Limited to 18 points last night against the formidable Heat defense, DeMar DeRozan officially came down from his cloud, he who remained on a magnificent streak of 30-point matches. A streak so crazy that his name was mentioned with mister Michael Jordan. So we had to come back to it.
He wasn’t going to go on like this forever. Not that DeMar didn’t have the shoulders, but he was on such a pace that it was hard to sustain. Ten games in a row to at least 30 points, including eight to 35 with at least 50% shooting success (NBA record if you take the percentage into account), this is the kind of series that places you among the greatest scorers in the NBA history. And in particular one that we know rather well in Chicago: Michael Jordan. During his crazy 1986-87 season with more than 37 pawns on average, MJ chained no less than eleven performances with a minimum of 30 points on the clock. It was between February 13 and March 4, 1987. If you want the total match by match, we invite you to take a look at Basket-Reference but we advise you to wet your neck well before. Because Jordan has not only chained eleven meetings at 30 units, he also shot at… 40.6 points on average over the period. In short, hashtag GOAT you know. DeMar has not climbed as high during his series (36.9 points average over his ten meetings) and therefore has fell just one game short of Jordan’s personal record. However, it is impossible not to return to the exploits of the man so much he has embellished our nights in recent weeks.
Longest streak of 30-point games in Bulls history:
11 — Michael Jordan
10 — DeMar DeRozan pic.twitter.com/UANVgUPvmk— StatMuse (@statmuse) February 27, 2022
31, 45, 38, 36, 35, 38, 40, 38, 37, 31. These are the numbers in DeRozan’s scoring between February 4 and February 26, 2022. Numbers that obviously weigh heavily, especially given the efficiency that goes with it. Because it’s one thing to chain the matches to 30 pawns, it’s another to do it while turning at 56.6% (!) of success in shooting. But in the end, what we remember above all from this streak is the way in which DeRozan carried the Bulls on his shoulders throughout the month of February. While there are still people in the Chicago infirmary (Lonzo Ball, Alex Caruso, Pat Williams) and his friend Zach LaVine missed five games just before the All-Star Break, DMDR allowed the Bulls to continue to rack up the wins, they who won seven of the ten games in question to remain well in the heights of the Eastern Conference. So certainly, Chicago took advantage of a relatively easy calendar (victory against Indiana, Charlotte, Minnesota, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Sacramento and Atlanta) but without the exploits of the Midrange King in the money time night after night, the Bulls could have fallen in the hierarchy of the East where everything is very tight this year. Long story short, DeRozan has simply evolved to MVP level and scored a lot of points both on the court and in the race for the most prestigious of individual trophies. We’re not going to debate his place in the rankings right now, we’ll see you tomorrow for that with our house MVP Ranking, but DMDR brought back a lot of glorious memories to Bulls supporters with his magnificent offensive series. And that’s still the best way to get into the hearts of the Chicago fanbase.
“What we are seeing now, people will remember for a long time. »
– Bulls rookie Ayo Dosunmu, during the DMDR series
DeMar DeRozan’s magnificent series has come to an end, but we are not about to forget it. Because when you get close to Michael Jordan, it’s bound to be memorable. It’s up to DMDR to start a new series now, starting Thursday on the Atlanta floor. Something tells us the Hawks are already shaking…
Bulls fans show your love, DeMar DeRozan with yet another imposing performance dropping 37 Points vs. Atlanta Hawks #NBA75 #NBAAfrica pic.twitter.com/k9lZ3WaOx8
— NBA Africa (@NBA_Africa) February 25, 2022
