On February 25, Beijing time, the first NBA regular season game day after the All-Star Game, DeRozan once again contributed wonderful performances in the Bulls' game against the Eagles, cutting 37 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists in the 21 shots of the whole game, and also shooting 2 of 3 outside the three-point line that was not good at, in the last minute of the game, the Bulls were still 3 points behind the Eagles, and it was DeRozan's 5 consecutive points that allowed the Bulls to achieve a rebound, especially in the last 15 seconds against the tough 2+1 score of the double defense, laying the foundation for the victory of the game. Nor is it true to the king of the deRozan final quarter this season.
After this game, DeRozan averaged 35.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game throughout February, shooting 58.4% from the field, and since the introduction of the three-point line in the league, only Jordan and DeRozan have averaged more than 35 points per game with more than 55% shooting rate in a single month, and DeRozan, who came to the Bulls, once again rivaled Jordan. In his first season with the Bulls, deRozan has broken the record held by the basketball gods many times, and DeRozan has conquered all the Bulls fans with performance and is creating one new record after another along Jordan's trajectory.
And this season's DeRozan in the Bulls encountered more pressure than jordan period, in the offseason DeRozan was not optimistic, even no team is willing to pay him a maximum salary, the Lakers in urgent need of reinforcement gave up DeRozan and traded westbrook, the Knicks management believes that DeRozan has been eliminated by the league, ESPN believes that the Bulls' deal with DeRozan is the worst deal of the season. And DeRozan joined the Bulls, last season is still unable to enter the playoffs of the league weak team, although this season has been reinforcements, but no one is optimistic about them, and for a long time, the Bulls have suffered a double blow of the epidemic and injury, DeRozan often need to lead the team alone, in the recent game, the Bulls are missing Ball, Caruso and Pave three main players.
It is under such difficult conditions that DeRozan has helped the Bulls win one victory after another with MVP-level performances, three-point kills in two consecutive games, crazy performances of 38.4 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists in the last eight games, returning to the league recognition of all-star starts, and leading the Bulls' recent 8 consecutive wins to the top of the East, such DeRozan has broken many doubts and deserves everyone's respect. After this game, many NBA stars praised Drozian, and Thompson and Lavin thought that DeRozan was the MVP. Paul said: "Demar, this guy is so bad!" Harden said: Proud of my brother. James exploded even more, praising DeRozan as a beast.
DeRozan's magic continues, in the regular season DeRozan has been enshrined, he still has one last doubt to break, that is, to continue the MVP level performance in the playoffs, leading the Bulls to achieve a new breakthrough after Jordan's retirement, at that time DeRozan will get more worship, and the Management of the Lakers and Knicks is expected to be cursed again.