of the 4 shots on the three-point line, and even the mid-range shot began to be inaccurate, in fact, Kobe Bryant could have played better, but his impatient mentality made him eager to focus everyone's attention on himself, and after several consecutive singles failed, Kobe was replaced by the unbearable head coach Harris, and at this time, he only started for seven minutes.

Van Exel played well in the first quarter, and he was in good shape today, hitting consecutive shots from the outside to keep the scores of the two teams tight. The Lakers were in bad collective shape today, and back-to-back games made players feel uncomfortable.

O'Neal opened the game by trying to hit the opposition's inside, but his poor shooting percentage after making free throws made the Celtics realize that this was a good way to deal with the big guy.

O'Neal's free throws seemed to affect his teammates, and power forward Elden Campbell began to miss out, and the two combined for eight free throws in the first quarter, making a combined three. At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers relied on Van Exel's excellent play to lead by one point at 30-29.

In the second quarter, Liu Han came on the court, and after he came on the court, he faced Celtics backup point guard De Brown and began to show his three-point skills. In the second quarter, the Lakers' first offense, Liu Han hit a three-point jumper from the outside through De Brom's defense, and then he made up for the Celtics bench small forward Todddaye in place and interfered with the opponent's jump shot, Lakers bench center Tyreth Knight grabbed the rebound, and Liu Han hit another three-point shot in the fast break.

Liu Han's two consecutive three-pointers made Celtics head coach McLough Kyle have to make a substitution to defend Liu Han, and Di Brown is too easy for Liu Han to shoot.

The Celtics' change of defense had a certain effect, Liu Han is not a player who likes to throw profligately, and he was told at the beginning of training that he could not force a shot when the opposing defender was in place.

Liu Han began to organize the Lakers' offense by passing, the veteran Byron Scott is experienced, he knows that as long as he runs to the right position Liu Han will pass the ball, and the other substitute players of the Lakers also hope to be able to play with Liu Han to show their strength, they all know that Liu Han is not a very unique player, it will always be comfortable to cooperate with such a player, and the most important thing is that Liu Han can open up space very well, the more the opponent attaches importance to Liu Han's three points, the more offensive space they get.

The Lakers relied on Liu Han's organization to play a wonderful match in the offense, first a collective rotation ball on the outside, the Lakers players were all a touch, a pass, the amazing passing speed completely tore apart the opponent's defense, and the veteran Byron Scott got an open position in the bottom corner to shoot a three-point shot. Then Liu Han and teammate Klee Blunt played a classic blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation, Liu Han's ground-hitting pass went directly through Anthony Walker's crotch, and Creiblount received the ball and dunked violently.

At the 6-minute mark in the second quarter, the Lakers led by nine points at 45-36, and head coach Harris began to gradually change the main team, and Liu Han remained on the court.

After O'Neal came on the court, he quickly cooperated with Liu Han, first Liu Han assisted, O'Neal who got the opportunity to run back, and then O'Neal passed the ball inside, and Liu Han received the ball and hit three points again.

At halftime, the Lakers relied on Liu Han's excellent play to lead their opponents by 15 points, and Liu Han scored 11 points and four assists in 12 minutes of playing time.

After the start of the second half, the situation changed abruptly, Liu Han went to rest, Van Exel came on the court and began to brain pump, what made Lakers fans even more worried was that it seemed that Van Exel's brain pump was also infected to Kobe Bryant, and the two worked together in the third quarter to give away the Lakers' advantage, Van Exel shot one of 6 in the third quarter, and Kobe Bryant shot one of 7. O'Neal got into foul trouble and went off early.

The Celtics kicked off an offensive climax in the third quarter, with Anthony Walker hitting two three-pointers from the outside, and Dana Barros, the main point guard, also scoring nine points on consecutive shots.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers trailed their opponents by four points.

Entering the fourth quarter, head coach Del Harris began to be disappointed with Van Exel, and he abandoned Van Exel in the last eight minutes of the fourth quarter and replaced him with Liu Han.

After Liu Han came on the court, he first used the breakthrough to enter the inside to assist O'Neal to score two points, and then hit a three-point shot on the outside, quickly calming down the situation of the game, but the Celtics, who had gradually played with momentum, began to explode, they frequently hit three points on the outside, and Anthony Walker also used his footsteps to continuously cause defensive fouls on Elden Campbell who defended him.

As the game entered the final two minutes, the Lakers were still five points behind their opponents.

Liu Han stepped up again in the final moments, he first saved the basketball that was about to fly out of the sideline with a flying fish jumper, then got up to receive Eldon Campbell's pass and hit a three-point jumper from one meter outside the opponent's three-point line, and then he added Anthony Walker in place to give the opponent a big hat.

The game entered the last minute, the Lakers still trailed by two points, the Lakers' offense O'Neal caused the opponent to foul, two free throws and one hit to chase the score to one point, the Celtics took advantage of the Lakers' untimely defense and quickly scored two points by Anthony Walker, widening the gap to three points again. There are 27 seconds left in the game.

Then the Lakers attacked, and Bryant atonement for the crime and hit a three-point shot to tie the score of the two teams, and there were 19 seconds left in the game. The Lakers left their opponents with one last chance to attack.

The Celtics caught Anthony Walker on a last-ditch run that drew a foul on Elden Campbell, who was sent off for six fouls.

Anthony Walker lost himself in the face of pressure and missed two consecutive free throws, which made the Lakers fans in the audience start cheering. But there were 1.4 seconds left in the game, and the Lakers didn't have a timeout and had to make free throws.

Coach Harris didn't have time to set up his tactics and could only hope that his team would win in overtime, and the Celtics players were even starting to prepare for overtime, but a magical scene happened on the court.

Liu Han received the baseline ball from his teammates at the bottom line, and threw the ball high with one hand in his backcourt, and the red light was lit up during the flight, and the whistle also indicated that the game time had come. Liu Han didn't have any confidence in this ball, he just hoped for a miracle.

The basketball flew across the court and then hit the net and the referee ruled the goal valid after a two-minute replay of the footage, and the Lakers unexpectedly beat the Celtics.

Liu Han's miraculous goal made the fans cheer all over the stadium, and this was the second stunner of this magical oriental boy.

After the game, the Celtics' head coach said that the team did not lose to the Lakers, but to luck.

Liu Han's miraculous stunner was once again selected as one of the top 10 of the week, and domestic fans also saw this miraculous goal when they broadcast the game every week, and their curiosity about Liu Han became heavier and heavier.

The Lakers have a day off after this game and host the Detroit Pistons on the third day.

Grant Hill, who was drafted by the Pistons with the third pick in the first round in '94, was hailed as Jordan's successor as soon as he entered the league, and Grant Hill, who was physically gifted and had amazing ball skills, averaged 19.9 points, 5 assists, and 6.4 rebounds per game in his rookie season. Last season, he improved that record to 20.2 points, 9.8 rebounds and 6.9 assists per game.

Although Grant Hill still played well in this game, the team's interior line was like a small shrimp in front of the "big shark" O'Neal, who played 42 minutes and scored 27 points and 11 rebounds.

Liu Han's playing time increased again in this game, and although he didn't get a start, he played the entire second and third quarters, but he didn't push his position to shooting guard in the third quarter. Liu Han scored 22 points in two quarters of playing time, hitting five of five three-pointers.

Van Exel's game is finally starting to look a little bit like this, and although he still doesn't shoot well, he dished out a team-high 10 assists.

Kobe Bryant's playing time was compressed because of his poor performance in the last game, and he only got 7 minutes of playing time, with 4 points and 2 rebounds.

In the end, the Lakers won the game 90-78 and won three in a row.

At this point, the Lakers have all the games for November, the team has won 13 of 16 games, ranking second in the West, and Liu Han has been nominated for the best rookie in the West in November.

As Liu Han's performance became better and better, his popularity in China began to gradually increase, and domestic CCTV also negotiated with the United States to broadcast the Lakers' game. Liu Han began to enjoy the thrill of this victory more and more in the game.