On January 4, Beijing time, the Bulls played at home against the Magic, and the Bulls successfully defeated the Magic 102-98 at the end of the game. The Bulls' recent form has been very hot, especially when DeRozan has completed two consecutive games, and the Bulls are undoubtedly gaining momentum at this time, so it is difficult to win when a team like the Magic in the East plays against the Bulls. However, in this game, the Bulls' initial offensive downturn allowed the Magic to occupy the lead, but unfortunately the Magic was not able to keep their lead, and soon the Bulls found the offensive state to complete the counterattack, but the Magic also played tough in the game to bring the Bulls some trouble, but in the end the Bulls still won the game without any danger.
The First Quarter Magic started 8-0, with DeRozan and Lavin scoring to stop the bleeding at key moments, but then the Magic played a wave of 6-0 under the leadership of Wagner Jr. and extended the lead, and the Bulls were still in poor offensive form in the following game, and the Bulls Lux scored 6 points after the first quarter. In the second quarter, Jones and Brown helped the team chase points, and in the following game, the two teams played fiercely, and the Bulls took the lead under DeRozan and LaVine, and the Bulls led by five points at the end of the half. In the third quarter, Lavin was full of firepower, but the Magic side could also play, but under the leadership of DeRozan and Lavin, the Bulls were still able to take a slight lead, and then Rose scored 5 consecutive points to bite the score, and then the two teams played separately, and the Magic trailed by 3 points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Bulls extended their lead, but in the following game, Wagner Jr. and others helped the team to close the score, and at the critical moment, DeRozan stepped forward to help the team expand the lead, and finally the Magic chased the score and lost the game without success.
The Magic played very tough in this game, but unfortunately Rose did not play the performance of the last outbreak in this game, it can be said that if he can maintain the outbreak in the last game, then the Magic may defeat the Bulls, and rose got 15 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists on 5 of 17 in the game. And rookie Wagner Jr. has an explosive performance in this game, he also helped the team to catch up with the score, but Wagner Jr. is still difficult to save, and at the end of the game, Wagner Jr. got 22 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists on 8 of 13.
LaVine was in good shape in this game, and at the end of the game, LaVine had 27 points and 3 rebounds. At the same time, DeRozan also maintained his own state, especially in the fourth quarter of the game, DeRozan was able to help the team, but in this game DeRozan also had some fly in the ointment, this is DeRozan This game in the free throw is not too good, the end of the game DeRozan got 29 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, including 7 of 13 free throws. The Lakers' old brother ball returned in this game, but his state was not good, and the ball brother got 3 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists in 1 of 8 at the end of the game.
And other Bulls players, Vucevic got 13 points, 17 rebounds and 1 assist data, White got 17 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists of the data, it can be said that the current Bulls are really strong, there are superstar players such as DeRozan and LaVine in the starting lineup, and there are also such stable scoring points as White on the bench, so the bulls can get a wave of 8 consecutive wins, and the Bulls also directly threw off the Nets after winning 8 consecutive wins, after all, in today's game, the Nets lost again. So the gap between the Bulls and the Nets also came to a 2-game difference.