The Lakers swept the SuperSonics to advance to the Western Conference Finals, a result that didn't come as a surprise to everyone.

While the Lakers weren't favored before the start of the season, finishing sixth in the West in their pre-season predictions, O'Neal was seen as a mere money maneuver when he was with the Magic. However, halfway through the season, the Lakers' performance made everyone's eyes shine, and the two young players they selected in the draft showed their super potential, especially Liu Han, which made everyone sigh that the Lakers chose the core for themselves in the next decade. But now Liu Han's performance in the playoffs is even more surprising, Liu Han is not the core of the future, he is already an indispensable all-round warrior of a team.

And the Lakers' strong performance in the playoffs has also made all the media and fans optimistic about their challenge to the king of the Bulls, although the Bulls are still competing with the Hawks to qualify for the Eastern Conference Finals.

In the other two games on the 11th, the Heat lost to the Knicks, and the two teams played defensive basketball in this game, and both teams had very tough defensive players on the inside, but Mourning still lacked some experience in Ewing, and his short temper was also a dynamite bag on the court.

The Bulls beat the Hawks in Atlanta to tie the score at 3-1, and the Hawks have no way out.

On the West side, the Jazz and the Rockets are tied 3-1, and the next 12th game will be held in Utah, if the Rockets can't win this game, then the Jazz will compete with the Lakers for this year's Western championship.

On the 12th, there was only this game between the Rockets and the Jazz, the Jazz team who returned to their home court played a fierce game, Utah's home court has always been a nightmare for other teams, the ****** is a widespread ban on alcohol, and the way people vent the stress of life is through various sports, and Salt Lake City fans like to make the visiting team feel the atmosphere of hell with their deafening sound on the home court of the Jazz.

In the game, Karl Malone brandished his iron elbow and scored a big double-double of 33 points and 20 rebounds, and Stockton also scored 24 points and 14 assists. Olajuwon scored 30 points after the Rockets, and the rest of the players scored another 20 points on May 1, and the Rockets' sparse outside offense prevented them from breaking through the Jazz's ferocious defense. In the end, the Jazz won the game 102-91, so that the Rockets were eliminated from the game, and Barkley's gloomy exit looked extremely lonely.

Two days later, the Jazz will travel to Los Angeles to take on the Lakers for their second Western Conference Finals since the team was founded in 1974.

On the 13th, the Bulls defeated the Hawks 107-92 at home to reach the Eastern Conference Finals, and the Heat lost to the Knicks away and stepped on the edge of the cliff.

On the 14th, the Western Conference Finals started first, and the Lakers welcomed the Jazz challenge with ease.

The Lakers and Jazz can be regarded as newcomers to the Western Conference Finals in recent years, although the Lakers were regulars in the Western Conference Finals when "Magic" Johnson was still there, but since Johnson retired due to illness, the Lakers have fallen into a rebuild, they have not participated in the Western Conference Finals for 6 years, and the only veteran with Finals experience is Byron Scott.

In this game, the Lakers lineup is point guard Van Exel, scoring guard Liu Han, small forward Eddie Jones, power forward Elden Campbell, and center O'Neal. The Jazz's lineup is point guard Stockton, scoring guard Hornacek, small forward Brian Russell, power forward Karl Malone, and center Ostertag.

The Lakers are much weaker than the Jazz in addition to their dominance in the shooting guard and center positions.

At the beginning of the game, O'Neal won the jump ball in the middle circle, although Ostertag was about the same height and weight as O'Neal, but his speed was much weaker than O'Neal's, and it was difficult for a white center to compare speed with a black player, and O'Neal was probably the fastest seven-foot man on the planet.

Liu Han squeezed away Hornacek and grabbed the ball from O'Neal, who was much worse than Liu Han in terms of height and weight.

Liu Han, who grabbed the ball, did not pass the ball, but took it through the half, O'Neill followed up to give Liu Han a one-block cover, Liu Han bypassed Hornacek from the right side to attract Ostertag's supplementary defense, and then he hit the ground skillfully, the ball drilled from Ostertag's crotch and went directly to O'Neal's hands, O'Neal received the ball is flying up and dunk, and Ma Long, who is making up the defense, can't stop O'Neal, who has been speeding.

The Lakers opened the game with the pick-and-roll that the Jazz are known for scoring two points.

Offensively by the Jazz, Stockton is not a player known for his physicality, and the reason why he has been able to occupy the top of the assist list for eight years is his focus on the game and his understanding of the team's tactics.

Malone mentioned that the line was covered by Stockton, and the Jazz team still had their traditional blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation, although this offensive routine was simple, but with the combination of Malone and Stockton, this tactic can be called a big killer.

The Lakers paid a lot of attention to the Jazz's pick-and-roll defense today, and Elden Campbell did not switch to Stockton, but stuck to Malone. Van Axel bypassed Malone's cover and tried to continue chasing Stockton, but instead of continuing to dribble, Stockton took the opportunity to shoot straight threes. Although Stockton has never been a top scorer, his shooting percentage is among the top few in the league, and he is sure of this kind of unguarded three-point shooting.

The game was very interesting at the beginning, the Lakers beat the Jazz with a block, but the Jazz returned the Lakers with the Lakers' praised three-point shooting, Liu Han's addition made the Lakers' three-point shot feared by all teams, and this guy who threw the three-point as a free throw made all the teams very annoying.

The Lakers continued to attack, Van Exel took the ball through the half court and hoisted the ball to Liu Han, in this game, Liu Han's point hit Hornacek is a strong point, and it is difficult for Hornacek to defend Liu Han alone.

After Liu Han received the ball, he leaned on Hornacek with his back and shook, and Hornacek, who was very jealous of Liu Han, tensed his muscles and tried to resist Liu Han's next strong hit, but what he didn't expect was that Liu Han turned around and hit a jump shot after leaning on Hornacek, Liu Han now plays with some taste of anticipating the enemy's opportunity, and his deterrence makes the defenders inadvertently reveal their defensive intentions, and Liu Han can seize such a loophole in a very short time to score the ball.

The Lakers crowd cheered on the ethereal step-back jumper from Liu, who is now the most popular player on the Lakers, and while his skin color is different from the rest, his background with the UCLA Bruins has made him inherently recognized by Los Angeles fans.

The Jazz's next offense continued to use their traditional pick-and-roll tactics, which he has incorporated into the team's soul since Coach Jerry Sloan took over the Jazz.

Malone has a strong body like a bodybuilder, but unexpectedly he also has an unusually soft touch, although the shooting distance can not reach beyond the three-point line, but his mid-range shooting still caused a lot of trouble for the Lakers, Elden Campbell has no way to limit Malone well.

On the Lakers' side, today is still the main internal and external cooperation of O'Neal and Liu Han, and the Jazz team does not have a good way to deal with these two strong points.

In the first quarter, the two teams were evenly divided, and the score of 27 draws also showed that neither side had a good way to limit the opponent's offense.

Liu Han rested in the second quarter, the Lakers came off the bench, and Van Exel played with the bench. The Lakers are a bit better off the bench than the Jazz, and they have enough talented young players and enough experienced veterans.

The Lakers' bench played an offensive climax in the first half of the second quarter, scoring 15 points in six minutes to stretch the gap to nine points, while the Jazz bench scored just six points.

Coach Sloan had to replace the Jazz's main players on the court early, and the Lakers' main players got enough rest time, and Liu Han and O'Neal came on one after another in the second half of the second quarter.

At halftime, the Lakers led by five points, 54-49.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Liu Han controlled the ball, Van Exel rested, and the Lakers changed the blocking and dismantling that the Jazz team is good at in the offense.

The Lakers attacked, Liu Han slowly advanced to the frontcourt, Campbell came out to cover Liu Han this time, Liu Han relied on the cover to shake off the defense and shoot directly to hit a three-point shot, Liu Han, who controlled the ball, increased his shot outside the three-point line in a timely manner, and he only needed a little space to be able to shoot.

The Jazz fell into passivity in the third quarter, and their usual fierce defense also fell into foul trouble at the Lakers' home court, after all, the Lakers are better than the Jazz in terms of exposure and team popularity, and the league also hopes that the Finals can be a duel between a legendary star and a hopeful new star, such a matchup is the league's most profitable game, the Jazz's fierce defense and simple blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation will obviously not improve the ratings of the finals, not to mention that it is still the Lakers' home court, Therefore, the referees will always favor the Lakers when making decisions.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers extended their lead to 14 points.

The Jazz, who were in foul trouble, were more passive in the fourth quarter, with Malone still playing at the beginning of the fourth quarter with 4 fouls on his back, and Ostertag also with 4 fouls.

The Lakers played a wonderful match at the beginning of the fourth quarter, O'Neal received the ball inside and didn't stop the ball and directly hoisted the ball to the basket, Liu Han ran back and shook off the defense to score a dunk, O'Neal and Liu Han are now very tacit together, and both of them can pass wonderful passes to each other. Since Liu Han's arrival, O'Neal's assist stats have increased by 2.1 this season.

The wonderful cooperation of Liu Han and O'Neal made the audience cheer in victory, and Los Angeles has not won the championship for a long time.

In the end, the Lakers won the game 104-95, O'Neal got 29 points and 14 rebounds, and Liu Han scored 24 points, 6 assists and 7 rebounds.

The Lakers' wonderful performance in the game made all the media and fans optimistic about them, after all, the Lakers offense is more exciting.