With Demar DeRozan's last-second three-point whistle-and-roll kill, the Bulls beat the Pacers 108-106 and won six straight, surpassing the Nets to rise to the first place in the East!
DeRozan contributed 28 points and six assists, Zach Lavin 17 points, Nikola Vucevic 14 points, 16 rebounds and four assists, and Kobe White 24 points.
For the Pacers, Domintas Sabonis had 24 points, 14 rebounds and six assists, Karis Le Vere 27 points, six rebounds and six assists, and Justin Holliday 16 points.
Starting point guards on both sides, Lonzo Ball and Malcolm Brogden, both continued to miss the game because of the triggering of the health and safety agreement, and the game was very glued from the beginning, with Bryant White's fiery outside touch today, and the Bulls had a slight advantage for most of the time.
The Bulls led by four points at 54-50 into halftime, and after the start of the second half, Le Vere opened the scoring to close the gap to two points. But then White hit three-pointers, with DeRozan and Ravin hitting consecutive free throws, and the Bulls stretched the deficit to nine points with a wave of 7-0, which was also the biggest lead they had achieved in the game and the biggest difference on the field.
The fourth quarter went within 7 minutes and the Pacers were still 90-94 behind by 4 points. But after that, Justin Holliday hit a three-pointer, Sabonis won the basket, and then Brisette countered the dunk, and the Pacers completed the rebound with a wave of 7-0, and morale soared to regain the initiative.
Bryant White hit his sixth three-pointer of the game 2:06 ahead of the final game, before LaVine countered with a dunk and the Bulls burst into a small burst to tie the score to 103-104. After the timeout, the Bulls missed two attacks, and Le Ver made two foul shots in the first 56.5 seconds of the final game, stretching the gap to three points again. Then LaVine broke through the layup and deflected out, and DeRozan picked up the offensive rebound and hit a bottom-line jumper, 105-106!
Le Ver missed a 9.6-second shot, leaving the Bulls one last chance. DeRozan pressed the time to the last second, took off on a one-footed jumping horse at the top of the arc to shoot a three-point shot, the ball went into the whistle, 108-106, to complete the perfect kill!
