After a first game to forget, the Bulls presented a much better face last night, on the occasion of Game 2. In Milwaukee, against the Bucks who had the opportunity to make the break, the men of Billy Donovan finally showed, at a decisive moment, that they were capable of bringing down the leaders of the Eastern Conference.
Among the (many) satisfactions of the game on the Chicago side, there is Alex Caruso, who is still in the lead in the absence of Lonzo Ball. Precious in the role of the Swiss army knife and by his defensive investment, the former Laker compiled 9 points, 10 assists, 2 blocks and 2 interceptions.
After the meeting, in the Bulls locker room, he put on the cape of the old sage and asked his teammates not to see themselves too handsome, despite the quality of the victory acquired at the end of this Game 2.
” They [les Bucks] automatically have the advantage now. It’s human nature: we won, they lost. So they want revenge, rightly so recalled the rear. ” So enjoy and learn from this victory. But we will have to come back with the same mentality [pour le Game 3]. You have to win three more matches. »
Despite this measured reaction after the victory, Alex Caruso was still very proud of his team, mentioning in particular a “found state of mind”, particularly in defense, after a very painful end to the regular season. ” Our season has been long, we have faced adversity. We were in a hole at one point, it was complicated. But we found our mentality, our spirit. We talked about it among ourselves, about the opportunity that presented itself to us. It’s the playoffs! »
” He is the anchor of our defense. I told him, not too long ago, that I draw my energy from him in defense Complimented DeMar DeRozan, who was very prominent in attack. ” He is a leader from this point of view. […] He doesn’t back down, and that’s inspiring. Especially when you see him giving his all, against Giannis or Jrue. When we see that, we want to do the same, to match his intensity in defense. »
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
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| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Demar Derozan | 76 | 36.1 | 50.4 | 35.2 | 87.7 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 27.9 |
| Zach Lavine | 67 | 34.7 | 47.6 | 38.9 | 85.3 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 24.4 |
| Nikola Vucevic | 73 | 33.1 | 47.3 | 31.4 | 76.0 | 1.9 | 9.1 | 11.0 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 17.6 |
| Lonzo-Ball | 35 | 34.6 | 42.3 | 42.3 | 75.0 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 13.0 |
| Coby White | 61 | 27.5 | 43.3 | 38.5 | 85.7 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 12.7 |
| patrick williams | 17 | 24.8 | 52.9 | 51.7 | 73.2 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 9.0 |
| Ayo Dosunmu | 77 | 27.4 | 52.0 | 37.6 | 67.9 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 8.8 |
| Alex Caruso | 41 | 28.0 | 39.8 | 33.3 | 79.5 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 7.4 |
| Javonte Green | 65 | 23.4 | 54.2 | 35.6 | 83.3 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 7.2 |
| Tristan Thompson | 23 | 16.3 | 56.5 | 0.0 | 54.2 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 5.7 |
| Derrick Jones | 51 | 17.6 | 53.8 | 32.8 | 80.0 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 5.6 |
| Troy Brown, Jr. | 66 | 16.0 | 41.9 | 35.3 | 76.9 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 4.3 |
| Matt Thomas | 40 | 11.5 | 41.0 | 38.5 | 80.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| Alfonzo McKinnie | 17 | 12.1 | 39.3 | 33.3 | 25.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| Malcolm Hill | 16 | 10.4 | 43.2 | 32.3 | 70.0 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 3.4 |
| Tyler Cook | 20 | 10.0 | 60.5 | 0.0 | 65.6 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 3.4 |
| Tony Bradley | 55 | 10.0 | 58.5 | 0.0 | 65.5 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Devon Dotson | 11 | 7.7 | 47.8 | 22.2 | 55.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.6 |
| Mac McClung | 1 | 2.5 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Marko Simonovic | 9 | 3.9 | 26.7 | 20.0 | 72.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.9 |
| Alize Johnson | 16 | 7.5 | 52.2 | 0.0 | 57.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.8 |
| Jordan Bell | 1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |