In this season's Eastern Conference, many teams have become the favorites in the eyes of fans with their outstanding performances, including the Bulls who signed DeRozan, Ball and Caruso, who once ranked at the top of the Eastern Conference standings with their excellent records, but as the season progressed, the team that was regarded as the strongest dark horse at the beginning of the season exposed a fatal weakness, that is, it was not strong, which was why they fell out of the top four in the final stage of the regular season. They also risk continued to decline in the rankings, so keeping fifth place in the remaining regular season became their main goal! In this regular season, the Bulls encountered last season's Eastern Black Marc Knicks, after the game began, the two sides played extremely anxious, among which Randall, who chose to lie flat after signing a big contract, is still the big black hole on the offensive end of the team, but his infernal performance did not save the opponent, the Knicks relied on Barrett and Burks to cut 55 points, and finally defeated the Bulls 109-104, the latter also became the strongest dark horse at the beginning of the season, becoming a pseudo-strong team in the East recognized by fans!
The Bulls have been able to make great strides this season, and DeRozan's addition has played a crucial role, in this game against the Knicks, Azan is still the team's best player, he played 41.2 minutes in the whole game, 26 shots hit 12 goals, and frequently hit the inside to kill and get 12 free throw opportunities, one person cut a game-high 37 points, in addition to 6 rebounds and 7 assists of personal data.
But the team's three-point shot feel is not good, let Dro approve of the empty slash, by many fans called Chicago Curry Lavin, this campaign outside the three-point line 7 shots only hit 2 goals to get 27 points, which is also the epitome of the Bulls' outside performance, the whole team shot 23 three-point shots only hit 6, the shooting rate is only 26.1%, this alone is 18 points less than the opponent, which is also the reason why they regretted defeat.
In fact, the performance of the Knicks in this game is not good, being able to win is completely the background of the opponent, has become a burden on the team Randall, this game played 27.5 minutes, 9 shots only hit 1 goal, personal score only a miserable 5 points, it can be said that they have done their best to help the Bulls, but unfortunately the latter did not seize the opportunity.
The excellent performance of Barrett and Burks outside the starting game is the key to the Knicks' ability to play below, among which Barrett, although the two-point shot is not good, but the three-point line outside the 3-point line 2 of 3 shots to get the team's high 28 points, and Burks is a three-point shot 5 of 10 shots soared 27 points, under the leadership of the two of them, the Knicks in the outside confrontation to dominate, which also became the winner of the game.
In another game, the Raptors beat Lu Kai, who was temporarily at the top of the Eastern Conference standings by 3 points in overtime, which also allowed them to equal the Bulls in terms of record, and the worse news is that the Bulls' remaining schedule is very difficult, if they can't get back the performance at the beginning of the season, they may even fall out of the top six and have to play the playoffs, which is obviously the end they don't want to see!