Chapter 144: Liu Han who continues to soar

The Lakers' 32-point rally of the Rockets left the rest of the league focused on the brand-new Lakers, and the Lakers' extreme lineup after O'Neal was sent off has left many basketball commentators in the spotlight.

The current head coach of the Heat, Pat Riley, said in an interview that this Lakers team is almost the team he envisioned it to be, George Krent did a good job, he fulfilled Pat Riley's dream, and the Lakers management has also received a lot of praise, and they have picked the right players among many young people.

After this game, the league imposed additional penalties on O'Neal and Barkley who fought in the game, O'Neal was suspended for 4 games because he was the protagonist of the brawl, Barkley was also suspended for 3 games, and Matt Maloney was suspended for 2 games for deliberately injuring people in the game, and the Rockets can be described as a heavy loss, not only losing the game, but also losing people.

Robert Horry was examined to be fine, but he had to rest for at least a week, and the soft tissue contusion forced Horry to take care of that sensitive area regularly for the rest of the week.

In this case, the Lakers will have to face a situation where they do not have a qualified center in at least four games in the future, and although the Lakers still have two meters and one Elden Campbell on the team, his weight of less than 200 pounds makes it impossible for Campbell to fight the opponent's interior on the inside.

The Lakers returned to Los Angeles for a day of rest and once again faced the challenge of the Rockets at home, in the last game, the two teams had a lot of disputes, both sides were suspended, and in the next game, the Rockets tried to avenge the blood abuse on the court.

On November 16, the Lakers and Rockets played their second matchup in three days in Los Angeles.

The Lakers still fielded a quirky lineup without an interior lineup, and the Rockets also had to switch to backup point guard Emmanuol Davis due to Matt Maloney's suspension.

After the last game, the coach of the Rockets, Rudy Tom Jalovich, did a good study of the Lakers' weird lineup, but the more he researched, the more he found that this lineup is powerful, and the five players have very some projection ability, which almost makes the incomplete lineup of the Rockets difficult to prevent, plus there is Liu Han, a big killer, this is a star who can compete with Jordan, Tom Jalovich even gave birth to the plan to give up the next game.

After careful consideration, Tom Jalovic still arranged the original lineup to play.

At the beginning of the game, the Rockets won the jump ball, after all, the Lakers players are not tall.

The Lakers are still almost defenseless on the inside, but Michael Finley, who is more powerful, withstands Olajuwon, and Liu Han defends Drexler.

The Rockets still dominated the interior offense at the beginning, and Olajuwon beat Finley inside to score easily.

This time, the Lakers did not launch a follow-up counterattack after the opponent's goal, but let Nash slowly dribble the ball through the half.

Nash did not continue to break through after halftime, but handed the ball to Liu Han to deal with, Liu Han took the ball to force Drexler, who quickly adjusted his focus to try to defend Liu Han closely, but Liu Han did not force a breakthrough, but a very light step-back jumper to get three points.

Drexler was completely teased by Liu Han, who seemed to know every defensive intent of Drexler.

The Rockets are still dominated by interior offense, because the Lakers take their perimeter defense very seriously, and only the interior has a chance.

Olajuwon continued to force Finley to score, but this time the Lakers suddenly launched a chase counterattack, and the Rockets' nerves were a little relaxed because of the goal just now, and the Lakers scored on an attack of less than 6 seconds by Brent Barry.

Next, the Lakers' still lax interior defense allowed the Rockets to score a lot of points, but in the offense, the Lakers will shoot three points when they seize the opportunity, and the last game seems to have continued to this game, the Lakers shot 6 three-pointers in the first quarter, of which Liu Han alone shot 4.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Rockets by eight points, 38-30.

In the second quarter, the Lakers replaced the bench players, veterans Byron Scott and Dell Curry also appeared one after another, and Elden Campbell faced the Rockets inside after coming on the court, although he did not have a height and weight advantage, his good mid-range shot could still open up some space for the Lakers' bench players. The Lakers' bench played a little slower.

Halfway through the second quarter, the Rockets first changed to the starting lineup, because the gap in the score had been stretched to more than 10 points. Coach George, on the other hand, waited until the end of the second quarter to replace some of the main players.

At halftime, the two sides were tied at 60-55, and the Rockets closed the gap to five points.

At the beginning of the third quarter of the game, Liu Han immediately turned on the scoring mode after he came on the court, and he slashed 17 points in 5 minutes with a sudden shot, and the Rockets who played couldn't find North for a while.

At the critical moment, Olajuwon stepped up again, he played consecutive two-and-one on the inside, and the young of the Lakers made them seem a little inexperienced in the game, and the two fouls of Brent Barry and Finley were physical confrontations that Olajuwon actively found.

Not to be outdone, Liu Han fired again on the outside to keep the score gap above 10 points.

Entering the second half of the third quarter, the Rockets gradually showed fatigue, Olajuwon is 34 years old after all, his physical condition has begun to decline, and the Lakers' super fast pace of play has also made Olajuwon consume more physical energy in the game. The Lakers seized the opportunity to widen the gap in the score again, and Liu Han counterattacked after the Rockets missed shots, scoring 7 points again in just two minutes, which can be called furious.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers stretched the gap to 23 points. Liu Han scored 25 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, and Liu Han scored another 50 points in all three quarters.

Entering the fourth quarter, the Rockets tried to attack to catch up with the score at the beginning, but the Lakers still used their extremely sharp offensive tactics to tear apart the Rockets' defense again and again.

With 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Lakers still led the Rockets by 25 points, and Tom Jalovic gave up the game when he saw that there was no hope of a comeback.

In the end, the Rockets lost to the Lakers for the second time in three days, and although they did not lose by more than 30 points this time, the difference of 24 points was also a fiasco.

Liu Han scored 60+ points twice in three days, which made all teams in the league marvel at his scoring efficiency, and some media have even reported that Liu Han is scheduled to be the scoring champion this year.

The Lakers' two-game win with a centerless lineup in a row has led many teams to start researching the "new Lakers", and as they dig deeper, they find that it's hard to find so many great three-point shooters in the league, and they also find that Lakers head coach George uses these players to arrange tactics that are very targeted, not a lineup to the end. (To be continued.) )