DeRozan 36 points Lavin 27+7 Bulls lightly take the Hornets

On February 10, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Chicago Bulls challenged the Charlotte Hornets away, DeRozan and Lavin jointly scored 63 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists, and the Bulls took the initiative throughout the game, beating the Hornets 121-109 on the road.

For the Bulls, DeRozan had 36 points and five rebounds, LaVine had 27 points, seven rebounds and five assists, and Vucevic had 18 points, 15 rebounds and eight assists.

The Hornets suffered a seven-game losing streak, with Ball having 33 points and nine rebounds, Bridges with 22 points, five rebounds and five assists, and Oubre with 19 points.

Game review

Bridges and Rozier scored in the first quarter with the Hornets, while the Bulls then relied on Green and Vucevic's goals from the inside to respond. The opening match between the two sides was quite alternate to score points, Bauer and Rozier combined to score three three-pointers, the Bulls dominated by DeRozan and LaVine to grab the score in a row, and soon after White and LaVine both opened fire to quickly catch up with the score. Although the Bulls chased all the way, they were not very passive, and Lavine scored 7 consecutive points in the festival to help the team achieve a rebound, but the Hornets relied on Ball's three-pointer to redeem themselves in the last moment and regain a one-point advantage to end the first quarter.

The Bulls suddenly muted in the second quarter, and the Hornets sent a 5-0 start led by Ball to seize the opportunity, but the Hornets failed to take too much advantage in such a start and the opponent's "cooperation", especially after their inexplicable dud directly led to the scene into passivity. The Bulls responded with a wave of 7-0 attacks in a back-to-back score by DeRozan and LaVine to quickly stabilize the situation. The second half of the showdown between the Hornets and the Bulls took over the game, White became the Wizards to cut five points in a row, plus DeRozan then hit two three-pointers in a row, and the Bulls sent another 19-2 offensive wave to crush and establish a double-digit lead. Plumlee's goal and Bridges' free throw in the final period were scored by the Hornets to stop the bleeding, and the Bulls led the Hornets 58-45 at halftime.

Rest back easy to fight again, the Bulls still maintain a stable offensive output at the beginning, of which White feels good outside the line and then hit three points, the Hornets side also found the state in time, as the team's most stable scoring point of the game, Ball opened with a continuous shooting penalty to try to narrow the point gap for the team, but the inaction on the defensive end made the Hornets repeatedly beaten back to the original form, DeRozan and LaVine were stable on the offensive end. In the middle of the quarter, Bridges hit two three-pointers to chase the point difference to single digits, Ball also continued to output points on the offensive end, but the Bulls maintained a steady attack all the way, and in the end, DeRozan perfectly repelled the opponent's chase with 2+1 and three points. At the end of the third quarter, the Bulls still have a 13-point lead.

In the final quarter, the Hornets made a final attempt, Ball and Oubre opened the game to hit three three-pointers to try to catch up, but the Bulls were still stable, in addition to the scoring performance of Bradley and Brown in the opening game, DeRozan then stood up and scored 6 points to keep the Hornets out. The Hornets' long-term inability to attack the mentality gradually imbalanced, while the Bulls steadily played a steady output, in addition to Lavin and DeRozan, the other three starters then scored consecutive points to extend the advantage to more than 20 points to establish the victory. The Hornets still had no intention of giving up, and went on a 10-0 run with Ball and Washington's two three-pointers to go on a 10-0 run, but Brown's three-pointer and DeRozan's three consecutive free throw hits quickly extinguished hopes. In the end, the Bulls took the Hornets away and sent the Hornets to a 6-game losing streak.

Both sides started

Bulls: Lavin, White, DeRozan, Green, Vucevic

Wasps: Rozier, Bauer, Bridges, Oubre, Plumlee

(NBA official website)