preface
The Bulls are in hot form this season, ranking first in the East with a record of 25 wins and 10 so far, and after four seasons as a fish belly team, the Bulls finally ushered in an outbreak this season and had a strong team feeling. Of course, the Bulls' outburst is directly related to their Twin Stars, Lavin and DeRozan. After the introduction of DeRozan in the offseason, the outside world did not think that the combination of DeRozan and LaVin would cause a lot of waves in the new season, and even thought that the run-in between the two would be a big problem. However, after the start of the season, DeRozan and Lavin not only did not show the problem of running-in, but played better and better.
So far this season, DeRozan has averaged 27 points, 5 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, LaVine has averaged 26.3 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, and the two can average 53 points per game, which ranks first in the league, higher than the Nets' Durant and Harden, and the two have 25+ at the same time on 14 occasions this season, and other teams have up to six times. With the Warriors' Curry and Thompson in the past, and the Bulls' DeRozan and Lavin in the back, the duo is arguably the strongest duo in the league so far.
DeRozan held the bull's lower bound
It is indeed a little late to Kwadrozan, as far as DeRozan's performance this season is concerned, how to exaggerate, this season so far DeRozan has played 32 games for the Bulls, averaging 26.9 points, 5 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, and DeRozan has also won a new title "King of the Last Quarter" this season, so far this season, DeRozan's total score in the final quarter is 232 points, ranking first in the league, and averaging 7.7 points per game in the final quarter, ranking second in the league. In addition, he shot 53.2% from the field in the final quarter, ranked first in the league (with a minimum of 150 shots), and shot 50.0% from three-point range in the final quarter, and it has to be said that after four seasons of obsession, DeRozan played better than at his peak. Before DeRozan came, the Bulls had missed the playoffs for four consecutive seasons. A veritable fish-belly team, but all this changed drastically after DeRozan arrived, and the Bulls transformed into the number one team in the East.
DeRozan's performance not only conquered the fans but also conquered the opponent, on January 2, Beijing time, in the game against the Wizards, DeRozan scored 28 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists, and scored a deadlock at the last minute to help the team win 120-119. In a post-game interview, wizards star Bill said that DeRozan's killer ball is amazing, this season's performance is MVP level, he will definitely lead the Bulls to achieve this season, and experts also said that DeRozan will be selected as the player who has improved the most this season, which shows how crazy DeRozan's performance this season has been, convincing experts and opponents.
While the crowd was still surrendering to DeRozan's performance, DeRozan was unusually sober. DeRozan said in an interview after the recent eight-game winning streak with the Bulls: "Although we have won consecutive games, we cannot be complacent under any circumstances, we need to keep getting stronger and keep working hard. DeRozan is too stable, after experiencing the wind and waves, DeRozan has a very good grasp of the situation, as the saying goes, "the family has an old, if there is a treasure" DeRozan has kept the Bulls' downline, as long as DeRozan is there, the Bulls will always be competitive.
LaVine steadily led the team forward
Four years ago, the Bulls signed LaVine to a four-year, $78 million contract, and although Lavine had a violent physical fitness and won the dunk contest for two consecutive years, LaVine was suffering from injuries at that time, and he missed many games, but even so, the Bulls were willing to take a risk, and in the end we can see that Lavine's performance is absolutely worthy of this contract.
After coming to the Bulls, LaVine played better and better every year, averaging only 16.7 points per game in the first season, rising to 23.7 points in the second season, until last season Lavine's average points per game came to 27.4 points, including a three-point shooting rate of 41.9%, and it was also the first time in Lavine's career that year that he was selected as an All-Star. You know, this year Lavin is only 26 years old, has not yet reached the peak, according to this law of development, Lavin will definitely be a superstar in the future. Lavin's performance, although eye-catching, has not received much attention, mainly because the Bulls' record is too poor. The most direct proof is in the 19th and 20th seasons, when LaVine averaged 25.5 points per game, and Lillard had a higher shooting percentage than him among all the players who averaged more than 20 points, but Lavine still lost the All-Star on his doorstep, and the reason for this result was that the Bulls' record was too poor. Indeed, after LaVine came to the Bulls, the team's record and LaVine's performance formed a sharp contrast, the team's record has been stagnant, four consecutive seasons without playoffs, Lavin is often called the owner of the empty group by fans, Lavine's scoring ability is indeed unquestionable, but the ability to lead the team needs to be questioned.
After DeRozan came, DeRozan approved of being the leader of the team, the burden on LaVine was undoubtedly much easier, at this time he could invest more energy on the offensive end of the field and become a pure scorer, after all, now the team has DeRozan, the big brother, Lavin is like a little brother with the big brother, in addition to scoring, there is no need to ask about other messy things.
summary
Now the combination of Lavin and DeRozan can definitely be called a double superstar combination, these two people directly made the Bulls offense rise more than one notch, plus a big center pitcher Vucevic who can pass the ball, a proper "Big Three" combination, the Bulls' offensive configuration is simply not too luxurious, since Rose left the Bulls have not fought such a rich battle for a long time, I believe that the Bulls will definitely achieve satisfactory results this season.