On November 20, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Nuggets played at home against the Bulls. Previously, the Bulls ranked third in the East with 10 wins and 5 losses, and the Nuggets ranked fifth in the West with 9 wins and 6 losses. Both teams are sidelined, with pre-game Nuggets coach Malone revealing that Jokic will miss the game due to a sprained right wrist. Nuggets three Murray, Porter Jr. and Jokic did not play at the same time, the two teams of paper strength difference is huge, but the Nuggets stubbornly bite the score, in the bulls in the third quarter to open the point difference, the fourth quarter launched a counterattack, once chased only 2 points, the last moment DeRozan consecutive fouls, 1 minute 8 free throws to lock the win! In the end, the Bulls beat the Nuggets 114-108. After this game, the Bulls tied the second-place Heat, and after the Nuggets' three-game losing streak, the record has been equalized by the Clippers, and the gap between the Western Teams is slowly widening.
data. On the Bulls side, DeRozan had 26 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, LaVine 36 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Jones 16 points and 8 rebounds, Dawsum 10 points and 8 rebounds, and Ball 7 points and 6 assists. On the Nuggets side, Barton had 23 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Gordon had 28 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, Campazo had 16 points, Jeff Green had 9 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, and Rivers Jr. had 9 points.
After Rivers Jr. hit a three-pointer and DeRozan responded with a mid-range shot, Barton scored consecutive points to help the Nuggets take the lead. In the middle, Lavin and Bradley won consecutive baskets, and Gordon led the team to a wave of 8-0 climax to open up the point difference. In the second half, the Nuggets relied on Campazzo and Morris to lead the team to score points, but Lavin combined with Dowsom and Ball to score three three-pointers, leading the team to play a wave of 14-0 climax to complete the counterattack, and dozil jumped to stop the bleeding at the end of the quarter, and the two teams fought to a 30-point draw in the first quarter. Back in the second quarter, after Barton scored six straight points, DeRozan responded with a mid-range shot, and the Nuggets relied on Campazzo's three-pointer to reopen the gap. Lavin led the response 6-0 at the crucial moment. Gordon and Jeff Green hit repeatedly in the second half, while the Bulls relied on Jones and DeRozan to score to stop the bleeding. At the end of the quarter, Barton pressed the whistle to score a layup, and the Bulls overtook the Nuggets 53-52 at halftime.
Back in the third quarter, DeRozan and Bradley led the team to a wave of 8-0 climax, and LaVine hit a three-pointer to spread to double digits. The Mid-Range Nuggets were caught up in a scoring drought, but It was good that Barton and Gordon stepped forward to stabilize the military. In the second half, Gordon continued to storm the basket, LaVine staged a famous dunk breakthrough scene, the Nuggets relied on dozier and Hyland's three-pointers to continue chasing points at the end of the quarter, Daussum responded with three points, and the third quarter was over, and the Bulls were 88-78 Nuggets. In the fourth quarter of the showdown, the Bulls did not score for 3 minutes, and Dozil led the team to narrow the point difference to 4 points. After Caruso scored on a layup, Hyland and Campazzo continued to blast the three-pointer. In the middle, Lavin scored seven straight points, and Gordon and Rivers Jr. led the team to narrow the gap again. In the final moments, Barton hit a three-pointer to narrow the gap to two points, but DeRozan broke through in the last minute to make a free throw, 8 free throws, the game lost suspense, and the Bulls took a thrilling victory.
Previously, according to the statistics of the US media data website "538", in the irreplaceable value ranking of players this season, Curry and Jokic were tied for first with a WAR value of +3.8, while the second-ranked alphabet brother was only +2.7, followed by VanVleet and Butler. Jokic is at the top of the league in total offense + defense at +13.7! Simply put, without Jokic, the Nuggets would not only be missing the 26.4 points, 13.6 rebounds and 6.4 assists per game, but they may be far from the playoffs. And today's game, the Nuggets finally have someone to stand up, Gordon 12 of 10, Barton under the pressure of Caruso, also got 23 points, in addition to the substitute Campazzo performed well, can only be said to be forced to desperate situations to break out the role players maximum value, but obviously, their overall strength and the Bulls are not in a grade, playing to the key moment, they can score, but can not limit the score of DeRozan and LaVine.
The bulls are obviously light today, and they don't feel good. Caruso 1 of 8 and DeRozan 7 of 21, the Bulls have a good record this season, but they have two obvious shortcomings, the first point is the lack of scoring points on the bench, which has not been resolved after Kobe White's return. Second, the Bulls tend to get caught up in a scoring drought sometime in the second half, with unclear endpoints and a bit of a messy play. Of course, the Bulls know who to end at key moments, even if DeRozan shoots badly, but he can always cause damage when he impacts the basket, including his grasp of the overall rhythm is very strong, even at the last moment of the game, he can still force a 3 people to make a foul. DeRozan is more like the lower limit of the bull, and the upper limit of the bull needs to be created by Ravin. To tell the truth, Today Lavin led the team to play very well off the bench, Jones and Daussum jointly contributed 26 points, but this kind of game is still less than better, easy to overturn.