Chapter Eighty-Five: Seven Battles 40+, Towards New Heights

After the last game with the Rockets, Liu Han and his teammates had a certain conflict, teammates did not understand Liu Han's behavior of holding the ball and not passing, especially young players, each of whom was able to enter the NBA after countless hard practices, Liu Han's behavior was a small contempt for their strength, and they felt that Liu Han did not trust them enough from the bottom of their hearts.

On the plane to Washington, although the game was won, the atmosphere of the team was somewhat somber.

"Hey, guys, what's going on here? We won the game, and even if we lost, it didn't affect us to get into the playoffs. "Veteran Byron Scott stepped up, he didn't want the team to get into infighting, and he wanted to get another ring belt at the end of his career.

"Byron, I think Liu should apologize for his actions, we're not a backboard, we need to take the ball too." Eddie Jones was most annoyed by Liu Han's non-passing, he had hoped to be an All-Star, but now it will definitely be useless.

"Liu, do you have anything to say?" Byron turned his gaze to Liu Han.

"No, I won't apologize, I did the right thing, and none of you have the right vote." Liu Han doesn't feel that he should apologize, he wants to pursue victory, not to care about other people's feelings. In fact, if it was before, Liu Han would definitely not think like this, but after a period of NBA games, Liu Han felt that since he entered this league, he should work hard for the final championship, and if he didn't get the championship, everything would be in vain.

"Hey, kid, what are you talking about? Are you discriminating against us? Basketball isn't played alone, and you can't win without us. "Van Axel has exploded, and although he will definitely leave after this season, he doesn't want Liu Han to take advantage.

"Enough, stop for me, don't think I don't know what you're thinking, you're jealous of Liu, aren't you ashamed to do this? Tell me, when Liu has taken more than 25 shots in a game, and any of you who can score 40 points on less than 25 shots, Mr. Harris will definitely let you control the ball. Entering the league, everyone should work hard for the final championship, if you want to win the championship, you must have the strength to do it, did you complain when you wasted Liu's passes again and again in the game? You're tarnishing your career by doing this, and you're spending the time you're jealous of Liu in training and games, we're ****** the number one in the league, and we're playing as hard as we are now. "Byron Scott was outraged by the words of Eddie Jones and Van Exel, who went through the Lakers' "showtime" period, during which Pat Riley led "Magic" Johnson and "Skyhook" Abdul-Jabbar to sweep the league and play a gorgeous offense, so he has full trust in a talented player like Liu Han, because such a player can lead a team to the top.

Byron Scott's words made these players who were dissatisfied with Liu Han stunned, yes, he would not pass the ball when he replaced Liu Han at the same time.

Coach Harris didn't organize the quarrel between the players, and he saw that the atmosphere was now in a relaxed mood and immediately came out to play the round.

"Boys, I know that each of you wants to make a career in the league, but the team's victory must be based on everyone's role, and I can't let Liu Han pass the ball to you all the time, because your shooting is really not as accurate as his, I can even say that there is no one more accurate than him in the whole league now, and you think about it, Liu is not the kind of guy who can't pass the ball, he has been trying to pass the ball to you, but you have wasted too many opportunities."

The manager's round went well and his words got the players thinking.

"I'll pass the ball, but you have to throw it in, or I'll have to do it myself." Liu Han's words are for other players, but also for himself.

The Lakers' next game is an away game against Washington, and the players have been educated by veterans and head coaches on the plane, and players who have gradually changed their mentality have stopped having opinions about Liu Han, but this does not include Kobe Bryant and Van Exel, the former has been unconvinced by Liu Han, and the latter has won more.

In this game with the Washington Bullets, Liu Han is still playing very strong, he has scored more than 40 points in four consecutive games after scoring 40+ in the last game, and if he can continue to score 40+ in this game, he will become the third player in league history to score more than 40 points in five consecutive games, the first two are Chamberlain and Michael Jordan.

Liu Han didn't know these records, he just wanted to pursue every victory, pursue every ball to be able to score, win makes him happy, and every shot makes him happy.

The Bullets did not contain Liu Han in this game, their strength is strong in the offense, instead of limiting Liu Han with a sparse defense, it is better to invest more firepower on the offensive end, and one person will never score more goals than a team.

Liu Han didn't play very self-sufficiently at the beginning, he still hoped that his teammates could also stand up, so he led his teammates to attack after the opening.

However, the Lakers still didn't feel good today, and all the passes that were allocated to the open position after Liu Han broke into the interior several times were wasted.

The first quarter ended with the Bullets leading by six points.

Liu Han rested in the first half of the second quarter, and began to explode after Liu Han reappeared in the second half, scoring 15 points in 6 minutes with a burst shot, narrowing the gap between the two teams to 1 point.

In the second half, Liu Han continued his excellent play, hitting three-pointers in a row, and the rest of the Lakers players were no longer jealous of Liu Han's play after they were in a good mood, and they tried their best to contribute on the defensive end.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers had an 11-point lead.

Entering the fourth quarter, the Lakers began to recover somewhat, Liu Han also increased the pass in a timely manner, and the Lakers played an offensive climax in eight minutes, scoring 30 points, turning the rest of the game into garbage time.

Liu Han played 34 minutes in this game, scored 40 points and 11 assists, and almost single-handedly defeated the Bullets.

Liu Han scored more than 40 points in five consecutive games, shocking the league again, and the media in Los Angeles put up a slogan "There is no suspense about the best rookie of the season". The media in Chicago sourly said that Liu Han is still far from Jordan, but he is definitely the first among the rookies, and the future belongs to the Lakers and now is the era of Chicago.

However, what everyone didn't expect was that Liu Han's super performance did not end there.

After the game with the Bullets, the Lakers challenged the Atlanta Hawks back-to-back away, and Liu Han once again played a super performance in the game, shooting 15 of 24 from the field, 10 of 13 from three-point range, and 6 of 6 from the free throw line, scoring 46 points and 15 assists again, and almost all of the Lakers' goals were related to Liu Han. The Lakers also beat the Hawks 90-86.

After this game, the Lakers' February games were all over, and they won all but three games before the All-Star break, and Liu Han also won the title of Western Conference Player of the Month with 34.3 points and 7.9 assists per game.

All the teams in the league are studying Liu Han's shooting, they are trying to find out Liu Han's flaws to limit Liu Han's play, but the more they study, the more frightened they become, this young man's posture is perfect every time he shoots a three-point shot, and the arc of the ball is almost the same every time he shoots, but he will adjust the height when he encounters defense.

Liu Han's performance also made all the rookies fall into jealousy, they all hoped that they could become the next hopeful star, but they didn't expect that this perverted quasi-guy had already crossed the stage of the hopeful star and began to move towards a superstar. Especially the champion Allen Iverson selected by the 76ers this year, he has always regarded himself as the future of the team, and the 76ers also gave him a lot of ball, but now the 76ers are still struggling for a place in the playoffs in the East, but Liu Han has led the Lakers to become the favorite to win the championship, you know, when Liu Han played super data, the team was missing O'Neal, if O'Neal returned from injury Liu Han can still have such a performance, then no team wants to meet the Lakers.

Kobe Bryant is now in a deep dazed, he has always hoped to surpass Liu Han, the goal that was about to be achieved now seems to be getting farther and farther away, and even the hope is not great, the team cannot still cultivate him after having Liu Han, every star is created by a large number of shots.

O'Neal didn't pay much attention to the team's game when he was resting from injury, he was an optimistic guy and never thought about what hadn't happened yet, but now Liu Han's performance made him start to have expectations for the championship, and the sharp weight gain after the injury made him fall into trouble, and he didn't want to become a burden to the team after returning from injury.

Time entered March, when people were still talking about Liu Han, a poor boy, but the poor boy once again used his outstanding performance to make people feel that this was a king dressed as a poor boy.

On March 2, local time, in the game between the Lakers and the Indiana Pacers, Liu Han shot 13 of 24, 9 of 11 three-pointers, and 8 of 8 free throws, scoring 43 points, and what is even more incredible is that Liu Han also got 20 assists, which is the first time in the history of the NBA, no player has ever scored 40+ points in a single game, 20+ assists, the closest is that Tim Hardaway scored 41 points and 18 assists in the Warriors' victory over the SuperSonics in the 92-93 season, Liu Han has made new history, and his name has been deeply engraved in the NBA's record list.

Coupled with the Lakers' victory over the Pacers, Liu Han has scored more than 40 points and 7 times in a single game in a row, and he will tie Jordan's record of 9 consecutive 40+ times on two occasions.

For a while, the entire league was talking about who could organize this amazing kid, and fans were more concerned about what kind of heights this legendary rising kid could reach.