The Kings narrowly missed the Bulls' 30-point reversal: Fox scored 41 points, and Sa Jr. had a triple-double in 31 consecutive games, ranking first in team history
On February 4, Beijing time, the NBA regular season King played away against the Bulls, of which the Kings were the second game of a back-to-back. The Kings led by up to 30 points, but were chased to only 3 points in the final quarter of the Bulls' madness, and finally the Kings defeated the Bulls 123-115 to win two straight games and consolidate the fifth place in the West. Fox scored 41 points, Sabonis Jr. had 13 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, and tied Oscar Robertson for the most in team history with a double-double in 31 consecutive games, Monk scored 22 points, the Bulls scored 20+ points, DeRozan scored 24 points, Vucevic scored 24 points, and White scored 26 points.
The two sides met for the first time this season, with the Bulls missing four players including LaVine and Ball Brother, and the Kings missing only one player, Vezinkov. In the face of the remnants of the Bulls, the Kings turned on the offensive mode early in the first quarter, and they continued to attack the opponent in the first quarter to maintain a slight lead, and the Kings took a 32-25 lead of 7 points at the end of the first quarter.
Entering the second quarter of the game, the Kings continued to turn on the offensive mode, and they scored 30+ points in a single quarter in two consecutive quarters, and the Kings once extended a 61-45 lead of 16 points in the second quarter. The Kings scored 12 points at 39-27 in the second quarter, leading the Bulls by 19 points at 71-52 at the end of the first half.
Coming back from halftime, the Kings started the third quarter with a huge 30-point lead at 82-52, but the Bulls fought back to chase the points. The Bulls launched a wave of 29-9 offensive and frantically fought back, and at the end of the third quarter, the Kings were chased to a 10-point lead over the Bulls at 91-81.
In the final quarter of the game, DeRozan, Vucevic and White all scored 20+, leading the Bulls to continue to fight back frantically to chase points, and the Kings were chased to 118-115 in the final stage with only a 3-point lead. Barnes was fouled and hit both free throws, DeRozan missed a key layup, and Monk was fouled to continue to make free throws to extend the advantage, and finally the Kings narrowly beat the Bulls.
(Text/Drunken Sleeping)