After months of playing, the 21-22 NBA regular season has been more than half of the schedule, and each team has basically found its own place. The Suns and Warriors in the West are chasing after each other, and in the case of Green and Curry being injured successively, the Suns have slowly played a game of dust, and it is not surprising that they will maintain the first record in the West. The Nets in the East lost the first position in the second half of the schedule due to injury factors, and the record slowly declined, but the upstart Bulls seized the opportunity to successfully reach the first place in the East with a record of 28 wins and 15 losses.
Everything has a cause and effect, and it also confirms the proverb that "planting melons and melons and beans and getting beans" is that we cannot act against the law. The reason why the Bulls can rise against the trend and appear in the field of public fans with a new attitude is inseparable from the operation of the 2021 offseason. At that time, LaVine had become the team's well-deserved super scorer, but he still could not raise the team's record to a new level, and it seemed that he was not suitable as the cornerstone of the team, so he still needed to help.
So management brought in three non-first-tier stars for the team last summer so that they could be LaVine's right-hand men: point guard Langzo Ball, forward swingman DeRozan, and interior Vucevic, who, while not the league's top stars, are capable enough to wow everyone. So we found that when these four players got together, they formed a complementary effect, and after each of them did their jobs, they could bring good chemistry. The organization and defense of the ball brother, Lavine's no-ball cut, DeRozan's takeover, and Vucevic's response made the bulls, who had been dormant for a long time, take off again.
But crises often occur when we are most proud, the more lax the more likely to produce problems, and the teams in the rise are often sloppy. Isn't that? Bulls defender Lonzo Ball has a slight torn meniscus in his left knee and is currently evaluating treatment options, according to Shams.
Woj revealed that The ball brother will decide whether to undergo meniscal arthroscopic surgery on the left knee after 1-2 days, if the operation or truce is 4-6 weeks. Know that this is a key moment for the Bulls to maintain their record, after all, half of the schedule needs to continue.
The Bulls were able to rise to the top spot in the East, thanks to Ball's quality organization and top-notch defensive ability. So far this season, He has played in 35 games, averaging 13 points, 5.4 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.8 steals per game, and his three-point shooting rate has reached 42.3%, setting a new career high. From the data point of view, we can feel that the ball brother played the general performance of Kidd, and both ends of the attack and defense are indispensable to the team, which can well reduce the organizational and defensive pressure of LaVinne.
But now he has suffered a heavy blow, which is a big challenge for the Bulls, after all, the team's number one position does not have sufficient resource reserves. The second-place Heat and the third-place Nets have a comparable record, and the gap with the Bulls is not large, once the help of the ball brother's support, then the Bulls' record is likely to decline, and then lose the top position in the East. But don't worry too much, as long as you can maintain the current momentum and maintain the health of the core lineup, the Bulls may still have a chance to achieve something in the playoffs.