On January 29, Beijing time, the NBA's new season regular season schedule continued in full swing. The Chicago Bulls, who are currently second in the East, have once again ushered in a new game, away to the San Antonio Spurs. It is worth affirming that the addition of CIC DeRozan has made the Bulls the biggest obstacle to the Eastern Conference championship team this season, but they still encountered an upset counterattack from their opponents in the process of challenging the Spurs on the road.
Without a core leader, Murray can also play the technical level of an All-Star player under popovich's teaching, and hand over a luxurious data of averageing quasi-triple-doubles per game. And this time against the Bulls led by former teammate DeRozan, what kind of amazing performance did Murray have? Let's wait and see. In the first half of the competition, the away Bulls were still highly skilled, taking the lead in the score. DeRozan shot 3-of-4 in the first quarter and delivered 6 points and 1 assist, and Vucevic also contributed 8 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists to help the team play a 35-29 score.
Although the Spurs were able to fight back after entering the second quarter of the showdown, and with the help of Murray's 10 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists and 2 steals, they played a 34-33 score, but they were still unable to reverse the situation behind. The Spurs, whose scoring effect is not good, did not choose to give up and can still continue to counterattack. In the third quarter, Murray shot 3 of 5, sending 10 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 1 steal, once again helping the team play a 35-23 score! By the end of the first three quarters of the game, the Spurs not only recovered the first half to score 5 points, but also achieved a 7-point rebound!
The situation has finally reversed, and the Spurs, who have entered the crucial final quarter of the showdown, can always cling to the leading score and continue to consume the remaining game time. In the end, after the regular time of the fourth quarter, the Spurs once again played a 32-31 score to win the game with a score of 131-122. Looking back at the game, the overall performance of the Spurs players is still relatively good, not only 7 players have reached double digits, but 3 starters have scored 20+!
Of course, the individual performance of the players on the Bulls side is also very good. Among them, DeRozan, who has returned to his hometown, after returning to his familiar home, has also sent the highest score of 32 points, as well as 5 rebounds and 8 assists, as well as the data of 30 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, as well as 18 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists of Vucevic, and Kobe White, who shot 7 of 9 in a single game and sent 18 points. It is no exaggeration to say that the overall performance of the bulls' players is even better, but they still suffered a cold counterattack from the Spurs.
The fact is very simple, the Spurs, who have never liked and have no three-point ability, have been unusual in this game, hitting 16 three-pointers in a single game, taking advantage of the outside output. That's right, against the Bulls' side of 8-of-29 shooting in a single game, how could the Spurs not take the lead? It seems that in order to improve the Spurs' record, the stubborn Popovich is also trying to change his concept and adapt to the three-point era of small ball.