DeRozan rested, Dosem played a key role; the "Cavaliers' three highs" had only one high, And Randall missed the kill; the Jazz fought bravely in the second team, and the old cannon dominated the end again.
Lavine and Green came back, and the Bulls narrowly won one point and sat on the second
Oklahoma is the last stop on a trifecta of The Chicago Bulls. Counting the last game to lose to the Magic by nearly 20 points, the Chicago Bulls have suffered a five-game losing streak on the road and the team has also been hanged from the throne of the First Place in the East. The few pieces of good news are that yaunt Green and Zach Lavin will return in the game against the Thunder.
Zach Lavine is in a very average state of the game, with no shots in the first 4 sports battles, and outside the paint, the No. 13 show has only 3 hits in 13 shots. However, he brings a very strong aggressiveness to the Bulls' game, his speed and the impact of the killing frame are stronger than DeRozan, so the supporting players can get a good free shot. What's more, it was because he was able to play that DeMar DeRozan had the opportunity to take a break.
Dosom, the young player who was only selected by the Bulls last year, was gradually reused by the Bulls' coaching staff. In the first five games, the 22-year-old rookie has never played less than 38 minutes. In this game, he was the Bulls' best scoring player, with nine shots in the first two quarters, a variety of fairy balls, how to shoot fixed-point balls, and 8 assists, and the plus-minus of +15 was the highest among players on both sides.
In the first half, the score gap between the two teams has been within the controllable range. In the second half, the Bulls hit 5 three-pointers in a single quarter, playing a wave of 23-7 offensive waves, the Thunder themselves did not give up at all, the last quarter under Alexander's leadership, the Thunder almost completed a 28-point reversal, and finally the score was fixed at 110-111, Oklahoma won their sixth game in a row.
Garland slumped, and the "Knight Uncle" was reborn
In his last home game against the Thunder, Markkanen sprained his ankle during a jump scramble, and the X-ray was negative, but judging by his last performance leaving the arena on crutches, it could take a long time for him to return to the field. Starting center Allen missed the game against the Knicks due to illness, and the original Cavaliers' "three-high lineup" was left with only Mobley. Both of them are in the top 10 of the rim charts (Mobley 5th, Allen 6th), and they are extremely mobile, combined with height and long arms, without fear of the dislocation of big and small.
Mobley limited the Knicks' interior offense, and throughout the game, the Knicks scored just 34 points in the paint and shot just 51 percent from the field, all below their season average. In the scramble for rebounds, the Cavaliers still have a natural advantage, their average height is better, the sense of scrambling is good, and the Knicks' interior and three-point shooting rate are very low, playing badly.
The Cavaliers have not performed well on the offensive end, Garland has made 11 shots in the middle and long range, only 3 hits, 12 assists show his driving role for his teammates, counting this game, he has assisted in double-doubles in five consecutive games, the only person in team history to achieve this achievement in nearly a decade. The substitute Lefour is the Cavaliers' surprise blind box. In the third quarter, 4 three-pointers scored 14 points, directly equaling his season's average of points per game. Eros scored 23.4 points per 36 minutes this season, the third-highest season of his career.
In the end, Julius Randall missed the dead end, the score was fixed at 95-93, and the Cavaliers won their own two consecutive home games.
The Jazz seven scored in double figures, averaging 16+11 in their last five games
The Utah Jazz took a full break from the starting line, and Six, including Gobert and Conley, were unable to play against the Phoenix Suns, and the game seemed to have lost suspense before it even started. But as the Jazz's 10th pick in the second round last summer put it: "We didn't play with the mentality that we were expecting to lose. ”
Clarkson still likes the big package of play, whether it is in the starting line or on the bench. The slump against the Golden State Warriors in the last game did not reflect his outstanding performance in January this year. In this game, he played 33 minutes and scored 22 points on 9-of-20 shooting, the highest in the team. In addition to him, only one of the 7 other Jazz players did not score in double figures, and 10 of the 20 three-point shots were hit.
Booker scored 33 points on 35 shots, his 13th 30+ of the season, but the most important contributor to the Suns' win in this game is still the "old cannon". Fed by his 14 assists, He scored 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting, not unlike his personal performance in his last four games. At the critical moment, the old cannon himself scored 10 points in a row, scoring a total of 27 points in the whole game, allowing the Suns to take the initiative in the last moment.