The NBA regular season continued, with the Bucks beating the Bulls 118-112 on the road to make a three-game winning streak, while the Bulls suffered four straight losses. After this campaign, the Bucks also surpassed the Bulls with a record of 39 wins and 25 losses, rising to no. 3 in the East, and the Bucks are currently one win away from the 76ers in the 2nd place in the East, and 3 wins behind the Heat, the No. 1 in the East.
In this game, the two teams are still very fierce, in the first half, the two teams are equally divided, neither can open the point difference, the score gap alternately leads. At the end of the second quarter, the Bucks only relied on the play of the alphabet brother, they took a 4-point lead, the gap between the two teams is not very large.
In the second half, the Bulls began to exert their strength, and they scored 22 points in the third quarter with Lavin and DeRozan, and they exploded a 35-24 offense in the third quarter to net 11 points against the Bucks. At the end of the third quarter, the Bulls have overtaken the Bucks by seven points.
Unfortunately, the Bulls had the lead in their hands, and they experienced a stagnant offensive presence in the final quarter with consecutive turnovers. They only scored 24 points in a single quarter, and on the defensive end, they let the Bucks score 37 points, and the Bulls didn't play well when it came to limiting Alphabet Brother and Holliday. In the final quarter, the Bulls let Holliday score 16 points in a single quarter and let the alphabet brother score 10 points in a single quarter, and the two players scored a total of 26 points in the final quarter, which is more than the Bulls scored in a single quarter. The sluggish play in the final quarter also led to the Bulls losing the game again, suffering a four-game losing streak.
In this game, DeRozan played inefficient, he had 29 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists in 11 of 30 shots, after playing crazy performances in the previous series, DeRozan was also targeted by opponents in the game, personal efficiency compared to before there was a sharp decline, and LaVin contributed 30 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, the performance was very good, but compared to the Bucks, the Bulls scored few points, and DeRozan's shooting efficiency was too low, only 2 of 9 in the last quarter to get 5 points, poor performance, DeRozan's sluggish play and the overall weakness of the team became the main reason for their loss.
It is worth mentioning that this season the Bulls are facing the top three teams in the East and West, they have a record of 0-13, the Bulls who are not good at playing hard battles, if there is no adjustment, then it is difficult for them to go further in the playoffs.
On the Bucks side, their play is still very stable, among which the alphabet brother once again played the MVP level performance, he got 34 points, 16 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block data in 12 of 22 shooting, and the offensive and defensive ends are full of dominance. Holliday had 26 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, and in the final quarter he scored 16 points, becoming the hero of the team's victory, Middleton also had 22 points in the account, and the big three in this campaign worked at the same time to help the team win this strong dialogue. After winning, the Bucks are currently on a winning streak and the team is moving in the right direction, and in the next game, if they can get more wins, then they have a chance to hit the No. 1 position in the East.