On January 13, Beijing time, the eastern power showdown came, the Bulls home battle nets, during the game, DeRozan was angry, sitting on the bench angrily tore the towel, directly tore the towel in half, and fell on the floor in anger, so this scene can be seen deRozan's inner frustration and dissatisfaction, the single quarter was 19-39 was broken.
In the third quarter, the Nets' firepower was still the same, and the Bulls offense was a bit unsmooth; during a timeout, DeRozan was visibly angry, tearing the towel with his hands and then dropping it on the floor, and there was no doubt that DeRozan was really angry.
In the first half, the two teams played fiercely, although the Nets once led to 9 points, but LaVine led the team to fight back, and the Bulls only trailed by 2 points after halftime; DeRozan contributed 15 points on 6-of-11 shooting in the first half, LaVine shot 6 of 9 to bomb 17 points, and cut 32 points in the half to fight the Nets Big Three; but in the second half, Durant's feel was still the same, Harden hit three points in a row, Griffin also had 2+1, the Nets opened up a wave of attacks, the third quarter hit 4 minutes and 32 seconds, the Bulls fell behind by 11 points 75-86, and suddenly exploded.
The Bulls have beaten the Nets twice this season, the last meeting between the two teams in the regular season, and the Bulls are currently ranked first in the East and the Nets in second place in the East.
In this game, Bulls main Jones Jr. suffered a right knee injury after only 36 seconds, and his knee was injured, and he withdrew from the game early due to injury.