After the Lakers' game against the Clippers, Liu Han was praised by the media, saying that Liu Han's mature performance was beyond his years, and his accurate three-point shooting was comparable to Reggie Miller. The Pacers have been quite inconsistent since the start of the season, with the exception of Reggie Miller, who is still in the driver's seat, and the rest of the players are in undulating form like waves.

After a day of rest, the Lakers host the Phoenix Suns. Liu Han unexpectedly got the opportunity to start.

Liu Han's start made Nick Van Exel very angry, he felt that the team was targeting him, Van Exel decided to talk to head coach Harris after the game.

The Lakers' starting lineup in this game is center O'Neal, power forward Elden Campbell, small forward Eddie Jones, scoring guard Byron Scott, point guard Liu Han, the original starting point guard Cedric missed the game because of a back injury, Kobe Bryant thought he could start, but head coach Harris still arranged for veteran Byron Scott to start.

The Phoenix Suns started with center Danny Manning, a skinny center who was only two meters and eight meters tall and was the top pick in the '88 draft, and his only advantage over O'Neal was that he could shoot three-pointers, but his shooting percentage was really not good. The power forward is AC. Green, a pure blue-collar who barely shoots. Small forward Robert Horry shot 36.6 percent from three-point range last season. The shooting guard was Vesley Parson, who was drafted by the Suns with the 24th pick in the first round in '94. The point guard was Rex Chapman, drafted eighth in the first round in '88, a veteran with a desire to attack more than a desire to pass. Former starting point guard Sam Cassel was traded to the Dallas Mavericks.

Compared with the lineups of the two teams, the Lakers have a clear advantage, and they are much better than each other in all positions, so it can be said that this game is a good opportunity for Liu Han to prove his strength.

At the beginning of the game, O'Neal won the middle circle jump ball, he directly dialed the ball to Liu Han in the air, Liu Han quickly advanced after receiving the ball, and Liu Han had already pulled up his hand outside the opponent's three-point line before the Phoenix Suns players reacted, and the basketball flew into the net in an arc as always, 3-0, Liu Han gave the opponent a dismount as soon as he opened.

Before the start of the game, O'Neill took the initiative to discuss with Liu Han, and he said that this game should let Liu Han show his strength to the fullest.

At the beginning of the game, the opponent's rookie scored a three-pointer head-on, which made the Suns players feel a little embarrassed.

Coming back to defend, Liu Han did not have the slightest fear in the face of Suns point guard Rex Chapman who tried to break through him. After a period of adaptation to the game, Liu Han has a certain understanding of the degree of confrontation in the regular season, and he feels that this level of confrontation is a little stronger in the NCAA, and it can't catch up with the intensity of the game in "March Madness".

Rex Chapman tried to break through Liu Han's defense by himself, but he underestimated the intensity of Liu Han's defense, and the close defense made Rex Chapman almost miss, and he did not have an advantage in speed, so he had no choice but to pass the ball to his teammates to reorganize the attack.

The Suns are at an absolute disadvantage on the inside, so they don't dare to pass the ball to the inside easily, and after losing the strategy of the inside, the Suns' outside line is also quite difficult to face the Lakers' defense. Their first offense was forced outside the three-point line by Robert Horry with just 24 seconds left to play, and the ball missed as expected, and O'Neal got the rebound.

When Robert Horry was about to make a shot, Liu Han had already turned around and ran towards the Suns' halfcourt. O'Neal directly launched a pass after winning the rebound to find Liu Han, who had already run past the half, and when Liu Han received the ball, the Suns did not have a defender who returned to his own half. Liu Han came to the three-point line and shot three points directly, and hit another shot. Under normal circumstances, such a counterattack fast break without a defender in place will end with a layup or dunk, but Liu Han chose a certain risk of three points, which made Coach Harris, who pursues "stability", feel a little dissatisfied, and the tactics he arranged before the game are still based on the inside line.

In less than a minute, Liu Han hit two three-pointers in quick succession, which made the Suns players finally start to lift their spirits and concentrate on facing this game.

Liu Han's two consecutive three-pointers also made the Lakers fans present feel very happy, and Liu Han's three-point shooting without going to the ball and turning back directly made the fans feel very chic, only players who have great confidence in their projection ability dare to make such a move, Liu Han's self-confidence began to gradually conquer the American audience.

The Suns attacked again, their interior line is really very weak, the tallest on the team is the starting center Danny Manning, and he is only two meters and eight meters tall, and weighs only 220 pounds, which is like a child for O'Neal, who has reached 285 pounds.

The Suns' offense once again failed to score, and their outside firepower was completely defended by the Lakers, not to mention the inside.

O'Neal didn't launch a fast break again after receiving the rebound again, and the opponent responded quickly this time.

Liu Han received the ball and steadily advanced to the front court, and then hoisted the ball to O'Neal, who was already in the position on the inside, O'Neal pouted his buttocks, and Danny Manning, who was defending him, had already flown out, and then O'Neal's signature turn and dunk, and the huge power pulled the basket creaked. When he was with the Magic, O'Neal had the experience of pulling rebounds or baskets off.

The opening score of 8-0 already said the result of this game very early.

In the next game, Liu Han did not project three points wantonly, although he was sure that the shooting rate would be guaranteed at eighty, but he felt that if he only projected three points regardless of his teammates, he would definitely be replaced by the coach.

The Suns also found their groove after a couple of rough offenses in the opening stanza, relying on center Danny Manning's speed advantage to pull O'Neal off the basket and then start attacking the Lakers' front line. After all, the veteran Byron Scott is old and has no good way to defend against the impact of the Suns' young players, and the Suns also began to score, not allowing the Lakers to continue to pull the score away.

Liu Han was replaced in the 10th minute of the first quarter, and he scored 10 points and 4 assists in 10 minutes, and his performance was eye-catching.

In the second quarter, the Lakers brought on Van Exeld and Kobe Bryant, while the Suns also brought on their own replacements, Michael Finley and Steve Nash. Michael Finley was drafted by the Suns with the 21st pick in the first round in '95, and he played well in the last game and was an important scoring point for the Suns off the bench. Steve Nash was drafted by the Suns with the 15th pick this year, and while his height and weight disadvantage make him a defensive black hole on the court, his passing awareness and projection ability in his short playing time more than make up for his defensive shortcomings.

Liu Han didn't get a chance to play again in the second quarter, and head coach Harris still wanted to be able to give the old players some face, so Van Exel played the whole second quarter, but his shooting options were really poor, and his projection was also as ineffective as Duan Yu's six-vein sword, he could shoot very difficult shots, or he could not score three points in the open position. However, Kobe Bryant played quite well in the second quarter, and he hit three three-pointers in a row in the nine minutes he played in the second quarter, and there were two breakaway dunks, scoring 13 points in nine minutes, which was very eye-catching.

At halftime, the Lakers led by 11 points, 54-43.

At the beginning of the second half, Liu Han appeared again, he first made a blocking and dismantling cooperation with O'Neal, Liu Han threw the ball high, and O'Neal's air catch and violent dunk like Tarzan ignited the atmosphere of the Great Western Forum Arena. Then Liu Han stole Rex Chapman successfully, and once again staged a three-point stunt after throwing, pushing the atmosphere of the audience to a climax. Less than a minute into the second half, the Lakers widened the gap to 16 points.

Kobe Bryant, who played well in the second quarter, continued to stay on the court, after all, Byron Scott was thirty-five years old, and there was no way to guarantee efficiency if he played too long.

The next game entered the rhythm of the Lakers, Liu Han played against Kobe Bryant a year ago, and was more familiar with his style, and with O'Neal as a big killer on the inside, Liu Han began to show his ability to control the rhythm of the game.

In the middle of the third season, the Lakers attacked, Liu Han first relied on Elden Campbell's cover to move to the right, the left bottom line Kobe ran back to shake off the opponent, the middle O'Neal was already in place, Liu Han passed the ball to Kobe Bryant as quickly as the wind and fire, Kobe jumped up and threw the ball high above the basket in the air, and O'Neal, who was in place on the other side, took off and dunked violently, a wonderful aerial operation made the atmosphere of the whole court climax again, this ball can definitely be selected as the best of the month, The Lakers' three rookies this year have completed a wonderful match.

Liu Han played the third quarter, he scored 10 points again in the third quarter, and handed out 7 assists, Kobe Bryant also got 6 points, 3 rebounds, O'Neal was even more fierce, scored 14 points and 8 rebounds, and the Lakers scored more than 40 points in the third quarter, directly turning the fourth quarter game into garbage time.

In the end, the game ended with a big victory for the Lakers, they scored 120 points in the game, and the whole team had six double-doubles, Liu Han scored 20 points and 11 assists, O'Neal also had a big double-double of 24 points and 17 rebounds, Kobe Bryant also played well, played 24 minutes, scored 19 points and 5 rebounds, and the Lakers won the Suns by a full 38 points with the outstanding performance of three newcomers.