"I believe that as long as there is time, I have a chance."
This is DeRozan's answer when he talked about his own killing after the game. In the first game of the new year against the Pacers, DeRozan dribbled down his crotch in the last 4.5 seconds to face Craig's save and shoot three-pointers on horseback.
DeRozan was not efficient at 8-of-24 for the whole game, but scored 13 points on 4-of-8 in the final quarter. This kill is reminiscent of Kobe Bryant's horseback archery for the Heat, although it is different, but it is similar.
As a Komi who grew up in Los Angeles and owned every pair of Kobe's sneakers, DeRozan even paid tribute to his idol with the numbers 8, 13, and 24.
With this victory, the Bulls topped the East. At the age of 32, DeRozan has played a peak performance comparable to the 16-17 season, which is really unimaginable.
When the pre-season deal came to DeRozan, experts were not optimistic about the deal. Age, salary, playing style and defense, there are many reasons to look down on the marriage between DeRozan and the Bulls.
But the schedule is close to the halfway point, and although the Bulls have suffered a certain degree of new crown impact, they have finally played a record of 23 wins and 10 losses, and DeRozan, as one of the cores, is naturally indispensable.
He averaged 26.8 points, 5 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, 50.4 percent from the field and 36.5 percent from three-point range, and averaged 7.6 free throws per game. In the new environment, DeRozan added his own three-point shot, but overall he was still the same DeRozan in the past.
He is also heavily dependent on the middle range, with more than 54 percent of his shots in the middle range, shooting more than 54 percent from near mid-range and more than 45 percent on long two-point range. After blocking the dribble and pulling, turning over after the back position, DeRozan's mid-range skill pool is quite complete.
After DeRozan and Ravin formed an attacking duo, DeRozan's ball slipped. But his passing skills are still there, and he still doesn't make too many mistakes, which makes his game influence reach the best level of his career, and EPM is 19th in the league.
The Bulls have played 16 key games this season, delivering a good record of 10 wins and 6 losses, and DeRozan has shown his big heart. He averaged 3.6 points per game in key moments and shot 54.8 percent from the field.
In the scorching moments, the opponent faced the Bulls' Lavine + DeRozan, including the three-man threat of weapons, it was not easy to make a choice, and Lavine's key moments averaged exactly 13th in the league.
DeRozan is also very capable of adjusting in the final quarter, and he can often turn things around in the fourth quarter when he does not perform well in the first three quarters. This season he scored 232 points in the league for 232 points, 7.7 points in the league for the second place in the league in the final quarter, and 53.2 percent shooting in the final quarter.
The story of DeRozan and the Bulls will be one of the best stories of the season, and of course it's probably too early to draw conclusions. But they are undoubtedly a competitive team.
LaVine, a player who was questioned for being able to only brush points in weak teams and defend badly; weapon, a player who didn't have much doubt because he didn't pay much attention at all;
A ball, a player who has been questioned for not being worthy of the top spot. And the guys on the bench, most of them, like DeRozan, have been full of questioned and criticized voices in their careers.
But on the first day of the new year, the team made up of them took first place in the East. The 32-year-old DeRozan has completed a wonderful kill, and it does not matter what kind of landing point DeRozan's career will eventually lead to, "I choose to obey, not to fate, but to the heart that flourishes because of memory." ”