On February 15, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Bulls defeated the Spurs 120-109 at home, the first three quarters of this battle the two teams have been playing difficult points, the largest difference between the two sides did not exceed 8 points, until the fourth quarter, the Bulls played a wave of 37-20 in a single quarter, thus successfully defeating the opponent.
After winning this victory, the Bulls have won four straight, and the current record is 37-21, ranking second in the East, only half a win away from the Heat (37 wins and 20 losses) in the East, but they are only two wins ahead of the fifth-place Bucks (35 wins and 23 losses) and may be surpassed at any time.
In this game, DeRozan's performance was crazy:
In the first quarter, DeRozan's offensive desire was not strong, and he scored only 2 points in 1 of 3 in a single quarter
In the second quarter, DeRozan began to adjust his form, scoring 11 points in a single quarter
In the fourth quarter, DeRozan scored 8 of 9 in the quarter, scoring 19 points and 2 assists, and as a comparison, the Spurs scored only 20 points in this quarter
In the end, DeRozan played a total of 35 minutes, shooting 16 of 24 shots, 0 three-point shots, 8 of 8 free throws, 40 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists, and his plus-minus reached +15, which was DeRozan's third 40+ of the season, after he had scored 41 points against the Magic and 45 points against the 76ers.
In the last six games, DeRozan has gone completely insane:
Against the 76ers, 18-of-30, he had 45 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists
Against the Suns, he was 16-of-27 and had 38 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists
— Against the Hornets, he was 13-of-19 and had 36 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists
Against Wolves, he was 14-of-22 and had 35 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists
Against the Thunder, he had 38 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists on 12-of-24
Against the Spurs, he had 16-of-24 and had 40 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists
In six games, he scored 35+ in each game, averaging 38.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game, shooting 61.0% from the field.
What is the concept?
— DeRozan scored 35+ in six consecutive games, the first in The Bulls' history after Jordan
— DeRozan scored 35+ in six consecutive games with a 50% shooting percentage, tied with Chamberlain as the best in history, which Jordan has not done by the way
This year's Azan is truly incredible.
So far, DeRozan has played in 54 games, averaging 27.9 points, 5.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game, the fifth in the scoring league, and also the highest in DeRozan's career, shooting 51.5%/33.7%/86.4% of the three shots and shooting 60.0% of the true shooting rate.
It is worth mentioning that DeRozan has only averaged 1.8 three-pointers per game this season, and the last player who was able to average less than 2 three-pointers per game and score 27.9 points was called Michael Jordan.
Here's also how well DeRozan was in the fourth quarter and at key moments:
In the fourth quarter of the season, DeRozan averaged 8.3 points per game, second in the league (8.5 points in the first letter brother); 431 points in total, the league first (second letter brother 365 points), his shooting percentage increased to 55.0%, and his three-point shooting percentage increased to 39.1%;
— In key moments of the season (no more than 5 points in the last five minutes), DeRozan averaged 4.0 points per game, fourth in the league; 111 points on total, second in the league, shooting 54.2% from the field and 66.7% from three-point range;
Kobe White described DeRozan this way after today's game: "He's already a monster, but by the fourth quarter, he can evolve into Monster 2.0. ”
The data is even more proof of how important DeRozan is to this bull:
- When DeRozan was on the floor, the Bulls' offensive and defensive efficiency was 114.1/108.7, and the net victory over the opponent was 5.4 points per 100 rounds
DeRozan was not present, the Bulls attacked and defended 104.9/110.3, and lost 5.4 points per 100 rounds
After playing such a fantastic season, DeRozan has undoubtedly entered the MVP discussions, and this season he has hardly fallen out of the top ten of the MVP list – although it is a bit difficult to get an MVP, entering the MVP discussion is something that DeRozan has not done in so many years before his career.
The Bulls are in good shape now, this is still without the ball brother, Caruso, I hope Azan can continue to maintain the current state to lead this team forward, so many years ago, he has suffered too many doubts, this year is an opportunity to prove himself completely, must seize it.