On December 28, Beijing time, the Eagles played at home against the Bulls, and although Trae Young lifted the quarantine to usher in a comeback, the Hawks still had 10 people to trigger the health and safety agreement, and there was a shortage of manpower. In the first half, DeRozan, Lavin, Trae Young and Redish performed extremely well.
In the first quarter of the game, the two sides played a wonderful confrontation, Trae Young scored to organize a catch, played 12 minutes in the quarter, 5 of 8, scored 12 points and 5 assists, and scored under the basket many times. Reddish's outside touch was hot, with 3 three-pointers in a single quarter also scoring 11 points. DeRozan was as steady as ever, shooting consecutive shots into the mid-range, Azan hit two three-pointers in the first quarter, and scored 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting in the single quarter, and the Bulls trailed by five points.
In the second quarter, Reddish continued to feel the feel, and it was a series of hits from mid-range and three-pointers, and Zaklavin's state also ushered in a recovery, first two consecutive breakthroughs to play 2+1, and then hit three points again from the outside to help the Bulls complete the rebound! In the final stages of the first half, DeRozan just returned and threw in the middle distance, Lavin took off to send a dunk, and then faced Redish to hit a three-pointer, followed by Lavin and DeRozan to complete the connection, Lavin hit a difficult whistle for two points! At halftime, the Bulls led the Hawks by six points 69-63.
Throughout the first half, DeRozan scored 21 points and 5 assists on 8-of-12 shooting, and Zaklavan scored 23 points and 5 assists on 8-of-15 shooting, including 17 points in the second quarter, and the two only made a total of 1 mistake, the performance was really incomprehensible! Trae Young sent 17 points and 6 assists, Reddish contributed 19 points on 6 of 10, and Capela also sent 8 points and 13 boards.