The Bulls take on the Heat
The season has come to an end, but the Curse of the Chicago Bulls has not been lifted, and their record against the top three teams in the East and West is a poor 0-16. This statistic is undoubtedly telling us that the Bulls are the pseudo-strong team in the East this season, even if they are still in fifth place in the East, but this is also an indisputable fact. Leaving aside DeRozan's godly games this season, the Bulls' winning percentage may have fallen out of the top eight in the East. DeRozan's deal made the Bulls a proper winner.
In this game, the Bulls have another opportunity to play at home against the Miami Heat, the first place in the East. Ronzo Ball continues to be absent from this game, and the only thing the Bulls can rely on to win is Demar DeRozan. However, the strength of the Miami Heat is too outstanding, defense is their killer, as long as they can limit DeRozan, then this game, the victory or defeat will lose suspense.
Three stanzas lose suspense
At the beginning of the first quarter, the two teams were still on an equal footing, LaVine took the lead, hitting 3 three-pointers in a single quarter, getting 11 points and 2 rebounds, DeRozan and Vucevic also scored 10 points, the Bulls who played at home scored 30 points in a single quarter, while the Heat scored 31 points, including Lowry 9 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, butler 7 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists. After returning from the second quarter, DeRozan still did not find his form, only 6 points on 1-of-7 shooting, and although LaVine had 7 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, the Bulls only scored 27 points in this quarter.
The Heat's offense took it to the next level, with Butler scoring nine points, three rebounds and one assist, Hiro on the bench hitting three three-pointers, and the team blasted down 35 points in a single quarter, and at the end of the half, the Heat led the Bulls by as many as nine points at 66-57. In the second half, DeRozan won 5 free throws in a single quarter, with 9 points and 1 assist, but Ravin and Vucevic were not in good shape, the team only had 22 points in a single quarter, the Heat continued to extend the lead, and Hiro hit 3 more three-pointers to successfully widen the point difference to 19 points.
With such a huge point difference, the final quarter can be said to have basically lost suspense, but the Bulls are still unwilling to give up. DeRozan scored seven more points, one rebound and one assist in the final quarter, hit a three-pointer, and LaVine had 10 points and one rebound, but even so, the point difference showed no signs of narrowing. There was no way, the Bulls could only replace the main force and declare that the vote was conceded. In the end, the Miami Heat won 127-109 on the road to win three consecutive games.
Eastern pseudo-strong team real hammer
After losing this game, the Bulls face the top three teams in the East and West, and the record has reached 0 wins and 17 losses, which can be said to be a certain pseudo-strong team. Their next opponents are the Bucks and Celtics, both in the top three teams in the East, depending on whether they can break the spell of no win. LaVine hit five three-pointers and had 33 points, five rebounds and two assists, while DeRozan had 26 points, one rebound and two assists, but he shot only 6-of-18 from the field, which shows how good the Heat's defense is. Vucevic had 12 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, and as the core of the team, he had to perform better.
Once again, the Heat won three straight games to defend their first place in the East. Even though the Nets are likely to be eighth in the East, the Heat don't have any fear. In this game, the Heat 7 people scored in double figures, Butler got 22 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, 12 shots in 7 of the efficient shooting rate, Lowry also had 19 points, 2 rebounds and 10 assists, Hiro was 19 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists, Adebayo 16 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists, I have to say that the depth of this team's lineup, looking at the whole league, is also the first gear.