On January 2, Beijing time, this is destined to be an unforgettable game for countless fans, and in the three games that ended today, it directly or indirectly affected the pattern of the east. The first is that the Bulls beat the Wizards 120-119, won seven consecutive games, and officially surpassed the Nets to reach the top of the East, in this game, bulls player DeMar DeRozan took away the game with a three-point whistle, completed the whistle in two consecutive games, and scored 28 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists on 10-of-22 shooting.
After the game, Wizards Star Bill bluntly said: "Oh my God, DeMar (DeRozan) hit a difficult shot at the last minute. He and Zach Lavin have performed all season at the best team, MVP level. "There is no mistake, while the fans are amazed by DeRozan's kill, they should also note that this season's Bulls are definitely not paper tigers, but a really strong team, in this game, the Bulls scored in double figures with 4 people in the starting lineup, 4 of them scored more than 20 points in the starting lineup, in addition to DeRozan, LaVine was 35 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
There is no doubt that the Bulls are one of the top teams in the East and one of the most promising teams to make the East this season, with Vucevic on the inside, DeRozan, Lavin and Kobe White on the outside, and defensive thugs like Caruso on the bench, with fairly even levels on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. And apart from the bulls, few people may notice that the defending champion Bucks have gradually entered the good situation.
In another game that ended today, the Bucks won 136-113 over the Pelicans to win six straight, the team that struggled with injuries and lack of rest time at the beginning of the season is now regaining its former dominance, especially their home star Alphabet Brother, this game is a super triple-double with 35 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists, under the leadership of Alphabet Brother, the Bucks have now reached third place in the East, but the win difference has been equal to the Second Place Nets in the East, and then as long as the Nets lose one game, Or the Bucks win and the positions between them will be swapped.
There is no doubt that the problem is somewhat serious for the Nets now, they have been occupying the first place in the East before, it seems that they can dominate the East this season, they have really encountered a lot of problems recently, in today's game, the Nets lost 116-120 to the Clippers without Leonard and George, the loss of this game also made the Nets suffer two consecutive losses, and Durant looked very tired, in the absence of Irving, the Nets only rely on Durant and Harden, no one knows how long they can last.
What's worse is that now the East with the Bulls and Bucks soaring, the Nets do not dare to give Durant and Harden time to rest, so far in the season, Durant averaged 37.1 minutes per game, Andha played 36.7 minutes, all in the top five of the league, and the Bulls, Bucks are different from the people, the Nets are completely squeezing Durant and Harden to maintain the record. And in the playoffs, no one can guarantee that such a Net can beat the Bulls or Bucks, at least for now, both teams are better than the Nets.
At this time, I don't know if the Nets will complain about the Lakers, originally a Bucks in the east is enough to give them a headache, but now there is another bull, and the rise of the Bull is absolutely inseparable from the Lakers' blind operation, such as the Lakers chose Westbrook in the case of having the opportunity to get DeRozan, and took DeRozan to the Bulls; for example, the Lakers chose Horton Tucker first in the case of leaving Caruso, directly let Caruso join the Bulls, and the addition of these two people did make the Bulls reborn.
So far this season, many people are mocking the Lakers' blind operation pit themselves, but now it seems that the Nets are also one of the victims, the Lakers' operation directly increases the Nets' strong opponents in the East, this season to break through the East is more difficult, if the Nets can not make appropriate adjustments, this season I am afraid they will still be disappointed.