On April 24, 1997, the 96-97 NBA playoffs officially began, with a total of four games on the first day, the Timberwolves lost to the Houston Rockets 95-112, the Orlando Magic was beaten by the Miami Heat 64-99, the Charlotte Hornets lost to the New York Knicks 99-109, and the Los Angeles Clippers lost to the Utah Jazz 86-106 by 20 points.

On the 25th, the Lakers will play their first game of the playoffs against the Portland Trail Blazers.

In the first game, the Lakers did their best, the point guard still used Van Exel, and Nick Van Exel's own agent and the Lakers management began to pass the ball to Liu Han under the persuasion of his own agent, in fact, he also wanted to win the championship.

The game was firmly under the control of the Lakers from the beginning, and although the Blazers' Lithuanian center Sabonis was not inferior to O'Neal in height and weight, he was not inferior to O'Neal in terms of strength and agility. Isaiah Ledder is also much inferior to Liu Han, Liu Han's current skills and the growth of his physical fitness after training make Liu Han a bug in the position of scoring guard.

In the first quarter, the two teams were evenly matched, with the Lakers only leading by four points at 25-21, but after entering the second quarter, the Lakers' advantage on the inside and outside began to show, and the Lakers were much better than the Trail Blazers on the bench.

At halftime, the Lakers led by 13 points.

As soon as the third quarter came up, Liu Han began to play Isaiah Ryder alone, and O'Neal did not always play on the inside, but opened up space for Liu Han to play alone. Liu Han succeeded in singleing Ryder in a row, and made two fouls in just 5 minutes, Ryder had to go to rest, and the Trail Blazers substitute who was replaced on the court was not Liu Han's opponent, and as a last resort, the Trail Blazers tried to wrap Liu Han. And Liu Han quickly moves the ball as long as the opponent tries to wrap it, and he is not a defender who can't pass the ball.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers have basically confirmed the victory, and the 24-point gap is difficult for the Trail Blazers to catch up as long as the Lakers do not collapse in the fourth quarter.

In the end, the Lakers won the game bloodlessly, Liu Han played 29 minutes, scored 21 points, 8 assists and 8 rebounds, O'Neal played 35 minutes, scored 36 points and 13 rebounds, and the Lakers defeated the Trail Blazers 99-77 by 22 points.

On the 25th, there were also four games, the Lakers won, and the teams with home-court advantage at the top of the regular season rankings won one after another, but the Suns broke a big upset, they defeated the Seattle SuperSonics 108-101, and the Suns' Rex Chapman scored 42 points. The Pistons lost to the Hawks, the Bullets lost to the Bulls, and Jordan scored a quasi-triple-double of 29 points, 8 assists and 8 rebounds.

On the 26th, the Lakers rested, there were only three games on this day, the Minnesota Timberwolves lost to the Houston Rockets 84-96 again, and the Timberwolves, who started with only one player over the age of 30, were much weaker than the Rockets in terms of playoff experience.

The Hornets lost 93-100 to the New York Knicks, and the suspense of this round was not great, in fact, the Hornets started scoring no weaker than the Knicks' starters, but their bench only scored two points, while the Knicks scored 22 points off the bench.

The Los Angeles Clippers lost 99-105 to the Utah Jazz, and the Clippers had little chance in this round, Karl Malone was still tough, scoring 39 points and 11 rebounds, and the Clippers had little to do against Malone inside.

On the 27th, the Lakers ushered in their second game on their home court.

The Trail Blazers have recovered from a heavy defeat in their last game, but their shortcomings on the interior are not something that can be compensated for by good form, and the Trail Blazers' two white centers, Sabonis and Dudley, are no match for O'Neal.

Liu Han still played steadily in this game, and the Trail Blazers did not have a good way to limit the strong points of the Lakers' inside and outside lines, and Liu Han O'Neal would get a chance, and Liu Han's three-point threat would be greater if he was covered by O'Neal.

In the first quarter, O'Neal and Liu Han took turns to attack the Trail Blazers' defense, and the Lakers scored 33 points in a single quarter, leading the Trail Blazers by 7 points.

In the second quarter, after the Lakers replaced O'Neal and Liu Han, the Trail Blazers bench pulled the score back, and the Lakers bench players felt cold today, knowing that O'Neal and Liu Han returned again before they got some points, and at halftime, the Trail Blazers led by two points.

In the third quarter, O'Neal forced Sabonis to cause two consecutive fouls, and Sabonis, who had 4 fouls, had to go to rest, and the Trail Blazers, who had no inside barrier, lost to the Lakers by 14 points in a single quarter.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Liu Han suddenly made a cold arrow to expand the score of the two sides to about 20 points, and since then the rhythm of the game has been in the hands of the Lakers, and finally the Lakers won 107-93.

O'Neal scored 30 points, 5 assists and 6 rebounds in this game, while Liu Han grabbed a surprising 13 rebounds, of course, Liu Han still scored 21 points consistently.

On the 27th, there were a total of five games, and the teams with better regular season results won all except for the Hawks, who were defeated by the Pistons 80-93, and the SuperSonics beat the Suns by 44 points, avenging the loss of the last home game.

The Lakers will advance to the second round of the playoffs if they win their next game on the road against the Trail Blazers after winning Game 2, which is still a best-of-5 game.

The Lakers did not play on the 28th, and the Knicks defeated the Charlotte Hornets 104-95 away to advance to the second round of the playoffs, and the Hornets were swept out.

The Jazz also completed a sweep over the Los Angeles Clippers, with a score of 104-92 showing ease for the Jazz, Jazz shooter Hornacek played well in this game, scoring 28 points.

On the 29th, the Lakers were still rested, and the Hawks lost to the Pistons away and stepped on the edge of the cliff, and Mutombo's 15 points and 21 rebounds were difficult to beat Grant Hill's 24 points, 8 assists and 4 rebounds.

The Rockets won away to complete the sweep of the Timberwolves, the Timberwolves played very well in this game, the whole team scored six double-doubles, rookie Stephen Marbury scored 14 points and 13 assists, but the Rockets played better, although Olajuwon and Barkley were seen to death, but the Rockets role players stood up in this game, Matt Maloney scored a team-high 26 points, the Rockets scored six double-doubles, and three scored twenty.

The Miami Heat and the Orlando Magic launched an abnormal defensive battle, and the Magic team standing on the edge of the cliff launched a Jedi counterattack, and "Penny" Hardaway turned on the furious mode and scored 42 points on 16-of-30 shooting, and finally the Heat failed to complete the sweep, and the Magic team pulled one back.

SuperSonics unexpectedly lost to the Phoenix Suns, Payton and Camp combined for the SuperSonics to score 58 points, 20 rebounds and 8 assists, but in this game the Suns burst on the bench, the little-known Wesley Persson scored 29 points on 8-of-14 shooting and 6-of-10 three-pointers, coupled with the excellent performance of the Suns' main players, the SuperSonics lost to the Suns 103-110.

On April 30, the Lakers traveled to Portland to challenge the Trail Blazers, and if they win, the Lakers will sweep the Trail Blazers with a score of 3-0.

The Trail Blazers, who were already in a desperate situation, played hard from the start of the game, and they kept using foul tactics to organize O'Neal to attack the interior.

The Lakers were not in good shape today, as soon as Van Exel hit three shots at the beginning, O'Neal and Liu Han opened up the opponent's defense, and the Lakers' vacant players couldn't shoot alive.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers trailed by 17 points at 32-15.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Liu Han did not get off the court, he led the Lakers bench to launch a counterattack against the opponent, Kobe Bryant had a good hand in this game, he received a wonderful pass from Liu Han and shot a three-pointer.

Liu Han did not have the slightest fear after facing the opponent's bag, passed to his teammates when he had the opportunity, and forced a foul when he didn't have the opportunity, and his three-point and back-to-back jumper were also called the magic machine to break the bag, Liu Han scored 22 points in a single quarter, and at halftime, the Lakers led by 7 points at 57-50.

The second half continued, Liu Han went to rest, O'Neal led the main force to continue to maintain the score advantage, the Trail Blazers inside in the first half because of too many fouls on O'Neal and played timid, Liu Han hit three points in succession after coming on the court in the second half of the third quarter, and at the end of the third quarter, the Lakers took a 20-point lead.

In the fourth quarter, the Trail Blazers launched a Jedi counterattack, their defensive moves became bigger and bigger, and when they fouled, they began to play ruthlessly despite the injury, which almost caused chaos on the court, but the Lakers players still restrained their emotions and maintained the advantage to the end.

In the end, the Lakers completed the sweep of the Trail Blazers, O'Neal scored 29 points and 12 rebounds, and Liu Han got his first triple-double in the playoffs, with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.

While Liu Han was experiencing his first NBA playoffs, the Lewis Kyle family in Cleveland was also watching Liu Han.

Hipson Kyle fell in love with Liu Han after accepting Liu Han's paper-cut gift that time, as long as it was Liu Han's game, he would watch it, and what he didn't know was that his mother actually paid more attention to Liu Han, and whenever Liu Han was fouled by the opponent on the field, Zhao Xueli's heart would always be pulled hard.

On April 25, while Zhao Xueli was waiting at home for her husband to get off work and her son to come home from school, he received a call from Shipson's elementary school, where Shipson suddenly began to bleed and fainted, and has now been sent to the hospital.

Zhao Xueli was frightened by the news, she quickly contacted her husband and hurried to the hospital.

Three days later, Zhao Xueli, who received the final results of the hospital, was once again the same as when she first received news of Liu Han, she was struck down by the tragic fate of herself and her son. Shipsonkyle was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, commonly known as blood cancer.