On February 2, Beijing time, the Bulls sat at home to meet the Magic, and finally they withstood the impact of their opponents, defeated the Magic 126-115, and won two consecutive victories while avenging the last loss to the opponent.
Statistics
For the Bulls, DeRozan had 29 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, LaVine had 26 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, Vucevic had 18 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks against the old owners, Dosom had 13 points and 9 assists, and Javent Green had 11 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals.
For the Magic, Wendell Carter had 24 points, eight rebounds and six assists, Franz Wagner had 22 points, two rebounds and three assists, Cole Anthony had 20 points, six rebounds, nine assists and two steals, and Gary Harris had 13 points and three rebounds.
Great shots
Shortly after the game, the Magic completed a wonderful air connection, Franz Wagner dribbled the ball to attract the defense and threw it to the basket, assisting Wendell Carter to complete the air-connected dunk.
Before the end of the first quarter, DeRozan forced a mid-range jumper against the defense on the offensive end, not only sending the ball in, but also creating a foul on his opponent to complete 2+1.
DeRozan not only showed an inexplicable jump shot, but also his under-the-basket attack, and after coming up in the second quarter, DeRozan held the ball to the basket and completed a powerful one-handed split.
Game review
In this campaign, Wendell Carter hit a three-pointer, Wagner completed a dunk, and the Magic made a 5-0 start. Lavine was in hot form, scoring seven points from inside and out to help the Bulls hit a 9-2 run to turn the score back. The two teams have been back and forth since then, with Dosem soaring three-pointers with more than 4 minutes left in the quarter and the Bulls leading 20-18. In the ensuing period, the Bulls attacked slightly, and the Magic took advantage of the advantage through a combination of inside and outside, when Moritz Wagner hit a three-pointer, the Magic led to seven points, but in the last 2 minutes of the quarter, DeRozan scored five points in a row, Troy Brown also hit a three-pointer, and the Bulls played a wave of 8-0, and at the end of the first quarter, the score was reversed to 34-33.
Back in the second quarter, the two sides were still in a tug-of-war on the offensive end, and after Moritz Wagner completed the dunk, the Magic led 39-38. Taylor Cook hit the basket twice, Matt Thomas hit a three-pointer, and the Bulls went on a 7-0 run to pull the score slightly apart. In the ensuing time, the two teams staged a confrontational battle, and in the stalemate, the Bulls still maintained the lead, and at the end of the half, they led 70-63. DeRozan and LaVine were brilliant in the first half, scoring 20 and 17 points respectively.
In the second half, Javent Green dunked and Franz Wagner hit three points in color. The two sides are still engaged in a tug-of-war, and whenever the Bulls pull the point difference slightly, the magic will exert force at the other end to narrow the point difference. After Vucevic hit a jumper, the Bulls led 95-86. Cole Anthony and Gary Harris hit three consecutive three-pointers, and the Magic went on an 8-2 run to close the point difference to three points. You sang and I came on, and in the last minute or so of the quarter, the Bulls played a wave of 6-0, and after DeRozan hit a jumper, the Bulls led 103-94, which was the sixth time they scored a hundred in the third quarter of the season.
The Bulls were still suppressing the Magic in the final quarter, and Troy Brown hit a 3-pointer with eight minutes left in the quarter to give the Bulls an 111-100 lead. After that, the storm suddenly changed, the Bulls attacked the power outage, the Magic took the opportunity to play a wave of 15-4 attack, Wendell Carter jumped and hit, the two teams fought to 115 draws. The Bulls regrouped, Raven and DeRozan scored, Dosem stepped forward to score five points in a row, and the Bulls returned with an 11-0 wave to defeat their opponents 126-115 to win two straight.
Player ratings
Magic: Wagner: 9.8, Wendell Carter: 9.8, Bamba: 8.4, Cole Anthony: 9.5, Sags: 5.5
Bulls: DeRozan: 9.9, Javent Green: 9.6, Vucevic: 9.8, Lavin: 9.9, Dosem: 9.9