For the NBA teams, the simplest and most effective way to improve the team's combat effectiveness is to get players with outstanding personal ability through trade, and this season's Eastern Dark Horse Team Chicago Bulls is undoubtedly the most representative team in the past two seasons, with the addition of players such as Vucevic, Ball, DeRozan and Caruso, this team once played an excellent overall performance in the middle of the regular season, and ranked at the top of the Eastern Conference standings, but the strong did not make their record a significant decline In today's closing stage, the Bulls have fallen to the fifth place in the Eastern Conference table, but fortunately, when they face opponents who are not as strong as themselves, the performance is still trustworthy, which is why fans summarize that the Bulls should lose a no win, a win that should win! However, in this regular season game with the Pelicans, the Bulls dropped the chain, and in the first three quarters of the tight score, the opponent played an offensive climax in the last quarter, and finally lost to the Pelicans 109-126, and the thirty-year-old LeBron James and the Purple and Gold Army Lakers became the biggest disappointments in this game!
The Bulls can maintain a relatively stable overall performance this season, DeRozan can be said to be the biggest contributor, his picturesque mid-range projection is the most trustworthy scoring means of scoring on the offensive end of the team, but in this game with the Pelicans, DeRozan hung up the exemption card, which is also the root cause of the team's loss, because during the Raptors, DeRozan was suppressed by James, which is also the reason why many fans ridiculed Drew and the Bulls, pit James and the Lakers with strength!
In DeRozan's absence, LaVine carried the team's offensive banner, under the Pelicans' defense, In the 39.5 minutes of his game, LaVine hit 12 goals in 23 shots, including 4 of 11 three-pointers, a game-high 39 points, in addition to 3 rebounds and 3 assists, but he also had a team-high 5 turnovers, and the inside core Vucevic only scored 16 points and 9 rebounds, not well protecting the team's interior line, resulting in the Bulls losing 10 rebounds, which is also one of the winners and losers of the game.
The Pelicans are also in the game, Fat Tiger Zion Williams and Ingram are hanging up the free card, but CJ McCollum and Graham, who joined the team on the trade deadline, carried the team's offensive banner, of which McCollum hit 10 goals in 20 shots, contributing 25 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, while Graham shot hot, hitting 8 goals in 12 shots, including 7 of 5 three-pointers, cutting a team-high 30 points. Valanciunas also fully demonstrated his dominance against Vucevic, with a large double-double of 16 points and 19 rebounds.
After winning this game, the Pelicans' record has been equal to the Lakers, all 31 wins and 42 losses, which also allows them to see the hope of climbing beyond the Purple and Gold Army to the ninth place in the Western Conference after the end of the regular season, if they can get their wish, the play-off Pelicans will usher in a showdown with the Lakers at their home home, and the home advantage will greatly increase their probability of winning!