On April 18, Beijing time, the NBA play-offs continued, and the Bulls played at home against the Hawks. In this game, the Bulls entered the state early, suppressed the Hawks when they came up, and established an 18-point lead in a single quarter, and the Hawks launched a counterattack in the second quarter, scoring 45 points in a single quarter to successfully close the score; In the end, the Bulls defeated the Hawks 131-116 and will battle the Heat for the final playoff spot.
Trae Young played in this game, but unfortunately his state was not good, the offensive end was not in shape at all, and he could only score points through free throws, and the team was also completely passive in the first quarter, falling behind by 18 points in a single quarter. Fortunately, the Hawks fought back wildly in the second quarter, with full firepower on the offensive end, and Murray took on the heavy responsibility, scoring 23 points in the half to help the team narrow the gap. The Eagles scored 45 points in the entire second quarter and managed to close the gap, trailing by only six points at halftime.
In the second half, the Hawks failed to extend their hand, and the Bulls once again stretched the gap away, still maintaining an excellent offensive state, leading by 18 points after three quarters. In the final quarter, the Hawks' offensive hand was still sluggish, and the Bulls had maintained a lead of about 20 points, White, DeRozan and Vucevic could all stand up and score points, and the Hawks were in no offensive state, only scoring 8 points in the first quarter, and they were unable to narrow the difference, and the game lost suspense. In the end, the Hawks lost 116-131 to the Bulls and were eliminated from the tournament.
The Bulls played very well in this game, in which White was full of firepower, 15 of 21 shots, 3 of 7 three-pointers, and scored a game-high 42 points, plus 9 rebounds and 6 assists, directly blowing up Trae Young on the opposite side. In addition, DeRozan also had 22 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists, Vucevic had 24 points and 12 rebounds, and Dosum also had 19 points.
The Hawks were only on fire in the second quarter this time, and the rest of the time they were passive, Murray did his best, played 45 minutes, and had 30 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists on 11-of-21 shooting. But Trae Young's side had 22 points and 10 assists, but he had 6 turnovers on 4-of-12 shooting, and his plus/minus of -27 was the worst on the team. In addition, Capela had 22 points and 17 rebounds, Bogdanovic scored 21 points, and the four scored 20+, but unfortunately they still couldn't help the team win.