On April 12, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Bulls challenged the Pistons away. In this game, the Pistons had a good momentum, but they quickly fell into passivity, and the Bulls successfully opened up the difference, leading by 19 points after the third quarter, and the Pistons were unable to catch up in the final quarter. In the end, the Bulls defeated the Pistons 127-105 on the road, locked up the ninth place in the East, and handed the opponent a six-game losing streak.
The Bulls won the game and locked up the ninth place in the East, and the Pistons had no desire, but the momentum was still good, and the Bulls fell into a tug-of-war, but then they fell into a passive situation, and the Bulls began to gradually widen the point difference, leading by 9 points at halftime. In the second half, the Pistons couldn't keep up with the rhythm, the point difference was further widened, and they were already behind by 19 points after the third quarter, and in the final quarter, the Bulls completely took the initiative on the court, taking a lead of up to 28 points, and the game lost suspense early, and finally the Bulls locked up ninth with a 22-point victory.
The Bulls have previously confirmed that they will face the Hawks in the play-in tournament, but they have not yet determined who will get the home court. But with the Bulls' big win over the Pistons, that suspense is over, and the Bulls will have home-court advantage, and they have locked up ninth place in the West. The current Bulls have a record of 38 wins and 42 losses, two wins ahead of the Hawks, and in the direct dialogue between the two sides, the Bulls have the initiative with 2 wins and 1 losses, even if they lose the next two games, they will suppress the Hawks in ninth place.
This time, DeRozan, the core of the Bulls, played very well and showed good form, playing 35 minutes, shooting 14-of-22, 4-of-6 three-pointers, scoring a game-high 39 points, as well as 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals. In addition to DeRozan, Vucevic also had a hot performance, with 27 points and 11 rebounds, and a plus/minus of +26. I really didn't expect that the Bulls could finally reach the play-offs without LaVine and Ball, and even have a chance to impact the playoffs, which is still worthy of respect.
The Pistons, for their part, continue to set the worst record in franchise history, losing the 67th game of the season. The performance of the starters this time was still good, Suser got 20 points and 5 assists, Duren got a double-double of 20 points and 11 rebounds, Ivey had 16 points and 6 assists, and the young players got plenty of playing time, but they were also a little immature on the court, and there were as many as 20 assists in the whole game, which they also need to accumulate.