On October 26, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Raptors sat at home to face the Bulls. The Bulls have won three straight games to lead the East with the Hornets, while the Raptors have lost 1-2 and lost the Lone Ranger in the last game. Today's game, the Raptors only insisted on 1 quarter, starting from the second quarter, the Bulls firepower quickly opened the point difference, the four small giants at the same time, but in the fourth quarter the Raptors launched a rapid counterattack, the last moment VanVleet three points missed, and finally the Raptors lost 108-111 at home to the Bulls, the Raptors suffered two consecutive losses, the Bulls bombed four consecutive wins, continue to lead the East.
Stats, bulls side, DeRozan 26 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, Vucevic 17 points and 8 rebounds, LaVine 22 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Ball 15 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, Caruso 8 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 steals. On the Raptors side, VanVleet had 15 points, 17 assists and six rebounds, Trent 18 points and five rebounds, Achuva 11 points and 11 rebounds, Anunoby 22 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, and Barnes had 13 points and 4 rebounds.
The Raptors took the lead in the opening game, Trent scored five consecutive points, and after the Bulls relied on two three-pointers from DeRozan and Ball to equalize the point difference, the two teams were in a tug-of-war, Vucevic and DeRozan scored under the basket in a row, and the Raptors relied on Anunoby's three-pointer and Achuva's basket to maintain a narrow lead. In the second half, DeRozan scored five consecutive points, and raptors substitutes Birch and Barnes responded, and the first quarter was played, and the two teams fought to 24 draws. Back in the second quarter, the Bulls began to power, Ball and Caruso burst into three consecutive points, Trent responded from mid-range, Vucevic and Williams scored 6 points in a row, and the Bulls slowly opened up the point difference. In the middle, Ravin and Vucevic scored consecutively, and Ball also fired three points from the outside, and VanVleet, Anunoby and Trent hit consecutive three-pointers at key moments. Caruso finished a difficult 2+1 in the final stage, and at the end of the half, the Bulls led the Raptors 61-51.
Back in the third quarter, Ravenne scored five straight points, Ball's three-pointer, DeRozan and Vucevic blossomed inside and out, and the Bulls played a 12-2 surge, and the point difference has been stretched to nearly 20 points. Trent stepped forward and responded to a wave of 7-0 after that, against Lavin. The Raptors relied on brown and Anunoby's three-pointers to narrow the gap again in the second half, and the Bulls led the Raptors 92-80 at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, DeRozan hit a free throw, but the Bulls immediately fell into a scoring drought, and the Raptors relied on Anunoby and Dragic to lead the team to a 17-3 climax, chasing only four points. At the crucial moment, Caruso scored consecutive points, the Bulls finally continued to fire, after which Vucevic and DeRozan led the team to maintain the lead, and in the last moment Vucevic made one of two free throws, but Van Vliet hit three points and the Bulls won thrillingly.
Before Siakam's return, the Raptors didn't look like much competitive. Barnes's performance fluctuates more, although today's hand feels good, but too many mistakes also make Nas dare not use him fully, Van Vliet is incarnated as Lowry, full brush assists, but the stable scoring points around only Trent and Anunoby two, now the Raptors' paper strength, may be among the bottom five in the East, they play really tenaciously, how many points behind will not give up, positive attitude, but the gap in talent may not be made up by hard work alone. Maybe the Raptors' goal this season is still to rebuild.
Watching the bulls play now is a treat. Since Ball and Caruso came to the team, LaVine's offensive and defensive burden has been greatly reduced, LaVine can hold the ball, and Ball's three-point shot is not wasted. LaVine can play without the ball, and Bauer, DeRozan and even Caruso are feeding him a pie dunk. Vucevic also received a lot of support, and his task was to guard the frame and eat the cake. Today DeRozan's feel is relatively average, but the Bulls can score too many points, under the leadership of Caruso, the youngster Troy Brown also has the momentum of explosion, can only say that head coach Donovan is now very happy, lonely to defeat. This summer's bull operation made them instantly rank among the powerful people in the east, and these few people who came were very selfless and the chemical run-in was very in place.