Regulars know it, for several seasons the games between the Hawks and the Bulls often give rise to crazy. On the stats sheets, in the proposed scenarios, and this meeting therefore had a nice smell of main event of the night when we learned that … Trae Young was back from COVID protocol to try to cut the quid to Bulls in full stuff. Do you know the last one? And beh this match… was pure madness.
There was this almost legendary 168-161 in March 2019 or even a monumental performance by Zach LaVine the following season with a small 7/7 from the parking lot, and overall all the Bulls – Hawks of recent seasons have also offered us warm basketball evenings. Tonight ? Once is customary since Billy Donovan’s men and Nate McMillan’s men gave us one of the best games of the season. Let us pay tribute first of all to these Hawks, who found this night a Trae Young back and eager to do battle, while the absences still forced McMillan to establish Chaundee Brown Jr., delighted sir. The strong men of Atlanta? Trae Young obviously, left in his race for the stars and author this night of 29 points and 9 assists, awkward in the parking lot but quite elusive in the first half in particular. Other good news made in Georgia, Bogdan Bogdanovic is gradually finding his wrist and calves, Gorgui Dieng continues to be a perfect soldier out of the bench and, above all, the Hawks seem to have found themselves in the person of… Cam Reddish a new leader or not far away. 34 points last week against the Magic, 18 against the Sixers despite a small ankle alert and therefore 33 last night, with 8 shots from the parking lot, Cam outgoing defeated arms in hand from his huge duel with DeMar DeRozan in particular. Good news for the Hawks, who are still struggling to get the best of this 2019 draft Reddish / Hunter duo because of the health of the two kids.
But if the Hawks do not have to be ashamed of their narrow defeat, the Bulls can very clearly flex this morning with this new victory, the 21st of the season, which allows them more than ever to heat the second place in the ‘East. Bulls far from complete too, eh, since we recall that the three best defenders of the team or not far are currently lying on their backs (Pat Williams for the season, Alex Caruso and Lonzo Ball for a few more days), Bulls on the verge of breaking the all-time record for players passed through the COVID protocol, because yes this stat will unfortunately exist soon. But if the absent could have weighed, these incredible Bulls make our thoughts positive, more than ever, with this new very big evening, in particular offered by a dream trio made up of All-Star Nikola Vucevic and the two loulous who will be soon again: Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan.
35 points and 10 assists at 14/19 shooting for DeRozan
23 points, 15 rebounds and 6 three-point 4/8 assists for Vucevic
30 points and 9 assists at 11/21 shooting including 5/8 at three points for LaVine
Just a perfection of the Bulls trio tonight, back to back. Monstrous.
– TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) December 28, 2021
Zach LaVine not far from 25 pawns at halftime, Nikola Vucevic who drops a wonder of the second half, DeMar DeRozan who takes up the Cam Reddish challenge and ends his match with a new MVP mixtape, Coby White and even Matt Thomas who pounded from afar, and therefore a new victory in the heart of a decidedly devilishly exciting season for the Bulls, who continue their chase with a fate which nevertheless does everything to put them in the wheel . Defense adjustments, the bonus to the hottest player and it’s practical when you have three monsters on the field, mastered money times, rotations that do the job even when they were not planned in the program, and in the end always – or often – the same conclusion: victories, victories and always victories.
Watch out for the Bulls if Nikola Vucevic starts playing like an All-Star, watch out if Zach LaVine steps up to validate his spot this season, and watch out if DeMar DeRozan continues to play like a fuck * n MVP. These Bulls run, defend, score and think, these Bulls are second in the East, these Bulls are so kiffy.
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