As the regular season showdowns deepened this season, the Chicago Bulls, who could still play the dark horse style of the East before the All-Star Game, lost their original color and once became a heavily bullied fish belly team in the East. However, with the impressive results achieved in the early part of the season, the Bulls are still able to maintain the sixth position in the East with a record of 45 wins and 35 losses, and they are only one game away from getting tickets to the playoffs in advance. That's right, the cavaliers, who are seventh in the East, are 2.0 wins behind them, and as long as the victory in this home game against the Hornets, the dust will settle.
But the Hornets were no longer what they used to be, and they also had the strength and qualifications to compete for playoff tickets. Lamelo Bauer, Bridges, and the likes of Rozier are all key to the Hornets' victory. At the beginning of the game, the Hornets, who played away, took the lead and got the initiative to lead the score. Lamelo Bauer shot 5-of-6 in the first quarter and delivered a luxurious stat of 15 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists to lead the team to a 39-30 score and a 9-point lead.
After entering the second quarter of the showdown, the Hornets, who achieved a noisy victory, can continue to expand the point difference between the two teams. Bridges stepped forward and also had 10 points, 1 assist and 1 block in the second quarter, and Ball had 9 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists to help the team play 40-21 to take a 19-point lead. By the end of the first half, the Hornets had gone 79-51 ahead of the Bulls by a crucial 28 points. As the dark horse team in the East this season, it is really painful that the Bulls have been beaten without the ability to fight back.
However, after yibian fought again, the bulls were able to wake up in time and launch a corresponding counterattack. In the third quarter, DeRozan delivered 6 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist in the single quarter, and Lavin sent 8 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist to help the team score 32-32, rejecting the Hornets' refusal to extend the point difference. With the final 12 minutes of the game left, the Bulls, who were 28 points behind their opponents, did not choose to compromise even if they did not have the opportunity to reverse the score. Yes, in the final quarter of the tiebreaker, the Bulls' starters clocked in for work, but Dosem, who came off the bench, was able to play a 34-22 score of 12 points, 2 assists and 1 steal in the full 12 minutes of the game.
In the end, the regular time of the fourth quarter was over, and the Hornets won the game with a score of 133-117. There is no doubt that the Bulls, who suffered 3 consecutive defeats, gradually deviated from the track that the dark horses in the east should have and become an ordinary team that is not highly competitive. The Hornets, the winner of this game, achieved a very impressive result after the trade deadline. Yes, in the process of signing Thomas Jr., the Hornets once achieved a good record of 12 wins and 6 losses, and finally got the ticket to enter the playoff area and qualified for the playoffs.
As the saying goes, oranges born in Huainan are oranges, and those born in Huaibei are oranges. Thomas Jr. has played for the Lakers, Lone Rangers and Hornets this season. In the 5 games that I wanted to play for the Lakers, Thomas Jr. also had the opportunity to start, but without exception, he was able to lose and rise. Now playing for the Charlotte Hornets, Thomas Jr. seems to have found his home in the second half of his career, becoming a blessing for the team to win.
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