Always rivals in the Los Angeles Classic between the Lakers and the Clipperstoday comrades and Titles in the Bulls midfield. Alex Caruso and Patrick Beverley are at its center reborn Chicago in 2022-2023to dream of him again entry into the playoffs. To do that, Billy Donovan’s men took a huge step this Sunday by beating them Memphis Grizzlies 128-107.
Chicago has now won seven of their last ten games and more importantly, 10 of 13 with his current five: Patrick Beverley, Alex Caruso, Zach LaVine, DeMar DeRozan and Nikola Vucevic. An alignment that worked wonders and found a ideal balance of defense and pointsto transform the Bulls into a competitive team and with real postseason quality.
It’s clear that the spotlight will go to LaVine, DeRozan and to a lesser extent Vucevic as the team’s leading scorers. Or even a Kobe White who has a great closing regular season (19 points against Memphis). But the truth is this the foundation of this good time for Chicago rests on defense (fifth best in the league in the last 10 games) and that’s where the names of Beverley and Caruso come to the fore.
Caruso saved LeBron two games ago and starts the game today with a block on Ja Morad
One of the most versatile defenders in the league.
Neither routinely averages more than 5 or 6 points per game and doesn’t have spectacular stats in other areas either. But the stability that the two starting guards give him on his own court is a advantage that Chicago lacked for much of the year: Beverley arrived in mid-February while Caruso missed 14 games due to injury and also did not open the year as the undisputed starter. The best version of the team appeared at the most important moment of the campaign.
All formations that combine Caruso and Beverley have worked perfectly for the Bulls. Not counting the good work this Sunday against Memphis, they piled up 520 possessions togetherwith Spectacular net rating +10.9supported by a superior defensive performance: score 106.2. By comparison, the best defense in the NBA, right at the hands of its opponents this Sunday, is allowing a rating of 110.7.
Big defensive possession for the Bulls.
They stay connected in transition and execute perfect rotations to stay ahead of the Grizzlies.
Chicago will have a key game this Tuesdaytaking it Atlanta Hacksin his last chance to step up Play-In and maybe reach 7th vs. 8th, with a direct ticket to the Playoffs (today they should play 9th vs. 10th). And when you face some Hawks with Bring on Young and Dejounte Murray As stars, the Bulls couldn’t ask for more from this duo of defensive guards building a wall to protect the perimeter.
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Denver Nuggets announced Nikola Jokic He will miss at least four weeks due to a left knee injury.
Star center was diagnosed with left knee hyperextension. At the same time, tests confirmed that the three-time NBA MVP’s knee ligaments remained intact.
Jokic was injured in the final seconds of the first half of the 123-147 loss to the Miami Heat and limped heavily on his way to the locker room. He did not return to the site after a long time.
Before his injury, Nikola managed to produce 21 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds in just 19 minutes on the field.
Losing Jokic could be a big blow for Denver, as starters Christian Braun (ankle injury), Aaron Gordon (hip issue) and Cam Johnson (knee injury) remain sidelined.
Jokic averaged 29.9 points, 12.4 rebounds and 11.1 assists per game this season.
Injury Update: Nikola Jokić suffered a Hyperextension injury in his Left Knee in last night’s match against Miami Heat. Nikola will be re-evaluated in four weeks. pic.twitter.com/NIDmlKAN81
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11 games were played in the NBA regular season on the night of December 29-30.
Miami hosted Denver and earned a landslide victory.
The home team was ahead by 12 points with 41:29 to play in the first quarter, but the Nuggets were able to slowly win back in the second quarter. The teams entered a long break with the score tied at 63:63. The decisive factor in the match was the third quarter, when the Heat made an 11:0 move and led by 15 points at 84:69. After that the home team completely controlled the course of the game and only increased their advantage, achieving a crushing victory – 147:123.
The most productive player of the match was Powell, who brought 25 points to Miami, while Jaques (20 points + 11 assists) and Adebayo had double-doubles with 13 points + 10 rebounds.
San Antonio hosted Cleveland and suffered a sensational defeat.
Three-quarters of the meeting was fought evenly, with the teams responding to each other’s pushes with their own pushes and often staying within a shot or two of each other. That changed in the fourth quarter, as the Cavaliers went on a 15-2 run to take a 10-point lead, 94-84. They then maintained their advantage and won with a score of 113:101.
Cleveland’s main hero in this game was Allen, who had a double-double with 27 points and 10 rebounds. Garland can achieve the same success with 15 points and 11 assists.
Toronto beat Orlando at home.
Magic started the match better and made a 14:2 move at the start. Afterwards, they took control of the course of the game and increased the advantage completely to +21 – 51:30 in the second 12 minutes. After that, the home team slowly started to close the gap and entered the long break with a score of 11-11 at 54:65. The third quarter was tied, so Orlando still had a double-digit advantage ahead of the final: 94:84. At the beginning of the match the play followed the same scenario but in the middle Toronto made a move with 15:0 and not only won it back but also took the lead with 105:102. The fate of the game was decided by Barnes’ free throws, which set the score at 107:106 with 1 minute and 27 seconds left in the quarter.
Barnes could not make a triple-double this time, but he did a double-double and got 13 points and 11 rebounds, while the most productive name in the victory was Shead with 19 points.
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Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo He gave a harsh response to the question about a possible trade to another NBA club:
“I’m here. Don’t ask me that question. It’s disrespectful to me and my teammates. I wear this jersey every day.
To say I don’t want to be here is disrespectful to the organization, the coaching staff, myself and everyone who worked hard to get me on the field. Don’t ask me this question. I am her. I’m going out in this uniform. And as long as I’m here, I’ll give it my all until the last second of the match.”
On the night of December 27-28, Antetokounmpo returned to the field after his calf muscle injury and became the most productive player of the game with the Chicago Bulls – 112:103.
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