Difficult three-point kill Walkers! DeRozan wants to storm the MVP strongly

Sports Weekly all-media reporter Li Hui

What form of Demar DeRozan is the most terrifying? Was it his continuous throwing into unreasonable shots? No, but when he can shoot three-pointers and hit three-pointers in a leisurely way, such DeRozan is almost incomprehensible.

In the early morning of January 1, Beijing time, DeRozan led the Bulls to play the Pacers on the road, which was also the last game of the Bulls and Pacers in 2021 local time, despite the lack of a number of important players, the Pacers' performance in this game was very outstanding, they have been tightly tied to the Bulls, and when there are less than 10 seconds left in the game, they are 1 point ahead of the opponent.

In the last defensive round, the Pacers, whose overall defense this season is not good, are united in their will, they almost locked all of DeRozan's shooting opportunities, but in the last moment before the timer lights on, DeRozan faced the two defenses to complete a one-legged backward three-pointer, killed the game, in such a way to say goodbye to 2021, which is undoubtedly the most perfect ending for the Bulls, but it is bitter for the Pacers, and after the game, the team's head coach Carlisle said, "We worked hard all the time, Such a loss is sad, and the mistakes have a big impact. ”

For DeRozan's killer, the Pacers players were convinced, Sabonis said, "I had eye contact with him at the time, I knew he was running out of game time, he just made that shot, our defense was great, but his offense was better." "There's nothing I can do, really, I can only pay tribute to him, it's a great shot, it's very difficult, but he just hit it." ”

In fact, DeRozan's offensive feel is not ideal, not counting the last three points, he only shot 7 of 23 and 0 of 2 three-pointers, but DeRozan proved with the last three points that when a player is in a good situation, any shot has a chance to shoot, even if it is a difficult shot in the final moment. There is no doubt that deRozan this season is at the peak of his career, and as of now, He averaged 26.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game, fifth in the league's scoring list, although averaging 26.8 points per game is not a new career high for DeRozan, but his overall performance on the offensive end this season is undoubtedly the best year of his career, in addition to the still amazing mid-range projection, DeRozan's three-point shooting ability this season has improved significantly, so far, DeRozan has been able to shoot 2.2 three-pointers per game, the third most in a single season of his career, averaging 0.8 goals per game, second only to the 17-18 season, that season DeRozan consciously increased the number of outside three-point shots In addition, DeRozan's three-point shooting rate this season has reached 36.4%, a career high, and his 36.4% three-point shooting rate is also higher than the league average, which makes DeRozan no longer a player who is completely without a three-point threat, which also greatly enhances his game influence, such as the game against the Pacers, he has decided the outcome of the game in the way he was once the worst at.

The NBA released the latest issue of the MVP list today, DeRozan ranked 8th, but from the performance of this season, DeRozan has every opportunity to compete for MVP, as we all know, MVP needs a story, needs to lead the team to have good results or performance improvement, this season's DeRozan is undoubtedly fully in line with this, after leading the team to beat the Pacers, the Bulls rose to the 1st place in the East with a record of 23 wins and 10 losses, which is undoubtedly a huge improvement for the Bulls who have not entered the playoffs for many years. The arrival of DeRozan's offseason is undoubtedly the most important reason why they can have such a big improvement, in addition, this season's Bulls are also one of the teams most affected by the epidemic, after they had more than 8 people who could not play because of triggering health and safety agreements, but even so, under DeRozan's leadership, the Bulls can still have a good performance now, and have played a 6-game winning streak in recent times.

From a personal performance point of view, perhaps DeRozan's data is some gap compared to Curry, Durant, Alphabet Brother and others, but to know that DeRozan's side has a scoring master such as Lavin, as well as Bauer, Vucevic and others, they will share a lot of rebounds, assists data, and in some key data, DeRozan compared to the current MVP top players are more than enough, the data shows that this season DeRozan has scored 232 points in the fourth quarter, ranking 1st in the league, Averaging 7.7 points per game in the fourth quarter, the league's first and fourth quarter shots were 53.2 percent, also the league's first, and DeRozan's three-point shooting rate in the fourth quarter can also be as high as 50 percent, so it is no exaggeration to say that DeRozan is the first person in the fourth quarter of the NBA this season.

With improved records, personal data, key goals, and the best performance of his career at the age of 32, Demar DeRozan not only has to enter the All-Star start, but also enter the Best Team, he also has to try to compete for the most valuable player.

Source: Sports + Original