Big game that was played this past morning in Milwaukee. Face to face the current champion and one of the revelations of the season. Bucks vs. Bulls. The match was exciting, with 16 lead changes and 15 draws, although that emotion came mainly from the shooting errors of both teams. The locals finished with 38.6% in field goals and 19.4% in triples. Visitors, with 36.5% and 18.4%, respectively. A day to forget that served to show that the Bucks have what is called champion spirit.
It can be said that this is how they carried out a victory that, on the other hand, was about to slip away. DeMar DeRozan (35 points, game high) missed a 3-pointer with 21 seconds remaining that would have put the Bulls up two. Right after Khris Middleton made two free throws and that was it. Giannis Antetokounmpo, the best of his team (30 and 12 rebounds), explained it this way: “In the end, a victory is a victory. We have done what we had to do, we have created good habits tonight.”
The play of the game was not a basket (obviously), but a foul by Grayson Allen on Alex Caruso when he was about to finish a play on the fast break with a dunk on the run. The Bucks player came from the side to try to block and, although he went to the ball with one hand, with the other he pulled the Bulls player’s arm while he was in the air. It knocked him off balance completely and Caruso fell nasty to the ground, with all his weight on one arm. He spent two minutes lying on the ground and Allen was ejected after the referees pointed out a flagrant type 2. After the game Billy Donovan, coach of Chicago, did not hold his tongue: “With Alex in the air as he was and the The way he grounded him could have ended his career. Allen has a history of this type of action and that, to me, is really dangerous. I hope the league takes this very seriously because it could have seriously injured him. gravity”.
The Bulls, who were once leaders in the East and could mark distances with their pursuers, have already seen how the Nets have overtaken them and tied the Heat. Without a doubt, the losses of Zach LaVine and Lonzo Ball are weighing down the team. The bad news is that the second of them will have to undergo surgery and will not play for 6 or 8 weeks. We will see if he is available for any of the three duels that these two teams still have to play in the regular season. Some confrontations that this year have taken on a new and attractive dimension.
