Earlier today, the Bulls and bucks ushered in the fourth meeting in the first round of the playoffs, in fact, in the second game when they were away to Milwaukee, the Bulls had narrowly won by 4 points, ending the embarrassing record of not winning against the Bucks this season, thinking that they could return to the home united center to blow up, equalize, and even hold the game point, but these two games they were unfortunate to lose by a big score, following the day before yesterday's 30-point defeat, they lost the Bucks again today with 95-119 and 24 points, so that, The Bulls unfortunately became the first team in history to lose three consecutive home games in the playoffs with a 20+ point difference.
In game four, the Bucks won the match point, and the Bulls' backcourt duo fell into a state of playing iron
This key game is held by the Bucks, the Bulls' two backcourt cores are absolutely responsible, although the score of both of them in this game has come to 20+, but the shooting rate is not ideal, LaVine in the 40 minutes of playing time, 8 of 20 shots, 5 of three-pointers, only 23 points, -24 plus and minus is the worst one on the team, and LaVine is not much better, in the 41 minutes of playing time, although he scored 24 points, 5 rebounds and 13 assists, but only hit 8 goals in 18 shots, The shooting percentage is only a decent 44.4%, and if they can maintain the normal level of the regular season, the Bulls will not lose 2 consecutive games at home and put themselves in an absolutely passive situation.
The playoffs of Addrozan & Ravin are both the league's countdowns, and they really deserve to be on the back
Although in this season to help the Bulls 5 years away from the playoff stage again, but the team's two backcourt core DeRozan, LaVine, have not been able to maintain the same stable shooting feel as the regular season, these 4 games down, DeRozan averaged 23.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game, shooting only 40% of the shooting rate, and three-point shots a total of 9 times, did not hit 1 goal, far lower than the regular season average of 27.9 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game, as well as 50.4% shooting percentage and 35.2% shooting rate The three-point shooting rate, and even more lamentable, deRozan's total plus-minus of -50 ranks fifth from the bottom in the league, except for the second game of 41 points, to help the team win the first playoff win, the other three games have not been able to stage a magical performance.
And LaVine, who played the playoffs for the first time in his career, also suffered serious dissatisfaction, after 4 games, he averaged only 19.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 6 assists per game, although the two shooting rates were not bad compared to DeRozan (42.9% shooting rate, 37.5% three-point shooting rate), but compared with his performance in the regular season (24.4 points per game in the regular season, shooting percentage and 38.9% shooting rate, respectively), there is still a big gap, In addition, his plus-minus and DeRozan are also half a pound, only -41 in the league at the bottom of the 11th to the bottom.
The bull revival has a long way to go, and it will take time to really rise
For the Bulls, this season can get rid of the previous fish belly label, into the playoffs has been considered to have achieved the set goal, and the first round of facing the defending champion Bucks with sufficient experience in the big game, the Bulls can avoid being swept and win a victory, I believe it is also unexpected by many Bulls fans, after all, in the regular season they did not win against the Bulls, and this time DeRozan, LaVine faced such a strong opponent in the downturn, it is understandable, after all, the two sides are also the first cooperation this season, There are still many places that need to be slowly run-in, and if this unfortunate first round trip is unfortunate, it is just so that they can understand how big a gap they have with these top teams, and then improve later.