Almighty legend life

Chapter 88 The Upcoming Playoffs
When Liu Han was still immersed in his own training, the regular season of the Lakers was still going on. Head coach Harris reduced Liu Han's playing time on the grounds that Liu Han needed a rest to prepare for the playoffs. Van Exel Hall got the start and began to increase playing time.

On March 3, local time in the United States, the Houston Rockets challenged the Lakers away. Although Charles Barkley missed the game due to injury, Olajuwon played a wonderful performance. Olajuwon, who is almost 7 years old, played 35 minutes and won With 37 points, 23 rebounds and 12 assists, six Rockets scored in double figures and beat the Lakers 6 to 111 with 90 points. Liu Han came off the bench for 21 minutes and scored 11 points and 14 assists.

After this game, the regular season of this season has begun to enter the final stage. The current record of the Lakers is 44 wins and 16 losses, and the regular season will end with 12 games left.

The media has a lot of speculation about the Lakers reducing Liu Han's playing time. Some say that Liu Han is in trouble with injuries, but he is still being treated conservatively. Some media speculate that the Lakers management is dissatisfied with Liu Han. There are different opinions. However, insiders know that the purpose of the Lakers is to make good data for Van Exel's transaction.

Liu Han doesn't pay much attention to what the outside world thinks of him, and he still insists on his extraordinary training every day.

For the remaining games in March, Liu Han's playing time was kept within 10 minutes each time, and his position began to gradually shift to the shooting guard. Although the number of assists per game dropped rapidly, the scoring can basically guarantee every Double on the field.

Van Exel did not express anger because of the team's arrangement. Since the team wants to trade him, he must also think of the team that has always valued him, and if he can have better data, then when signing You can also get a bigger contract. The core of the NBA is actually commercial interests.So under the arrangement of head coach Harris, Van Exel started his own journey to score points.

Kobe was also very depressed during this time. When he first joined the Lakers, general manager Jerry West expressed his optimism towards him and hoped that Kobe could become the future of the Lakers. But now the Lakers obviously pay more attention to him. Liu Han, his playing time is basically on the bench or in garbage time, and the media has also shifted from being optimistic at the beginning to paying more attention to Liu Han's performance. This made Kobe, who has always been proud, unable to bear it at all. He felt that he had been humiliated. .Kobe's agent Arntelem frequently expressed dissatisfaction with Jerry West at the beginning, but now he is considering how to find a team for Kobe that suits him.

The management of the Lakers had some hesitation in choosing Liu Han and Kobe before the All-Star Game, but after the All-Star Game, they put the hesitation behind them. A rising star with a certain reputation chooses a local young man who doesn't know what the future will be like. Although some extreme people may discriminate against Liu Han's skin color, the Lakers' management will not fight money for this reason , Liu Han is a player who can bring them huge benefits.

The NBA also pays more attention to Liu Han after the All-Star Game. Obviously, Liu Han is better than Allen Iverson in terms of image and experience, although these two players have many fans in the United States , but Liu Han's god-level performance in the three-pointer contest has made him famous internationally, and Liu Han's story of rising like a fairy tale in the past is more in line with the love of the mainstream group. After all, those who like alternatives are a minority.

The regular season of the Lakers is still going on, Liu Han's reduced playing time has reduced the team's strength, Van Exel took the opportunity to play amazing statistics, but the number of times the Lakers lost against each other began to increase.

On March 3th, after losing to the Rockets, the Lakers had a day off to play against the New Jersey Nets at home. After Sam Cassell joined, the Nets' record began to pick up, but now the record of 7 wins and 18 losses still puts the Nets in a bad position. Eastern end.

The Lakers won the game 115-105. Van Exel played 41 minutes and scored 34 points and 2 assists. Liu Han played 16 minutes and scored 15 points.

Two days later, the Lakers beat the Warriors 109-101 at home. Van Exel felt nothing in this game. He made 7 of 0 three-pointers and scored only 14 points, but he sent 10 assists.Liu Han only played [-] minutes in this game.

On March 3, the Lakers lost to the Clippers. The Lakers made a lore against their opponents at the last moment. Van Exel only made 14 of 19 shots and 5 of 10 three-pointers to get 2 points. The game once again sent 14 assists.Although Liu Han played for 13 minutes, he did not get a chance to play at the last moment.

Next, the Lakers defeated the Raptors and Nuggets back-to-back. On March 3, they lost 20 to 86 to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

On the 21st, the Lakers once again lost to the Heat in an away game. Another last-minute lore made the efforts of the Lakers come to naught. Liu Han failed to play again at the last moment, but he won this game. When he reached 20 points, and almost all of his 20 points were obtained by the opponent's inside line, Liu Han reduced his shots from the outside line and continuously broke through to attack the opponent's inside line, which caused a lot of trouble for the Heat's introversion. Ren got three fouls on Liu Han, but the Heat seized the opportunity for the Lakers' miss at the last moment, and Tim Hardaway made a mid-range shot to complete the lore.After the game, Hardaway invited Liu Han to dinner. Tim was very optimistic about this "disciple" with three-point accuracy. An irritable guy, but the more he is like this, the more he likes to deal with people with good personalities. It is difficult for two guys with similar tempers to get together.

Liu Han's training began to show results slowly. His body began to undergo some wonderful changes after absorbing enough nutrients and withstanding a super load. Liu Han felt that his explosive power and jumping began to improve a lot. Great improvement, his musculature began to become stronger.

The change of Liu Han also attracted the attention of coach Harris and the Lakers players, because they found that some of Liu Han's movements were more and more like Jordan when he was playing, and Liu Han began to try to dunk in training, although he just started to move. It was very stiff, but gradually the teammates found that Liu Han's bounce was getting better and better.

On March 3, the Lakers lost again to the Orlando Magic who were still working hard to qualify for the playoffs. The 23 points scored by the Lakers was the lowest score of the Lakers so far this season. Only Liu Han scored 84 points in the team, but he Only played 20 minutes.Van Exel made 15 of 21 shots and hit 4 irons.

After this game, the media in Los Angeles questioned the way the Lakers employ people. Since Liu Han is so good, why not give him more playing time, and Van Exel is obviously a blacksmith, but the team has been arranging him to start. .

The management of the Lakers also became a little worried after this game. They were afraid that if Van Exel continued like this, no team would be willing to take over.

不过在第二天客场背靠背对新泽西网队的比赛中范埃克塞尔终于“不正常”了一把，虽然19投10中的命中率不能算太高，但这已经让湖人队球迷满意了。湖人队也以109比84大胜网队25分。

After returning to Los Angeles, the Lakers rested for a day, but Liu Han would not stop training every day. He was still training quietly in the arena alone. Every move, every dunk, every time he imagined that the defender would Liu Han insisted on making every movement perfect for the fadeaway jumper in front of his eyes.If someone comes to the arena at this time, they will find that every movement of Liu Han is very similar to that of Jordan, and Liu Han's fadeaway jumper has more elegant charm.

When Liu Han was growing rapidly in competitions and training, Zhao Xueli had been back home in Cleveland for almost half a month, and her husband, Lewis Kyle, did not insist on asking where his wife had gone and why. He didn't even ask, he just hugged his wife affectionately after she came back. In fact, when Lewis first met, he found that his wife was quite resistant to some too intimate contact, but in the end Lewis used his affection and tenderness Zhao Xueli was moved, and after marriage, his wife also used the unique gentleness of oriental women to make Lewis feel the happiness of the family, and he cherished such happiness very much.

After learning about Liu Han, Zhao Xueli left quietly. She didn't want to disturb Liu Han's current life. Although she was still angry about her previous experience, after seeing Liu Han from a distance, Zhao Xueli I found that I was more guilty, especially when the media reported that Liu Han had only graduated from primary school in Huaguo.Zhao Xueli didn't want to mention the place that made her fall into despair, but in the end, the love in her heart defeated the devil of resentment.

Her husband didn't pursue her past and the previous departure, which moved Zhao Xueli very much. Now that this is the case, she gave up her plan to meet Liu Han in person. Zhao Xueli didn't want to disrupt the poor child's happy life since he was doing well now.

On March 3, the Lakers defeated the Milwaukee Bucks at home. Kobe had a rare chance to start. He played 26 minutes and scored 32 points, 19 assists and 4 rebounds.Van Exel also played well, scoring 3 points and 27 assists.Liu Han came off the bench again and scored 4 points.

The next day, the Lakers defeated the Vancouver Grizzlies with the lowest winning percentage in an away game. Kobe started again and scored 20 points, which was an outstanding performance.Liu Han came off the bench for 14 minutes and scored 16 points.

At this point, the Lakers' March games are all over, and then they will enter the final stage of the regular season. Several teams ranked around eighth in the East and West began to work hard to qualify for the final playoffs. Teams with no worries about qualifying for the playoffs will also prepare for the upcoming playoffs.

(End of this chapter)