The Bucks lost the final game of the regular season, successfully avoiding the Brooklyn Nets and taking on the Chicago Bulls with a third-place record in the East. As last season's championship team, the Bucks have been in steady form this season, with little trouble. Their goal is clear: to be the defending champion and to be on the highest podium in the league again. However, the team that can make it into the playoffs will be idle, and the Bucks will have to make a lot of efforts to successfully advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals and even rush out of the East.
The opponents of this round of competition, the Chicago Bulls, have not performed very well in recent times, but they also have a group of small big three in their team. DeRozan, Raven and Vucevic are all key figures in the Bulls' wins. Perhaps, the Bulls' players do not have much playoff experience, and the Bucks will take a big advantage. However, the game is always changing rapidly, and until the last moment, no one knows what the final result will be. So, what kind of sparks will burst out of this duel between the two sides? Let's move on.
In the first half, the Bucks showed their determination to defend their title. Alphabet brother's state is very good, after handing over 9 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists in the first quarter, there are 8 points, 3 rebounds and 1 block data contribution in the second quarter. At the same time, DeRozan's shooting feel is not very hot, and he plays iron frequently, so that the first quarter gave the Bucks a 13-point lead with a 34-21 score. However, in the second quarter, the players in the team played everywhere, or sent a 22-17 score.
The point difference was reduced to single digits, and the Bulls, who were easy to fight again, could take advantage of the chase and continue to narrow the point difference. In the third quarter, Vucevic stepped forward and delivered a crucial 12 points in the single quarter to help the team play 28-23. The gap between the two sides was narrowed to 3 points, and the Bulls still had a good chance of achieving a reversal in the final quarter. Unfortunately, the Bucks did not continue to give them a chance, but instead played a 19-15 score. In the end, the fourth quarter was over regular time, and the Bucks won the game with a score of 93-86.
After losing this game, the Bulls' record this season against the top four teams in the East has become 1-15 (regular season + playoffs). They seem to be under a spell, just an ordinary playoff team that is bullying and afraid of hard. However, we have to admit that the Bulls also had a wonderful performance in the crucial final quarter: Caruso's early position caused an offensive foul on The Alphabet Brother, thus getting his fifth foul! It is precisely because of the five fouls of the alphabet brother that the Bulls have won a lot of counterattack opportunities.
However, DeRozan's performance in this game was really disappointing, although the playing time came to nearly 43 minutes, but only 6 of 25 bad hits, handing over 18 + 8 + 6 data, it is simply doing useless work. At the same time, Alphabet Brother led the team to victory in the first game of the playoffs, and his personal data also got 27 points, 16 rebounds and 3 assists, and successfully got at least 25 points and 10 rebounds in the playoffs 30 times, becoming the second in the history of the Bucks, second only to the famous Jabbar.