On December 27, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Bulls narrowly defeated the Hawks 118-113 at home. Johnson Drummond exploded, recording a super double-double of 24 points and 25 rebounds on 11-of-13 shooting.
The Bulls are short of major generals in this game, LaVine, Vucevic, Craig, etc. are all absent, Drummond entered the starting line for the first time this season, and his form is very good, scoring 8 points on 4 of 4 in the first quarter, 3 of 3 in the second quarter, and a double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds on 7 shots at halftime, and the Bulls trailed by 6 points at halftime.
Until the third quarter, Drummond missed the first shot of the game, but his state was still hot, almost nothing, and he scored 6 points and 6 rebounds on 3-of-4 shooting in the final quarter, DeRozan's key 6 points killed the game, and the Bulls finally won the thrilling victory at home.
In the whole game, Drummond played 38 minutes and 35 seconds, shooting 11 of 13 and 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 24 points and 25 rebounds in double 20 statistics, including 10 frontcourt rebounds, in addition to 1 assist, 3 steals and 2 blocks, filling the data column. There is no doubt that Zhuang Shen played the strongest game of the season, and the 25 rebounds per game is also a new high this season. This is the 45th time in Zhuang Shen's career that he has scored a double 20, ranking first in the active team, and Lefu, who is ranked second, has only 16 times, leading off a cliff.
DeRozan exploded in the final minute of the final quarter to kill the game, scoring 25 points and six assists, and the Bulls had six players score in double figures. For the Hawks, Trae Young had 21 points and 13 assists, ending his streak of 30+10 assists in seven consecutive games.
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