On December 20, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Lakers challenged the Bulls away, this game the Lakers started James, Westbrook, Ellington, Jordan Jr., Thomas Jr. Bulls started DeRozan, Vucevic, Bauer, Caruso and Green. At the end of the half, the Lakers trailed the Bulls 59-61, the Lakers against the Bulls, have to mention a player, that is, the Lakers once lost the draft Caruso, and now Caruso has become an indispensable figure for the Bulls!
James finished halftime with 10 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Westbrook 12 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, Anthony 12 points, and the Lakers scored in double figures.
The Bulls' side of DeRozan 14 points and 3 assists, Vucevic 13 points and 7 rebounds, Ball 15 points and 4 rebounds, the same 3 people scored in double figures, but we have to mention Caruso's stats, contributing 6 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist in 18 minutes and 28 seconds.
There is an intriguing scene in the game, the Bulls player Caruso staged a wonderful performance at the end of the second quarter, when the Bulls attacked and missed the shot, when the Bulls were only Caruso in the rebounding end, and the Lakers had Wei Shao and Jordan Jr., you say that Jordan Jr. deliberately gave Wei Shao a rebound?
Or are they loose-hearted?
At that time, the rebound was stable for the Lakers, but Caruso jumped out of the oblique side, directly won the rebound in the front court, and then caused a breakthrough foul to teammate Vucevic.
In this regard, some fans also said: "Jordan Jr. and Westbrook are giving each other rebounds, Wei Shao wants to give Jordan Jr. rebounds, and Little Jordan wants to let him triple-double." "After all, but on this scene, it actually shows a lot of things! Remember the 19-20 Lakers championship season? Caruso went from losing the draft to the regular season rotation to the championship hero, although his data is not very gorgeous, but his performance, attitude, and ball quotient are all remarkable.
His positivity is also unquestionable, this summer Caruso signed the Bulls for 4 years and 36.98 million US dollars, in fact, the Lakers were unwilling to pay more at the time, and Caruso also expressed his willingness to stay in the Lakers, but in the end, Caruso became the Bulls' feast, and the Lakers lacked more positive attitudes and strong defensive players to further strengthen.