DeMar DeRozan reclaimed a super performance to score the highest points of his career to help the Chicago Bulls even up the streak

Milwaukee – After an uncharacteristically poor throwing performance in Game 1 of the first-round series against the Milwaukee Bucks, the Chicago Bulls forward Demar DeRozan Provide a guarantee that there is no way to shoot badly again.

In the days between Matches 1 and 2, watch a movie of every shot you missed. After the Bulls’ team bus arrived in Milwaukee the night before Game 2, DeRozan returned to the Fiserv Forum once again to put in extra shots in an effort to restore rhythm.

Then, on Wednesday, DeRozan did well in his guarantee, racking up a playoff high of 41 on a 16-for-31 shootout to lead the Bulls to a 114-110 win that tied the series with a 1-1 draw.

“I looked at all the shots I missed from the first game, mostly my shots,” DeRozan said after the game on Wednesday. “I won’t let any miss stop me from making my next jump shot. And not being aggressive. I just learned [a bad shooting night], that will not happen. “

DeRozan put on a career high scoring career during his first season in Chicago, and carried the Bulls to winning performances like these. However, he became the fifth Bulls player in franchise history to score 40 points during a playoff game and the first since then Derek rose in 2011.

“He can do that every night,” Bulls Center Nikola Vucevic DeRozan said. “He is a very remarkable player. He is a goal scorer in hell.

“He plays with such poise. He missed some shots in Game 1 that he’s usually good at making. Tonight, he stayed aggressive. Obviously, he made some very difficult shots, especially along the extension, some big, big shots.”

“We’ve seen him do that all season… he might not go 41 every night, but he has the potential to make big shots every night.”

DeRozan was responsible for creating his own attack most of the night, dropping 14 of 27 dribbling shots, more than the Bucks’ entire team.

And perhaps most impressively, he shot 8 out of 9 from the field for 16 points with a bucks star Giannis Antikonmo As the primary defender, according to ESPN stats and information research. These eight field goals are the most Antetokounmpo has allowed against a single opponent in a playoff match in his career.

“He’s a great player,” said Antetokounmpo. “He’s a tough guy to guard because he wants to take those mid-range kicks.” “He wants to get where he is. He’s got great rebounding, great tempo for him. He’s going to take a lot of those shots. He’s done that in the regular season. He’s doing that tonight.”

“But at the end of the day, I feel like we competed every single shot. It wasn’t open. We did our job and at the end of the day, sometimes you do your job and it still isn’t enough.”

With their win on Wednesday night, the Bulls claimed their first win over the Bucks with Antetokounmpo in the line-up since December 26, 2017. Chicago challenged Milwaukee through the first two competitive games of the series, a stark contrast to the Bulls who squabbled until the end of the regular season, losing 10 of their The last 15 games.

“We had a long season,” the Bulls keeper Alex Caruso She said. “We had a lot of ordeals. There was a little bit of, like, we were just trying to start qualifying already. We were kind of in a hole. But we got our spirits back.”