Beijing time on December 20, "Eat and sleep to hit the Lakers? DeRozan broke out again in the face of the Lakers, not only scoring 19 points in the final quarter, but also providing key winning points in the last minute, and the whole game was bombarded with 38 points and 6 assists. Coincidentally, he has blasted 38 points and 6 assists against the Lakers twice this season, which is undoubtedly a very surprising thing.
In the first meeting of the season, when James was absent due to injury, DeRozan exploded with 38 points and 6 assists to blow up the Lakers, leading the Bulls to a 18-point advantage over the Lakers. Now facing the Lakers who own James, DeRozan once again blasted 38 points and 6 assists, leading the team to beat the Lakers at home in the absence of Lavin, helping the Bulls to double the Lakers since the 2015-16 season.
DeRozan not only contributed key goals in the last minute, especially to save the Bulls with key counter-goals, but he scored 19 points in the final quarter to burst the Lakers defense, setting a new career scoring record in the final quarter.
It is worth mentioning that so far this season, DeRozan has averaged 8.2 points per game in the final quarter, ranking first in the league. As for DeRozan's total score of 197 points in the last quarter, it is also the second highest in the league, or because he has been isolated and missed many games, otherwise the first total score in the last quarter should also be DeRozan's domination.
DeRozan shot 53.8 percent from the field on 70-of-130 shots in the final quarter of the season; as for deRozan's out-of-the-box long-range shots, he shot 5-of-11 from three-point range in the final quarter, shooting 45.5 percent; and 52-of-57 free throws in the final quarter, shooting 91.2 percent.
DeRozan showed his style as the king of the last quarter, and the last three games totaled 50 points in the final quarter, which is also a powerful performance of DeRozan's final quarter, and has become the first person in the Bulls' team history in the past 25 years.
(Text/Drunken Floating Life)