Wednesday night’s game between the Chicago Bulls and the Houston Rockets at the United Center was an incredible thriller.
The Bulls dominated the game until the last four minutes after the Rockets went on an early 7-0 run to start it. The Rockets rallied to force overtime after Chicago, who had been ahead by double digits for the majority of the second half, was unable to score in the last four minutes of play. Houston had a five-point lead in overtime and appeared to be winning, but the Bulls rallied for a 124-119 victory.
The Bulls won a respectable number of games and performed well even with star Zach LaVine sidelined. It’s possible that some supporters were unsure if the squad needed LaVine. He demonstrated on Wednesday why the Bulls require him.
Star-worthy is Zach LaVine. To say it plainly. He is aware of when his team needs him to step up, and on Wednesday he provided them the boost they needed in overtime to win. The Rockets had the entire momentum and led 119-114. LaVine gave his squad the spark they needed with a massive and one bucket and a three-pointer to put the Bulls ahead early. Texas failed to score once more.
Billy Donovan remarked after the game, “I thought, you know, as the game started, he had some opportunity,” in reference to LaVine’s performance. “I felt he made a few really good drives. He simply didn’t finish until he made a few excellent, fast pull-up shots with his defenders. They didn’t go in early, you know, but I thought he was playing with a really strong level of decisiveness. Then, it dawned on me that we still had some chances. Although we didn’t play very well offensively and (Alperen) Sengun caused us a lot of difficulties, I believe the entire squad no remained focused for the game, and Zach’s three-pointer was undoubtedly
LaVine came through for the Bulls in crunch time, and they won to raise their record to 18–21 overall. They will play the Golden State Warriors at home on Friday when they return to action.
