Nba results: Gallinari enchants, DeRozan more: so Chicago stopped Atlanta

Danilo Gallinari hadn’t played so well this year yet. In Chicago, however, the blue brought out the best of his repertoire, trying to make the Hawks fly with a collection of impossible shots and surgical triples for a total of 26 points, his best performance of the season. It wasn’t enough to win, because Atlanta on his team found the wild DeMar DeRozan, even after the All Star Game the most devastating player in the NBA. He also put a hand in the 112-108 of his gods, signing the three-point game with 15 ”from the end that allowed Chicago to definitely put his nose ahead. “It’s unbelievable,” Billy Donovan of the star said of him.

Rooster and the Hawks

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Gallinari started again due to the absence of John Collins, who was out for the 4th game in a row with a problem in his right foot. The blue exploded in the fourth period, in which he put half of his total points, transforming himself with his friend Bogdan Bogdanovic (27 points, the best of his) in the lethal weapon of Atlanta (28 won-31 lost so far) : Gallo used the favorable defensive pairings to constantly punish the Bulls, he gave a hand under the basket by taking 9 rebounds, remembering that even at 33 he has not forgotten how to make a difference. “Both he and Bogdanovic scored a lot and that’s why we tried to exploit them” says coach McMillan, then looking for a justification as to why we saw the ball in the end by others: “We thought we had more favorable offensive pairings and we tried to exploit those”. If Atlanta lost, a good part of the reason is Trae Young’s bad night, who finished with 14 points and 10 assists but also 3/17 shooting. “I don’t want to be the cause of my team’s losses,” said the Hawks All Star. Atlanta finished with 42.3% from the field, remaining in the match thanks to offensive rebounds and the Euro show of Gallo and Bogdanovic.

DeRozan e i Bulls

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Chicago (39-21) was down by 3 when the last minute kicked off – that’s when DeRozan showed why he’s one of the deadliest NBA players this season. He changed the game with 5 points in a row, two average baskets and an extra free. “You love and hate situations like this – he said -: you don’t want to be under and feel the pressure of having to make a basket at all costs, but when you are in moments like those you know you have to play. I love challenges, I love the opportunity to be decisive ”. DeRozan did a lot more: he finished with 37 points, his 8th straight game with at least 35, things that only Michael Jordan has managed in the history of the Bulls. “It’s spectacular because you always know he’s going to make the right play – he’s been playing amazingly all year,” said Donovan. Chicago struggled but in the end came out with the 6th win in a row, finding Zach LaVine (20 points in crescendo) and discovering the newcomer Tristan Thompson, immediately a factor under the basket with 11 points and 6 rebounds from the bench. “I’ve played against him for years, I know how much he can give us” DeRozan welcomed him.

The match

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DeRozan puts 16 of the 24 Bulls points in the first quarter, but despite him the match remains balanced, with Chicago at half-time 52-50 turning into 82-82 at the third siren. The fourth period soon becomes the Danilo Gallinari show, with the blue signing a collection of difficult baskets that his Hawks need first to return from -8 and then to try the extension on 108-105 with 1’59 “to play. . The attack in Atlanta, however, gets stuck, while that in Chicago asks DeRozan for yet another miracle that he promptly performs, with the 3-point game of overtaking the final with 15 ”on the clock. The Hawks draw the pattern for Bogdanovic’s triple, but the Bulls defense is keeping a good watch.

Chicago:DeRozan 37 (13/18 from two, 2/3 from three, 5/7 free throws), LaVine 20, Vucevic 12, Dosunmu 12. Rebounds: Vucevic 10. Assist: DeRozan 3, Dosunmu 3, LaVine 3, Vucevic 3.

Atlanta:Gallinari 26 (8/14, 2/4, 4/6 tl), 9 rebounds, 3 fouls in 34’54 “. Bogdanovic 27 (6/12, 5/12, 0/2 tl), Young 14, Capela 14. Rebounds: Capela 17. Assist: Young 10.