Vucevic dominated the interior, hitting a season high of 36+17; into a haze! Irving 15 points Nets 23 points defeat jazz; danger is rife! The main team of the key free throws of "Eros" won.
Missing major generals! Le Vere lost to the Chicago Bulls by 41 points
After a tough battle with the Toronto Raptors, the Chicago Bulls flew non-stop to Indiana to challenge the Pacers. For health reasons, the Bulls' coaching staff chose Zach Lavin, who had recently returned from this game.
Even so, however, the Chicago Bulls remain a stronger side. The Bulls have won the last two games against the Pacers, and judging by this season's resume, the Eastern Conference number one is clearly very good at playing back-to-back. According to statistics, their winning percentage in back-to-back games this season can reach 60%, which is the level of the league's top five.
The Pacers' multiple players were absent due to injuries and it was midseason trading, so many of the Pacers' players did not appear in the game. Caris Leville resolutely carried the offensive banner, the Bulls side without Lonzo Ball and Alex Caruso, to defend this kind of backcourt top soldiers, it is indeed very difficult. In this game, Le Vere shot 18 of 23 in the area within the three-point line, and he had to leave the suspense of the game to the end.
The Pacers now have one less interior of normal height, which makes Vucevic play more comfortable. For most of the game, outside players would often do some coordination with him, changing the Pacers' small players to him, which was a very good move, even if the Pacers did the defense, Vucevic could still call the wind and rain under the basket. In the 37 minutes of playing time, Vucevic used 21 shots to score 31 points.
DeRozan's 31 points, in a sense, were more difficult than Vucevic's. With a killer resume from the last encounter, the Pacers put a lot of defensive pressure on the Eastern Conference All-Star starter, using a lot of pinch strategy, and DeRozan was able to shoot nearly 50% of the shots under this defensive high pressure, while also delivering 7 assists, which is really valuable.
Mitchell returned, crushing Irving with 27 points in 21 minutes
The Brooklyn Nets, the game against the Utah Jazz, should be the worst game of the Nets' star players this season. Admittedly, the Nets, who only have a star named Kyrie Irving, are indeed worse than the fourth strength in the West, but the most disappointing thing is that the Nets have not played the enthusiasm and content of the game at all, and the whole team is like a scattered sand.
Kyrie Irving didn't accomplish what he was supposed to do, the average height of the Jazz players is really good, Irving is difficult to get a shot in the paint area, in the third quarter of the game, Irving only shot twice in the paint, and worse, the "European Tree Man" is not enough to see, outside the paint area, Irving only hit 5 of 18 shots, although Irving's shooting percentage in various areas has declined this season, but such a bad performance, for himself, is still rare.
When Irving loses offensive containment, it's hard for the Nets' role players to play well. Even when the offense became more and more struggling, the Nets lost their aggressiveness on the defensive end. With the exception of Reus O'Neal, every Jazz starter shot more than 50 percent from the field, and Mitchell's 6-of-7 three-pointer directly pierced the Heart of the Nets. Judging from the game situation alone, the Nets have completely lost hope of winning in the second quarter, 102-125, the Brooklyn Nets mentioned their seventh consecutive losing streak.
Garland retired injured and Allen broke the team's all-time record
Without Darius Garland, Jarrett Allen became the Cleveland Cavaliers' mainstay on the offensive end. In the first quarter, when the team's offense was in chaos, it was Allen who scored 13 points and 9 rebounds to help the team bite the score. Throughout the game, Allen single-handedly scored 29 points and 22 rebounds, becoming the first player in team history to score 25+ 20+ rebounds and shoot more than 60 percent from the field.
Without Darius Garland, the team's overall offense is indeed more struggling than ever. After all, Garland averaged 8.2 assists per game, the sixth in the league, which also doomed this game to play the Hornets, the Cavaliers are difficult to fully take the initiative, in the first quarter, the fourth quarter of the extreme scoring drought, once increased the suspense of the game.
Fortunately, in this game, the Cavaliers shot well in three-pointers. Dean Wade and Kevin Love, two Fours, stormed from outside the three-point line and managed to take the tempo of the game into their own hands. Cavaliers outside Blandon Goodwin made nine three-point shots, four hits and nine assists, making him the highest plus-minus player among cavaliers starters.
In the final moments, thanks to Love's key free throws and the Hornets' mistakes, the Cavaliers won the game 102-101.