After a first game to quickly forget, the Bulls showed a much better face last night on the occasion of Game 2. moment when they were able to overthrow the leaders of the Eastern Conference.
Among the game’s (many) satisfactions on the Chicago side, there’s Alex Caruso, who is still in the lead in the absence of Lonzo Ball. Precious in the role of the Swiss Army knife and through his defensive investment, the former Laker amassed 9 points, 10 assists, 2 blocks and 2 interceptions.
After the meeting, in the Bulls locker room, he donned the cape of the old sage and asked his teammates not to consider themselves too handsome, despite the quality of the win achieved at the end of this Game 2.
† She [les Bucks] now automatically have the advantage. It’s in human nature: we won, they lost. So they want revenge, rightly so † reminded of the back† † So enjoy and learn from this victory. But we will have to come back with the same mentality [pour le Game 3]† You have three more games to win. †
Despite this measured reaction after the win, Alex Caruso was still very proud of his team and mentioned in particular a “found state of mind”, especially in defence, after a very painful end to the regular season. † Our season has been long, we have faced setbacks. We were in a hole at one point, it was complicated. But we found our mentality, our spirit. We talked about it among ourselves, about the opportunity that presented itself. It’s the playoffs! †
† He is the anchor of our defense. I told him, not long ago, that I draw my energy from him in defense Complimented DeMar DeRozan, who was very prominent in the attack. † In that respect he is a leader. […] He doesn’t back down, and that’s inspiring. Especially when you see him giving everything against Giannis or Jrue. When we see that, we want to do the same, to match his intensity in defense. †
| shots | bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| players | GM | Minimum | shots | 3 points | LF | Out | secure | early | pd | bp | int | CT | side | Points |
| Demar Derozan | 76 | 36.1 | 50.4 | 35.2 | 87.7 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 27.9 |
| Zach Lavine | 67 | 34.7 | 47.6 | 38.9 | 85.3 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 24.4 |
| Nikola Vucevic | 73 | 33.1 | 47.3 | 31.4 | 76.0 | 1.9 | 9.1 | 11.0 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 17.6 |
| Lonzo Ball | 35 | 34.6 | 42.3 | 42.3 | 75.0 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 13.0 |
| Coby White | 61 | 27.5 | 43.3 | 38.5 | 85.7 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 12.7 |
| patrick williams | 17 | 24.8 | 52.9 | 51.7 | 73.2 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 9.0 |
| Ayo Dosunmu | 77 | 27.4 | 52.0 | 37.6 | 67.9 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 8.8 |
| Alex Caruso | 41 | 28.0 | 39.8 | 33.3 | 79.5 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 7.4 |
| Javonte Green | 65 | 23.4 | 54.2 | 35.6 | 83.3 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 7.2 |
| Tristan Thompson | 23 | 16.3 | 56.5 | 0.0 | 54.2 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 5.7 |
| Derrick Jones | 51 | 17.6 | 53.8 | 32.8 | 80.0 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 5.6 |
| Troy Brown Jr. | 66 | 16.0 | 41.9 | 35.3 | 76.9 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 4.3 |
| Matt Thomas | 40 | 11.5 | 41.0 | 38.5 | 80.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| Alfonzo McKinnie | 17 | 12.1 | 39.3 | 33.3 | 25.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| Malcolm Hill | 16 | 10.4 | 43.2 | 32.3 | 70.0 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 3.4 |
| Tyler Cook | 20 | 10.0 | 60.5 | 0.0 | 65.6 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 3.4 |
| Tony Bradley | 55 | 10.0 | 58.5 | 0.0 | 65.5 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Devon Dotson | 11 | 7.7 | 47.8 | 22.2 | 55.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.6 |
| Mac McClung | 1 | 2.5 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Marko Simonovic | 9 | 3.9 | 26.7 | 20.0 | 72.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.9 |
| Alize Johnson | 16 | 7.5 | 52.2 | 0.0 | 57.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.8 |
| Jordan Bello | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
