On May 7, Los Angeles local time, the Lakers, who had a day off, ushered in the second game of their second round of playoffs.

In the game on the 5th, the Lakers defeated the SuperSonics by 15 points, Liu Han and O'Neal partnered together to play the tactics of blocking and dismantling looks simple but very effective, and the SuperSonics have no good way to face the strong attack of the Lakers.

Before this game, the list of winners of the regular season was officially released, and the Most Valuable Player of the regular season was won by Karl Malone, although the Lakers won the first place in the West in the regular season, but hesitation O'Neal missed nearly 25 games, and Liu Han was only a rookie, so Karl Malone won the MVP. The best defensive player was won by Mutombo, who averaged 11.6 rebounds and 3.3 blocks per game, and was the core of the Hawks' defense.

There is no doubt that Liu Han won the best rookie award, and his performance can be the most outstanding rookie player in recent years. The best coach was won by the Miami Heat's Pat Riley, who had a successful career with the Heat after the loss of New York, building the former lottery team into a team known for its defense. The Sixth Man of the Year was won by the New York Knicks' John Starks, an unnamed non-draft player who has been a sharp knife off the Knicks' bench this season. Liu Han was also selected to the All-NBA Third Team along with O'Neal.

This game between the Lakers and the SuperSonics is an earlier game on the 7th, and today's game in the East is a battle between the Heat and the Knicks.

After the defeat of the SuperSonics in the last game, head coach George Carr did not change the team's tactics, and he continued to pack the Lakers' two strong points as he did in the last game, and let the Lakers' role players play.

At the beginning of the game, the Lakers did not let Liu Han or O'Neal attack, but arranged Eddie Jones and Van Exel to be the main attack, and Liu Han and O'Neal only attracted the opponent's defense on the weak side.

Van Exel has always had the title of "crazy" in the NBA, if he shoots with a touch, he may come up with a surprising shooting percentage, three-point shots will be as accurate as laser-guided, but if he doesn't have a touch, there may also be a situation where he can't score 1 of 9 three-point shots or even a single one, and he will not be knocked down by his poor hand, he will keep trying to shoot. Unfortunately, Van Exel has a bad hand most of the time.

Eddie Jones, on the other hand, is a player known for his driving layups and speed, and his shots are just as punctual as Van Exel's.

The Lakers had an unfortunate day as Coach Harris arranged for the two players who were the main offense after the opening game became blacksmiths.

In addition to defending Liu Han and O'Neal today, the SuperSonics are all anti-burst and non-defensive shots against other players.

However, Lakers fans were not discouraged by the home team's failure to hit the first five offenses, and the Lakers started the game like this in their last game.

The Lakers scored six points in the first six minutes of the game thanks to O'Neal's layup and Liu's four free throws. SuperSonics tried to take advantage of the shooting touch of the lethal group Liu Han today.

Coach Harris saw that the situation on the court was not going well, and replaced Van Exel in the seventh minute, leaving Liu Han in charge of organizing the offense, and Kobe Bryant came on the court to play the scoring guard.

After Liu Han held the ball, he first relied on O'Neal's cover in the offense to throw off the opponent's defense and shoot a three-point shot. Then, after defending a supersonic offense, he played a fast-break smart pass, and Bryant scored a dunk in the air.

Although Liu Han has been playing shooting guard since entering April, his experience at point guard is still there, and now that he is in better physical condition, he is more lethal after breaking through and hitting the basket.

After the Lakers gradually opened up on the outside, O'Neal also got an opportunity on the inside, and Liu Han's three-point shot made the supersonic defenders dare not let Liu Han shoot, and the chance of Liu Han breaking through after getting too close greatly increased.

After Liu Han broke through and entered the inside line, he attracted the opponent's defense, and O'Neal's opportunity came, and O'Neal was the most terrifying existence in the league after the speed, and no one could stop O'Neal's dunk under such an impact.

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

In the second quarter, Liu Han was rested, and Van Exell led the bench. The SuperSonics were not allowed on the bench today, and the Lakers took advantage of the situation to launch an offensive climax, hitting a 14-2 offensive wave in five minutes, and the Lakers extended their lead to 18 points.

At halftime, the Lakers led by 14 points at 54-40 heading into the second half.

After the start of the second half, the supersonic still has no good way for the Lakers, Liu Han still attacks with the ball, O'Neal is not the very dominant super center later, he will still come out to cover Liu Han constantly, Gary Payton's defense of Liu Han can be called all-encompassing, but it still can't stop Liu Han's play.

Liu Han didn't have much of a strong attack or strong three-point shooting today, he used more passes to lead the Lakers' offense. In the absence of Van Exel, Liu Han had to carry the banner of the Lakers' offense.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers extended their lead to 20 points, and the SuperSonics game was over.

In the end, most of the fourth quarter was reduced to garbage time, and Coach George Carr, who had no hope of turning the tables, replaced the main players of the SuperSonics to prepare for the next game on his home court.

The Lakers beat the SuperSonics by 107-91 by 16 points to claim their second win in the playoffs of the second round. Liu Han put up an astonishing stat today, scoring 20 points and 23 assists, and is one step short of tying the record of 24 assists held by "Magic" Johnson and Stockton.

In the other game of the day, the Heat lost at home to the New York Knicks, and the defensive powerhouse Heat lost to the Knicks by 11 rebounds alone.

In the game on May 8, the Hawks unexpectedly defeated the Bulls, Jordan still scored 27 points, 16 rebounds and 6 assists, but the Bulls' shooting rate today was really not high, and the 41% shooting rate was ten percentage points lower than that of the Hawks. The Jazz lost to the Rockets by 20 points, and the Rockets who returned to their home court played tough defense, and Barkley tried his best to successfully limit Karl Malone's play, and Malone only scored 17 points in the whole game.

On May 9, the Lakers traveled to Seattle, and the SuperSonics returned home to use home-court advantage to pull back the 2-0 score.

The Lakers are still on the same lineup today, and Liu Han is still playing the shooting guard position.

The SuperSonics changed their tactics today, and they Liu Han used the "Jordan Rule", in which Gary Payton used any means to organize Liu Han to score, and if he couldn't prevent it, he would release Liu Han to prevent other players on the Lakers from scoring. This tactic is the tactic that legendary Pistons coach Chuck Daley led the Pistons' "bad boy" team to keep Michael Jordan out of the Finals for three consecutive years. However, when the head coach of the SuperSonics adopted this set of defensive tactics, he ignored that Liu Han was not Jordan.

Jordan's projection ability was not very good before he won the championship for the first time, and the three-point shooting rate was not high, at that time, Jordan was playing by relying on his physical fitness beyond ordinary people, if he put that set of tactics on Jordan today, he would definitely be shot to death, so the supersonic team using such tactics against Liu Han today is doomed to failure.

At the beginning of the first quarter, the Lakers still attacked from the inside, but the SuperSonics did a good job of defending the interior, and O'Neal didn't get a chance.

Coach Harris saw that Liu Han was defending Liu Han alone, so he signaled the players on the field to increase the pass to Liu Han.

After Liu Han got the ball, it was not difficult to single Gary Payton, if it was before, Liu Han would never have been able to play Gary Payton so easily.

Gary Payton still won the All-Defensive Team honor this year, but he now finds it difficult to face Liu Han. Liu Han's current back-to-back skills are among the top in the league, and he can also make a step-back jumper very similar to Jordan, what makes Gary Payton even more difficult is that the shooting touch of the young man on the opposite side is so good, if he doesn't foul, it's really difficult to stop the opponent from scoring.

At the end of the first quarter, Liu Han scored 17 points with a sudden shot, and the Lakers led by 8 points at 32-24.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Liu Han went to rest, but the Lakers did not lose their advantage, although Kobe Bryant has not been reused, his attitude in training is definitely the second best in the Lakers team, the first best must be Liu Han, in the eyes of the other players of the Lakers, this guy almost lives in the arena.

The Lakers were in good shape today, but the SuperSonics were at home after all, and they had more of an advantage.

In the second half of the second quarter, Liu Han appeared again, and the SuperSonics did not easily give up their tactics because Liu Han scored 17 points in a single quarter, and they still let Gary Payton defend Liu Han alone.

At halftime, the Lakers led by nine points at 60-51, and Liu Han had scored 26 points.

The game continued in the third quarter, Liu Han used two three-pointers to widen the gap to more than 10 points at the beginning, and the SuperSonics were not to be outdone, and their pitcher Sam Perkins also responded with two three-pointers.

However, the next SuperSonics got into trouble, and Liu Han caused Payton two consecutive fouls in the offense, which combined with his two fouls in the first half, and Gary Payton had to go to rest.

Without Gary Payton's harassment, Liu Han was even more at ease, and Supersonic came back to his senses at this time and began to pinch Liu Han, but it was too late.

In the third quarter, Liu Han scored 16 points in a single quarter, O'Neal also scored 10 points, and the Lakers won the supersonic by 14 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, so that the supersonic opportunity to enter the fourth quarter with a 20-point gap is not much.

In the end, the Lakers won the game bloodlessly, Liu Han played 35 minutes and scored 46 points, which is the highest score since entering the playoffs.

The Lakers have won six consecutive games in the playoffs this season so far, and three consecutive wins against the SuperSonics, who are once again on the verge of elimination. If the Lakers can win the next game again, then they will advance to the Western Conference Finals.