On April 18, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA playoffs continued. In a just-concluded Battle of the Eastern Focus, the Bulls, ranked 6th in the East, traveled to challenge the No. 3 Bucks in the East. After 48 minutes of fierce competition, the Bulls finally lost to the Bucks 86:93, trailing 0:1 in the series!
The reason why the Bulls lost today is directly related to the team's poor performance on the offensive end, and the team's Big Three is struggling on the offensive end. DeRozan played 43 minutes today, shooting just 6-of-25, including 0-of-2 from three-point range and 6-of-6 from the free throw line, for a total of 18 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists; LaVine played 37 minutes today, shooting only 6-of-19, including 2-of-10 from three-point range and 4-of-4 from the free throw line, for a total of 28 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists; Vucevic played 39 minutes and shot 9-of-27, including 2-of-10 three-pointers and 4-of-5 free throws, for a total of 24 points, 17 rebounds and 3 assists.
The Big Three made a total of 71 appearances but only hit 21 goals, bringing the total to 50. In this case, it is not unusual for the Bulls to lose. In the final quarter, DeRozan shot 1 of 6, Lavin 6 of 0 and Vucevic 1 of 8!
After the game, DeRozan spoke about the poor feel, saying: "I don't know what really happened, maybe it's because we haven't played in 1 week. Today is not the real me. I feel good with every shot, most of my shots are empty shots, that's an empty position. I'm not going to have that bad shooting percentage like 6-of-25 again. I guarantee that Vucevic and Lavin will not lose so much in the next game. ”
LaVine missed a key three-pointer in the final moments of the game, to which he said: "I think it was a good shooting opportunity, I think a lot of my shots were good, it was one of the best shots I had, but it hit the back edge of the basket. ”
It is worth mentioning that counting today's game, the Bulls have only 1 win and 15 losses against the top four teams in the East this season (regular season + playoffs), and they only won one game against the Celtics at the beginning of the season. According to the schedule, the two teams will meet in the second leg on April 21, and the Bulls will continue to play away from home.