The Knicks received the Bulls at Madison Square Garden for a duel that smelled good of the 90’s. At the end of a match with twists and turns, it is Chicago who wins at the end of the suspense on a game winner by DeMar DeRozan! (118-117)
For the complete box score of this match, it’s here.
Christmas is approaching and the bearded man on his sleigh (how does he not exist?) gave us a nice gift in advance with this match between Chicago and New York. What an improbable scenario and what suspense until the end. It’s not a Panzani Wednesday, however, but this match will have offered us the total: big performance, suspense, a tragic end worthy of a great tragedy. But let’s take the story in order instead. This match at the Garden is above all the story of two dynamics that clash: the Knicks for whom everything is going well, despite an end to the series against Toronto, and Chicago, who navigate between disappointing results and rumors of tensions. internal, and who try to go up the slope little by little.
On paper, therefore, advantage to followers of the Big Apple. This is all the more true when RJ Barrett decides to score like Michael Jordan. on his cloud, the young star of the Knicks delivered a real recital last night: 44 points at 14/20 shooting and 6/6 from a distance! His best performance this season and the conclusion of a great rise for him over the last fortnight. This match, he left his mark but he will unfortunately keep a bitter memory, the fault of a well-known spoilsport: DeMar DeRozan.
The King of the Fourth struck again by planting a huge game winner on Quentin Grimes’ face to send all of New York to bed. Mister clutch in action!
DEMAR DEROZAN PUTS THE BULLS UP 1 WITH .4 REMAINING ????
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— NBA (@NBA) December 24, 2022
The scenario is cruel for New York, which had all the cards in hand to win this match but which will have been totally shocked at the end. We recall that the Knicks led by one point with 6 seconds left with two shots to go! Yes, but here it is Jalen Brunson made us a Cedi Osman, like several of his friends elsewhere (6 throws left on the way in the money time!). Annoying, and even more so when you lose by just one small point. A defeat that could cause headaches in Gotham.
A real thriller at the Garden and it was Chicago who took the opportunity to recover a third victory in a row behind the diabolical DeMar DeRozan. We breathe a little better in Illinois.