DeRozan is arguably one of the hottest players in the league, and in the past seven games, DeRozan has scored 35+ points with more than 50% shooting in seven consecutive games and led the Bulls to five consecutive wins. And since this game is the first game after the All-Star game, this game against the Eagles will be a test for DeRozan, who has not played for several consecutive days, whether he can continue his form.
In the first quarter of the game, the Bulls made a fantastic 10-0 start under DeRozan, but soon the Eagles blossomed more to stop the decline, trailing only 19:24 in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the two sides played offensive climaxes in the second quarter, and the Bulls only led their opponents by 2 points at the end of the half. In the third quarter, the two sides still played inextricably, and in this quarter the two sides fought a draw. In the final quarter, the Bulls were overtaken by their opponents after a long lead, and in the last minute, the Bulls rebounded again with DeRozan's excellent performance, and finally won 112:108.
DeRozan withstood the test and once again played an extremely good game. In this game, he played 37 minutes, shooting 15 of 21, including 3 of 3 three-pointers, 5 of 7 free throws, and scored 37 points with a shooting percentage of 71.4%, in addition to 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Consecutive days of play didn't seem to have had much of an impact on DeRozan, on the contrary, it provided him with plenty of rest and made his form even hotter.
Ridrozan was extremely hot in the first quarter of the game, scoring consecutive points through his excellent footwork in the opening stage and leading the team to a fantastic 10-0 start. As the Eagles approached the score in this quarter, DeRozan slammed the Dragon in a quick attack and completed a four-seat tomahawk dunk, through which he also perfectly announced his unstoppable. In the final attack of this quarter, DeRozan shook his opponent with beautiful footsteps and threw a flowing throw. In the end, in the first quarter, DeRozan had already scored 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting.
In the second quarter, DeRozan played decently, scoring six points from an unsolvable mid-range shot. Entering the second half of the game, although in the third quarter of the game, DeRozan was strictly guarded by his opponents and only hit a three-pointer, but in this quarter he delivered 2 beautiful assists to help the team always establish the lead. And like him in many games this season, in the fourth quarter he once again turned on an unstoppable scoring mode. In this quarter, he still scored consecutive points through his own unrestricted mid-range shots, helping the team to keep clinging to the point difference.
And in the minute before the end of the game, DeRozan once again staged a superstar moment. With the Bulls still trailing by 3 points in the final 50 seconds or so, DeRozan narrowed the gap to one point in the face of a strong defensive hit from his opponent. After this round, the Next Round was crucial for the Bulls because the Hawks failed to score. Only to see DeRozan unhurriedly transported through the front court to launch an attack, facing the Eagles' double bag clip forced a shot, the ball hit steadily while also causing the opponent's foul, with the 2+1 score, DeRozan scored 5 consecutive points, and finally helped the team win the game.
After this game, DeRozan once again set a number of records. First of all, this is the eighth consecutive game in which DeRozan has cut 35+ players, which also allows him to compete with many superstars in history and become the seventh player in history to achieve so. Second, since entering February, DeRozan has averaged 35.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game, shooting 58.4 percent from the field, making him the second player in the NBA since 1980 to average 35 points per game and 55 percent from the field, the last being Jordan. Finally, this is the 16th time this season that DeRozan has scored 35+ points in a single game so far, ranking first in the league this season.
So far this season, DeRozan has played in 56 games for the Bulls, averaging 28.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game in 35.7 minutes per game, shooting 52.1% from the field and shooting 35.3% from the worst three-point range. It can be said that DeRozan, who turned 32 this season, even played the best performance of his career, and has set a number of records this season, many of which are comparable to Jordan, the first person in NBA history, which is quite difficult for him who has been questioned in the first two seasons.
DeRozan was able to match Jordan, which also surprised The Bulls fans, after all, the latter is the biggest famous player in the history of the Bulls, which gives fans hope for the team's revival this season and the next few seasons. Since Jordan retired, the Bulls have experienced several seasons of slump. They managed to draft Rose in 2008, and the team, led by the youngest regular-season MVP in history, has also become the league's most powerful team in many seasons, reaching the Eastern Conference Finals.
But the good times were short-lived, rose's injury in the 2012 playoffs, so that the hard-to-rebuild Bulls team instantly lost its core, and fell apart in a few seasons, the team once again entered the rebuilding period. After the next trade to win LaVine, the Bulls ushered in a new team core, but the team still failed to reach the playoffs for several consecutive seasons. In the offseason last season, the Bulls signed DeRozan, Ball and others to form the "poor version" of the big four, of which DeRozan played an excellent performance this season, so that the Bulls once again saw the hope of revival.
In this season, Ridrozan has been extremely efficient in attack and has repeatedly performed well in key moments, and has tried to save the team at key moments in many games. With DeRozan's help, the current Bulls have won six straight and have long topped the top two in the East. Judging by the current trend, if there are no too many injuries, the Bulls will be one of the most promising teams to win the championship this season, and in the playoffs, DeRozan's play will be crucial.