After a bitter defeat and the end of the road trip, the greatly frustrated Green Army returned home and ushered in the challenge of the Bulls during the two-game losing streak.
In the Green Army, the double probe Flower Tatum + Jaylen Brown is in hot form, but this campaign faces the Bulls, who rank first in the East, whether the Green Army can defend the home field will still face a huge test.
On the other hand, the Bulls side, Lavine + Ball Brother + Jones Jr. is absent due to injury, whether the Bulls in this battle can withstand the pressure, for DeRozan + Vucevic, it is also a big challenge!
Finally, after 4 quarters of competition, almost white-hot competition, with a wave of 12-4 scoring climax, the Green Army, which played at home, in the first half, overwhelmed the Bulls and occupied the initiative on the field.
Although after returning from the second half, Vucevic + Dosem erupted in the third quarter, leading the Bulls to a wave of counter-attacking frenzy, successfully narrowing the point difference to 1 point.
However, at the end of the final battle, Lowe turned the river upside down on the inside line, and all 4 penalties helped the Green Army gain the advantage, and with Vucevic + DeRozan shooting iron, the game also lost suspense.
In the end, the Green Army, which withstood the pressure, also narrowly defeated the Bulls at home 114-112, staging a big upset at the same time, but also gave the Bulls, who ranked first in the East, a 3-game losing streak!
Playing at home in this game, the Green Army will sweep away the slump of the previous defeat and play a team offensive with 6 people scoring in double figures and multi-point blossoming.
In the case of the main forces such as Schroder + Horford + Richardson, the performance of the double probe Tatum + Jaylen Brown, and the play of Tiger General Robert Williams, are particularly important!
Tatum lived up to expectations in this game, starting 39 minutes, shooting 8 of 24 free throws and 6 of 6 free throws, bombing a team-high 23 points, plus a double-double performance of 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks.
Among them, his heroic performance of taking 13 points in the first quarter not only helped the Green Army to open the situation smoothly, but also became a difficult existence for the Bulls to solve!
In addition, as another offensive core of the team, the play of Jaylen Brown in this game is also very critical.
Although Jaylen Brown lost the crosshairs on 0-of-5 three-pointers from the outside, he dared to fight and handed over 19 points + 7 rebounds + 4 assists + 4 steals in the whole game, successfully disrupting the Bulls' offensive rhythm!
Of course, in this game, the Green Army can beat the Bulls, and the performance of Tiger General Rowey is also great.
Rowe was very efficient in this game, starting 33 minutes and contributing 14 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 blocks on 5-of-8 shooting.
At the critical moment of the last quarter, he was able to withstand the pressure, kill the opponent's outstanding performance through 4 free throws, and also make a great contribution to the Green Army to win the game!
On the other hand, the Bulls side, the team failed to withstand the pressure in the final quarter of this game, and finally lost by 2 points, swallowing 3 consecutive defeats and hating the performance of the away game, which obviously needs to be examined.
After all, under the full performance of Vucevic playing well, bombing a game-high 27 points, plus 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, DeRozan's play in this campaign is indeed a bit unsatisfactory!
Although DeRozan scored a personal performance of 23+8+7+1 in this game, rationally speaking, he only shot 7 of 20 shots in the whole game, not only 40% of the shooting rate, but also some lost the crosshairs.
In the case of DeRozan's poor hand feeling and Lavin's absence, in the face of the green army with all the troops, Vucevic, who worked hard for a whole but was difficult to support, seemed to have no choice but to accept the reality of 3 consecutive defeats.
For DeRozan, I believe that after losing to the Green Army in this game, DeRozan at this moment will also miss his good partner Lavin!