On January 1, Beijing time, the Bulls played away to the Pacers, and the Bulls successfully defeated the Pacers 108-106 at the end of the game. Because the Pacers are now short of major generals, and this season's Pacers are facing a rebuilding situation, the Bulls still have a lot of chances to win this game. However, the Pacers obviously did not want to make the Bulls so easy to pass, although the Bulls performed well in this game, but the Pacers also gave the Bulls enough pressure in this game, whenever the Bulls tried to pull the score apart, the Pacers were always able to respond to the tight score, and the Pacers completed the counterattack in the fourth quarter, but in the end, DeRozan completed the kill to beat the Pacers, so that the Bulls also won 6 consecutive wins.
In the first half, the two teams played hard to score, and the Bulls led by four points at the end of the half. In the third quarter, White played an explosive performance to help the Bulls maintain the lead, although Holliday and others continued to help the Pacers chase points, but under White's play, the Bulls still occupied a 9-point lead, and in the later game, the Bulls were in a sluggish offensive state, and under the play of Holliday and Sabonis, the Pacers chased the score to only 1 point. The Pacers didn't fare well after the timeout, the Bulls pulled away again after Jones Jr. and others played, Craig scored to stop the bleeding at the crucial moment, LeVert made 1 of 2 free throws, and the Pacers trailed by 3 points in the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, White continued to help the Bulls score, Turner made 1 of 2 free throws, then DeRozan scored, then Brisette scored on a layup, DeRozan scored 2 of 2 free throws, turned back Brisette threw a shot, then Lavin made a mistake and Sykes scored, followed by DeRozan's layup, but immediately Brisette also scored on the layup, and the Pacers trailed by 2 points. At first, LaVine helped stabilize the situation after the timeout, but the Bulls' offense slumped later, and the Pacers rebounded by three points under the play of Holliday, Sabonis and Brisette. After the timeout, the Bulls also made mistakes in offensive playing, Craig scored on the layup, DeRozan scored 2 of 2 free throws, Sabonis made 2 free throws, LaVine scored, Sabonis scored on the basket, White and Lavin chased the points at key moments, and then LeVert made 2 of 2 free throws, and in the final moment DeRozan hit a three-pointer, and the Bulls narrowly beat the Pacers.
In this game, the Pacers are not a small aggressive, they have been biting the score in the game, and in the fourth quarter of the game, the Bulls began to make mistakes, facing such an opportunity, the Bulls directly completed the counterattack, and then even if the Bulls once chased the score to only 1 point, but the Back Pacers attacked but grabbed the rebound in the front court many times, and finally Le Ver finally scored a free throw, but unfortunately, in the last moment, DeRozan completed the kill, so that the Pacers also lost the game. At the end of the game, Le Vere had 27 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, and Sabonis had 24 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists.
Although the Bulls won the game, but in this game Lavin almost became a sinner, after all, in the fourth quarter of the game LaVine's performance was bad, although in the key moment was to help the team score is not false, but in the previous game LaVine also made too many mistakes, in the two teams glue moment LaVine made many mistakes, behind the bulls have fallen behind when Lavine's singles but directly made mistakes to let the opponent score, and then LaVine continued to singles fail, if not at the critical moment DeRozan scored to stop the bleeding The Bulls may be behind by more points, and in the end the Bulls are also completed by DeRozan, otherwise the Bulls will definitely become a sinner if the Bulls lose, and at the end of the game, LaVine had 17 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 turnovers.
DeRozan actually had a lot of trouble in this game, he also had a downturn in the game, but in the fourth quarter of the game, DeRozan was able to help the team score, and in the final moment, DeRozan also completed the kill, and deRozan got 28 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists at the end of the game. However, the Bulls still need to thank White for winning, after all, in this game, White performed well, he also helped the team to bite the score, without him, the Bulls may not be able to win, the game ended White 7 of 11 with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists. At the same time, after the Bulls won this game, they successfully overtook the Nets, and the Bulls also came to the first place in the East.