The Bulls put forth their first dud of the season on Friday night against the Warriors, and Sunday night they faced a Clippers team that entered on a seven-game winning streak. While the visiting Bulls blew an early point lead and looked to be on the ropes in the second half, they buckled down on the defensive end and got big scoring games from DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine to earn a huge victory.
DeRozan was truly outstanding in a homecoming game, going for 35 points on of shooting and of from the foul line after a couple of rough shooting nights. He said afterward it was his first game in Los Angeles since his father died:.
DeMar DeRozan dropped 35 points tonight and said this was his first time playing in LA since his father died. DDR also piled up seven rebounds and five assists while being a plus It was DeRozan who helped steady the ship after the Clippers fully erased that point deficit early in the fourth quarter. He scored four points and assisted on a Tony Bradley bucket during a quick surge to get the Bulls back up five, and then LaVine buried a 3-pointer after an Alex Caruso steal to make it with to play.
Minutes later, after the Clippers had cut the margin back down to four points on a Reggie Jackson triple, DeRozan buried an and-1 jumper to open up more breathing room again.
LaVine then shut the door in the final minutes with his sixth 3-pointer of the night and then a really tough fadeaway jumper that was almost his seventh trey:. The Bulls did dodge some bullets late and all night really as the Clippers struggled with their shooting to the tune of Paul George shot just 7-of he did go of from the line and Jackson was 4-of, but Chicago deserves credit for defending those guys well.
Caruso and Lonzo Ball had awful shooting nights combined 6-of , but their pressure defense three steals apiece played a big factor in this win.
Clippers: Zubac missed his first game of the season. He had played in consecutive regular-season games. Raptors: F D. Wilson entered the health and safety protocols. He finished with nine assists. Skip to content. NFL Football. NBA Basketball. NHL Hockey. MLB Baseball. EPL Soccer. NCAA Football. NCAA Basketball. PGA Tour. LPGA Tour. ATP Men's Tennis. WTA Women's Tennis. Even Rudy Gobert took a nasty fall on his hip in the first quarter Friday and had his mobility compromised thereafter.
When they needed poise, when they needed focus, when they needed resolve … they faltered, they forgot, they fell apart. And all the Jazz could do afterward was wonder how it all went so incredibly wrong so incredibly fast. This hurts more than last year because we were up again. And lost — again. This is gonna eat at me for a long time.
The Clippers adjusted. The Jazz did not. Los Angeles came out of halftime with energy and effort and fire, determined not to go out so meekly. Time after time, the Jazz either opted to let Mann shoot or simply forgot that he could. And he made them pay. Again and again. By the time the third quarter was over, the stagnant-and-nervous Jazz had shot 8 of 21, allowed the Clippers to hit 15 of 21 , and surrendered a run that whittled their advantage down to a mere three points.
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