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In early October 1996, the 96-97 NBA preseason officially began, and Liu Han's Los Angeles Lakers will welcome their first home court of the new season on October 6, against the Houston Rockets.

The Lakers' roster for the new season has been confirmed, and the center positions are Shaquille O'Neal, Tyreth Knight, and Shaun Lukes; The big forwards are Elden Campbell and Kerry Blunt; Small forwards are Cedric Sebarros, Jeromy Corsi, George McLeod; Shooting guards are Kobe Bryant, Eddie Jones; The point guards are Van Exel, Liu Han, Rumile Robinson.

In the first game of the preseason, the Lakers' starting five were center O'Neal, power forward Robert Horry, small forward Cedric Sebarros, shooting guard Eddie Jones, and point guard Van Exel. Head coach Del Harris is not scheduled to start this year's rookie and is a coach who wants to be a conservative coach.

The Houston Rockets stopped in the second round of the playoffs last season, they met the nemesis Seattle SuperSonics, and the team welcomed a strong new signing this year, Charles Barkley joined the Houston Rockets on a free transfer, laying down his face for Charles Barkley, who is pursuing the first championship of his career, and he hopes to win a championship ring at the end of his career.

Pre-season is designed to hone in the squad, enrich the team's style of play and test the form of new and old players, in this kind of game, the main players will not play too much, and the team will provide a lot of opportunities for the substitute rookie players.

In the preseason game against the Houston Rockets, O'Neal played 30 minutes, scored 26 points and 13 rebounds, and he will give his best every time he faces Olajuwon. Liu Han played seven minutes in the second half, scored 6 points and 4 assists, and his stable and mature performance attracted the attention of many media and fans, Kobe Bryant played 14 minutes, shot 3 of 6, had no assists and rebounds, and relied on two free throws to score a total of 10 points, he showed his offensive desire in the game.

The Houston Rockets did not schedule Charles Barkley to play, and Barkley, who has been plagued by back problems, chose to rest in the preseason. Olajuwon is still brave, scoring 19 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists.

In the end, the Lakers won the game 104-96.

Mark Jackson, the point guard who averaged 10 points and 7.8 assists per game with the Indiana Pacers, came to the Denver Nuggets this season, and Laphonso Ellis, who was the fifth pick in the first round in 1992, has gradually become the team's main scoring point. Liu Han's former teammate George Zidike is now on the Nuggets, and his situation is not very good, and the team does not seem to need such a slow-moving interior lineman, George can only be a "towel man" in the game. Liu Han greeted George Zidike as he warmed up in the arena.

Liu Han didn't get a chance to play in this game, he watched the whole game in front of the water cooler, Kobe Bryant played 12 minutes and scored 10 points.

The Lakers' third preseason game is back in Boston, where they will take on the Boston Celtics at the North Shore Garden Arena. Since Larry Bird's retirement in '92, the Celtics have been caught in a cycle of rebuilding every season, with management chaos affecting the once-legendary team.

The Celtics drafted Anthony Walker of the University of Kentucky in a few years of the draft, and Liu Han played against this player in the NCAA finals, a player who can be inside and out, and he is very good.

In the game against the Celtics, Liu Han had a lot of opportunities, first coming on as a substitute for the main point guard Van Exel at the end of the first half, and then playing the whole second quarter.

Liu Han played 3 minutes before the end of the first quarter, he received his teammates' baseline serve in the backcourt and steadily advanced to the frontcourt, substitute center Elden Campbell was already in the position of the inside, Liu Han did not hesitate, directly hoisted the ball into the inside, Campbell singled the Celtics inside player with his back to succeed, hooked the hand to score two points, Liu Han got an assist.

In the next face of the Celtics' attack, Liu Han showed his solid defensive skills, and he stubbornly entangled the opponent's defender Di Blanche, who weighed only 73 kilograms. Di Brown made a mistake in the face of Liu Han's oppressive defense, and the ball was cut off directly from Liu Han's hands. Liu Han quickly advanced to the opponent's half court and did not enter the opponent's penalty area, but directly at the three-point line to make a quick stop jump shot, and Liu Han's left-handed basketball crossed a beautiful arc and hit the net.

Liu Han's three-point shot made the Lakers' bench cheer, although they all already knew how powerful Liu Han's three-point shot was, but it was the first time he shot a three-point shot in an official game, O'Neal liked this seemingly innocent Oriental kid, at least he wouldn't mind some of his jokes that weren't too excessive.

Liu Han's three points made Di Brown a little angry, as a "veteran" who has been in the NBA for five seasons, let a rookie bully, this is something he can't bear, he feels that he has to pay it back.

Di Brown advanced to the front court and tried to break through Liu Han's defense, but he underestimated Liu Han's arm span, Di Brown's change of direction in front of his body was recognized by Liu Han, and the ball was cut off by Liu Han again, and then like the replication of the previous ball, Liu Han once again hit a three-point stop jump shot on the three-point line, this time the three points made the Lakers' bench cheer again, and even Kobe, who has always been not convinced by Liu Han, waved a towel to cheer for Liu Han.

Liu Han, who played less than three minutes in the first quarter, scored six points and one assist. In the second quarter, Liu Han continued to be on the court, he relied on his physical advantage to completely blow up the opponent's backup point guard Di Brown, and Liu Han, who played the second quarter, made 5 shots from the three-point line, hit all of them, and also scored 4 assists, leading the Lakers to lead the opponent by 20 points in the half.

Liu Han sat on the bench for the second half, and head coach Del Harris opted to test Rumil Robinson in the second half, but the latter did not perform as well as expected.

After the game, Liu Han was praised by some media in Los Angeles, who called Liu Han the Lakers' Reggie Miller, and his accurate three-point shooting left a deep impression on fans and the media.

In the fourth game, Liu Han sat on the bench again, he did not get a minute of playing time in the whole game, Kobe Bryant got twenty minutes of play, he performed very generally in the game, in the face of the fierce physical confrontation of the Detroit Pistons, Kobe Bryant seemed very uncomfortable, his body was not quite able to withstand strong confrontation, and the NBA's compact number of games also made the young Kobe feel tired.

In the fifth game, Liu Han unexpectedly got the opportunity to start, starting point guard Van Exel felt some discomfort in his ankle before the game started and gave up the game, Liu Han got the opportunity to start at the Great Western Forum Arena.

The opponent of this preseason game is the Sacramento Kings, Liu Han can meet his old teammate Teyus Edney, who learned that Liu Han can start before the game, Teyus Edney can't help but feel a little emotional, this kid who was stupid at the beginning is now about to surpass himself, and he is still struggling for the opportunity to play in the game.

Liu Han endured a lot of tests in this game, the Kings' Mitch Ridgemond against Liu Han, Richmond, who averaged 23.1 points and 1.5 steals per game last season, taught Liu Han a good lesson, Liu Han, who played the first quarter of the game, was defenseed by the opponent and did not score a point, and there were 4 turnovers. Liu Han looked very uncomfortable in the face of Richmond's kraft candy-style defense, and the fierce physical confrontation made Liu Han unable to shoot easily, and he even began to make mistakes in passing.

Liu Han, who was resting off the court in the second quarter, reflected on himself, he felt that he was underestimating the NBA, every player here was trained to almost exceed the limits of the human body to join, and no one could relax here.

Liu Han, who returned to the court in the third quarter, finally began to gradually adapt to the opponent's defense, and he was able to show his power in the next game. Liu Han stopped holding the ball in his own hands after the start of the third quarter, he handed the ball to the inside after half court, and he began to run to open up space, and hit a three-pointer after receiving two passes from the inside in succession. Liu Han, who opened up the situation, successfully broke through Richmond's defense several times with his dribbling rhythm and sent a lot of comfortable passes to the opponent.

In the fourth quarter, Liu Han finally adjusted to the intensity of the game, and he began to control the pace of the game, and finally relied on Liu Han's excellent play in the second half, and the Lakers won the game 96-91, Liu Han played 32 minutes, scored 15 points and added 11 assists, which was his first double-double. Kobe Bryant played 14 minutes in this game and scored 12 points relying on Liu Han's assist, after all, the two worked together a year ago and had a certain tacit understanding.

Liu's outstanding performance in this game also made Los Angeles fans rejoice, and they felt that the team had finally achieved a certain result in this year's draft.

In the next three preseason games, Liu Han was able to get about 10 to 15 minutes of playing time in each game, and he showed his mature and steady autumn style in his little playing time, and his accurate three-point shooting also made fans and media remember this tall point guard. Bryant also got some playing time in these three games, and he also began to gradually adapt to the rhythm and confrontation of the game.

The Lakers have finished all eight preseason games, with six wins and two losses, and the team's roster and players have also adjusted, and they will face a long season of 82 games.

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