On 2/13/97, the Lakers challenged the Denver Nuggets back-to-back away.

Liu Han has finally secured his starting position, and Van Exel seems to have endorsed his place as a substitute, although it is unclear whether he will seek a trade.

Although the Lakers lost O'Neal in the following regular season, now Liu Han's rise again makes fans no longer worry about the Lakers' results.

The starting lineup of the Lakers in this game is center Tyreth Knight, big forward Elden Campbell, small forward Robert Horry, scoring guard Eddie Jones, point guard Liu Han, such a starting plastic surgery is more than many NBA teams in height, Liu Han's height is very dominant in the point guard position, and the point guard height of most NBA teams is less than one meter nine, so the point guard of other teams is misplaced regardless of who is defending, and the Lakers can take advantage of the opponent's point guard position.

The Lakers' starting lineup made it difficult for the Nuggets to have starting point guard Mark Jackson play against Liu Han.

Liu Han did not show the slightest softness in the face of Mark Jackson, who was nearly ten centimeters shorter than himself, and scored two three-pointers from the opponent's defense as soon as he got on the court.

Not to be outdone, the Nuggets' shooting guard Bryant Steic was also in good form this game, hitting two shots in a row from Mark Jackson through a screen. Although Eddie Jones has a good offense with the Lakers, he is not positive on defense.

The Lakers attacked, Liu Han held the ball at the top of the arc to face Mark Jackson's defense, Tyreth Knight mentioned the line to cover Liu Han, and Liu Han flashed into the Nuggets inside.

Nuggets center Antonio McDyce tried to chase Liu Han, Liu Han suddenly slowed down and stunned the opponent, and then the left-handed dribble accelerated again to shake off Antonio McDyes.

This is a trick that Liu Han figured out after listening to Tim Hardaway's professor in the rookie game, although it is simple, but it is quite effective, and Liu Han can easily break through in the face of slower speed and higher center of gravity.

Liu Han, who broke through Antonio McDyce, hit a two-point pull-up jump shot directly, and the Lakers' first three offenses were all scored by Liu Han, and the Nuggets didn't seem to have a good way to deal with Liu Han.

Since the defense can't prevent Liu Han, as long as the Nuggets make a fuss on offense, they will also play well in offense under the leadership of Mark Jackson, and they will not fall behind.

Liu Han felt that the opponent's defense of himself began to weaken, and the player's mind seemed to have begun to shift to the offense, if it was before the three-point competition, Liu Han would think about whether he should pass the ball more and lead all his teammates to score together, but now Liu Han doesn't think so, instead of passing to others, it is better to come by himself, after all, his shooting rate is higher.

After entering the baptism of the three-point contest and Tim Hardaway's professor, Liu Han has a new understanding of basketball, and he has been uninterrupted breakthrough training has also made a "breakthrough", in the past, Liu Han will shoot basketball, breakthrough is only as an auxiliary means of passing, his more goals are to receive teammates to pass the ball and hit, now Liu Han began to gradually combine his breakthrough and shooting, the offensive means are more abundant, and the feeling of basketball has begun to have further changes, He began to observe the opponent's defensive posture more in the game, and felt the opponent's defensive center of gravity.

Nuggets point guard Mark Jackson is much weaker than Liu Hanruo in height and speed, and the 1965-born player is approaching 32 years old this year, and he has lost the passion and form of his youth.

The first quarter of the game became Liu Han's personal show, whether it was a three-point shot after shaking off Mark Jackson or a pull-up layup that broke through the opponent and went inside, Liu Han played flying, of course, he didn't completely ignore his teammates, and he still passed a lot of balls when his teammates got vacancy.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the opponent by 14 points 39-25 into the second quarter, Liu Han scored 26 points and handed out 4 assists in a single quarter.

Entering the second quarter, Liu Han went to rest, and the Lakers bench players continued to entangle with the Nuggets under the leadership of Van Exel, and Kobe Bryant also played.

The players on the Nuggets bench or the Lakers are much weaker, which gives Kobe Bryant and Van Exel a lot of opportunities, and they further widen the gap in the score, and by the time Liu Han and the Lakers' main force gradually returned to the court with 4 minutes left in the second quarter, the Lakers had widened the gap in the score to 19 points.

Liu Han did not relent, he continued his scoring performance, and the Nuggets had no choice but to contain Liu Han, they didn't want a rookie to be too presumptuous on their home court.

Liu Han, who attracted the Nuggets' defense, passed a lot of good balls, although some of these passes could not be directly converted into assists, but the team further expanded the advantage of the score.

By the end of the third quarter, the Lakers had a 27-point lead.

Liu Han played just three minutes in the fourth quarter before being substituted, and the Lakers turned the rest of the game into garbage time.

In this game, Liu Han played 34 minutes, scored 33 points and 8 assists, and the Lakers also beat the Nuggets by 25 points 132-107.

Liu Han's outstanding performance once again made him the focus of the media, and he has now begun to have a lot of fans, and some fans even gave Liu Han the title of point guard Jordan, and the media began to hype Liu Han from this point.

The Bulls, who have begun to march towards their second dynasty, are starting to be attacked by the media, and the league doesn't want to see one team dominate the game for too long, which doesn't help the league's promotion, and the league wants to see the league come together. Although Jordan's reputation in the basketball world is very high, he has done some things very excessively in private, which undoubtedly gives the league a chance, and Liu Han's rise again also makes the league feel that this is a good opportunity for newcomers to challenge the legend, although Liu Han is different from the mainstream people in the United States in terms of skin color, but the Americans who have not been affected by the financial crisis are not as exclusive to the colored people as they will be in the future, and the story of a poor boy like Liu Han challenging a legendary star is also very much in line with the mainstream values of the United States, no, It can even be said that stories like Liu Han are in line with the common values of human society, and in the stories of David and Goliath, the most popular one has always been David.

The Lakers returned to Los Angeles for two days of rest and hosted the Seattle SuperSonics at home.

The SuperSonics have not been as good as last season, they reached the Finals last season, and although they eventually lost to the Bulls, they still caused a lot of problems for the Bulls, who had the best regular season in the league last season, and Gary Payton's defense against Jordan was commendable.

In this game, Liu Han will face the opposition defense of Gary Payton, nicknamed "The Glove".

At the beginning of the game, Payton put a lot of pressure on Liu Han, and Gary Payton, who never admitted that he was a good person, began to harass Liu Han frequently with trash talk and small actions.

The Lakers, who lacked a defensive gate O'Neal on the inside, struggled a little in the face of the two tall white interior lines of the SuperSonics, but fortunately, Sean Kemp was absent due to injury in this game, otherwise the Lakers' interior line would be blown up by the opponent.

Liu Han was angered by Gary Payton's harassment, he has never been a grumpy person, but today Gary Payton taught Liu Han a lesson. Liu Han's ears kept hearing Gary Payton's buzzing sound, and he always had one of Gary Payton's hands around his waist, which would give you a hard hand when the referee was not paying attention, and then Liu Han's traces of close contact.

However, Liu Han does not intend to use boxing to teach his opponent a lesson because of these shameless methods, he will only use more points on the court to prove to his opponent that his shameless behavior is invalid.

Liu Han advanced to the front court with the ball, and Gary Payton's hand always faintly covered Liu Han's ball carrier, so that he could effectively prevent Liu Han from making a sudden shot.

Liu Han lowered his center of gravity, and the rhythm of the dribble gradually accelerated, the ball was not dribbling in one of Liu Han's hands all the time, but kept crossing in front of the body, which seemed to give Gary Payton a chance to pull the ball, but in fact, Liu Han could quickly change the direction of the dribble when the opponent pulled the ball.

Gary Payton didn't make a rash move, and Gary Payton, who had been in the league for many years, knew it was a trap.

Seeing that the opponent was indifferent, Liu Han began to try to break through himself, he first changed direction with his left hand to break through to his right, and Gary Payton quickly moved sideways to block Liu Han's travel line. But Liu Han then pulled the ball up with his right hand and turned it to his back, which made Gary Payton think that Liu Han was going to use a 360-degree turn to get around him, and he moved sideways again to try to stop Liu Han.

Liu Han's next move made Gary Payton a laughing stock, he pulled the ball up with his right hand and turned halfway to suddenly hit the ball from behind his crotch from the back of his body, and then turned halfway to turn his body back into a face frame again.

Liu Han's fancy movements completely disrupted Gary Payton's center of gravity, and when he tried to move sideways again, his feet began to mix garlic, Liu Han turned into a face frame and pulled out his hand directly, and the basketball crossed an arc straight into the net, and Peyton was already kneeling on the ground at his feet.

Liu Han's new tricks made Payton a laughing stock while also delighting the fans in the stadium, who had never seen a goal like this before.

Although it was only a trivial goal in the game, it also made the SuperSonics pay more attention to Liu Han, and Payton was selected to the All-Defensive team.

Liu Han played even better in the next game, and he hoped to lead the team to victory, and he played Gary Payton many times in this game, and the novel dribble defense and the variety of breakthroughs and three-pointers made Payton unguardable.

However, in the end, the Lakers still did not win this game, their interior line looked weak in the face of the supersonic interior line, and the whole team felt bad today except for Liu Han, who sent all the passes into the opponent's rebounds. However, Liu Han still made the fans present feel very happy, he completely broke Payton, played 40 minutes, scored 36 points, 11 assists and 7 rebounds, and almost got a triple-double.