The Knights face the Bulls
In the past six games, the Chicago Bulls have only won one game, and so far this season, facing the top three teams in the East and West, the Bulls have a humiliating 0-16 record. It can be said that the Bulls is a typical pseudo-strong team, with the deepening of the season, the paper tigers finally exposed the horse's feet, the opponents are no longer jealous, so the Bulls' record, it has taken a sharp turn, and now it has come to the fifth position in the East. In this game, the Bulls are going to challenge the Cleveland Cavaliers, who are sixth in the East.
Between the two teams, there is only a 1-win gap, that is, this game will be a crucial card position battle, and the Bulls must win this game if they want to stop the decline. To win, DeRozan had to step up. As for the Cavaliers, they and the Raptors behind them have no win difference, and if they lose, they will fall into the ranks of the playoffs.
The bull refused to reverse
At the beginning of the first quarter, Vucevic felt hot, 10 points, 2 rebounds and 1 steal on 4-of-6 shooting, LaVine also had 7 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, DeRozan had 4 points and 2 rebounds, and the team scored 28 points in a single quarter, although not much, but the Cavaliers felt cold, only 16 points were scored, and the difference between the two teams came directly to 12 points. After returning from the second quarter, LaVine scored another 8 points, the Bulls blossomed more, and scored 25 points in a single quarter, while the Cavaliers still did not find their touch, Garland had 12 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, and the team only scored 19 points.
As a result, by the end of the half, the Chicago Bulls were 53-35 ahead of the Cleveland Cavaliers by as many as 18 points. It's not that the Bulls did so well, it's just that the Cavaliers feel so bad. In the second half, the Cavaliers finally found their touch, Garland did not score a point, but the bench scored 14 points, the team blossomed more points, bombed 28 points, and the Bulls side, only scored 22 points, of which Caruso got 7 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, and the point difference returned to 12 points.
After returning from the final quarter, the Cavaliers are still chasing, Garland is back to the touch, LeVert is dreaming back to the peak, deRozan although turned on the king of the final quarter mode, but with Garland jump shot hit, the point difference still came to 3 points. The Bulls immediately responded with a small 5-0 surge to re-stabilize the situation. In the end, the Chicago Bulls narrowly defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 98-94 and successfully refused to reverse.
The Lakers shouldn't let him go
DeRozan stepped forward in the final quarter, with 10 points and 1 rebound, becoming the key to the team's refusal to reverse, the whole game, DeRozan 20 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, but still decent, LaVine had 25 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, Vucevic 16 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, Dawsom 11 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, and Caruso was 10 points, 8 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals, with only 5 shots. The Bulls' starting five Tigers all scored in double figures, while Caruso's plus-minus of +18 was a far cry from Lavine's +7.
This is Caruso, who can help the team as long as he is present. In this game, Caruso played 38 minutes, second in the team, only 42 seconds less than LaVine. I have to say that the Lakers missed not only DeRozan, but also Caruso, if the contract of the little Tucker is given to Caruso, then today's Lakers will definitely not be so miserable. On the Cavaliers side, Garland got 28 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, which is still a star-level performance, And LeVille also has 17 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, as long as he finds his form, then the Cavaliers still have a great chance in the playoffs.