Yesterday's game between the Bulls and Spurs was one of the classic masterpieces of DeRozan's season. Against his old club, DeRozan's 6-of-1 start made everyone think that DeRozan, who had erupted in a row, was finally going to rest, but soon Azan broke out again.
Entering the second quarter, DeRozan scored 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting, which was not his best single-quarter performance yesterday. After being overtaken by the Spurs in the third quarter, DeRozan once again ignited the small universe in his heart.
DeRozan in the Spurs era is generally a stroke and assist in the first three quarters, and then takes over the game in the final quarter. Yesterday in the fourth quarter, facing the Spurs, DeRozan found a familiar feeling, scoring 7 goals in a row in the fourth quarter!
Whether it's breaking through bolters or pulling out from mid-range, DeRozan sees that god kills god and no one can stop it. In the final fourth quarter, DeRozan scored 20 points and 2 assists on 8-of-9 shooting, another 20+ in a single quarter of his career.
DeRozan shot 16-of-24 in the game, didn't shoot three-pointers, and scored 40 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists. Counting last month's 32 points, six rebounds and eight assists against the Spurs, DeRozan has scored a total of 72 points in two games against the Spurs this season.
After this game, DeRozan has scored 35+ points in a single game in six consecutive games, becoming the first Bulls player to get this data since Jordan, who has scored 35+ in 10 consecutive games.
However, if you count the shooting percentage, DeRozan's shooting rate in these 6 games is more than 50%, and it is as strong as Jordan has not done it. With at least 50 percent shooting in six consecutive games, he scored 35+ points, and only Chamberlain and DeRozan have ever done it in history, and the two are tied for the best in history.
Just yesterday, DeRozan just finished the Eastern Conference's best of the week, leading the Bulls to a 3-1 record last week, averaging 36.8 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game, shooting 59.8 percent from the field.
However, DeRozan, who has made himself into the superstar this season, was once considered to be on the verge of being eliminated by the league last summer. According to New York correspondent Marc Berman, the Knicks had a chance to sign DeRozan last offseason.
Last summer a lot of teams had the opportunity to sign DeRozan, Knicks Lakers and so on. However, the Knicks' team's top decision maker, Wesley, believes DeRozan is close to being eliminated from the league rather than becoming an All-Star.
A few months later, DeRozan not only returned to the All-Star, but also undisputedly became an All-Star starter. Not only was he not eliminated by the league, but he played the best performance of his career. It can only be said that the Knicks deserve to be you.
Perhaps influenced by DeRozan, the Bulls have averaged the league's first-to-last three-point shot this season, 0.8 fewer than the second-to-last 76ers.
But the Bulls are currently third in the league in offensive efficiency, behind the Jazz and Suns. The Bulls don't shoot three-pointers not because they can't, and their 37.6 percent three-point shooting percentage is even the league's number one. You can vote, but you don't have to.
I believe that after a few years of small-ball storms, everyone is a little aesthetically tired of shooting three-pointers. Fewer and fewer people would rather choose to pull a three-pointer from a long distance than break through or try the middle distance.
The middle distance seems to have been abandoned by the times since it was labeled inefficient, but there are always people who have carved the middle distance in their bones. Times will forget the middle distance, the team will forget the middle distance, but DeRozan will not forget.
Countless examples have proved that the middle distance to the playoffs and even the Finals is a big killer. When the defense focuses on three points and the basket, the middle distance is the breakthrough, and if you want to win the championship, you must be indispensable to the mid-range bonus.
DeRozan completely unsealed after LaVine's injury, and is currently averaging a career-high of 27.9 points per game this season, while he also has 5.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists.
Who would have thought that DeMar DeRozan would be so close to MVP for the first time when he was 32 years old.