[NBA regular season] DeRozan 28+9+5 Dinwiddie 27+9 Doncic missed the Bulls beat the Lone Ranger

On December 11, the NBA regular season continued to be fierce, with the Bulls playing against the Lone Ranger at home . In the end, the Bulls beat the Lone Ranger 144-115.

In this game, this season's annual MVP favorite Doncic missed due to a quadriceps strain. The Lone Ranger, who lacked Doncic, was at a disadvantage from the beginning and was suppressed by the Bulls .

In the first quarter of the game, the Bulls took the lead at home, LaVine scored 7 points alone , Williams hit 2 three-pointers, and they led the team to a 17-4 lead. Dinwiddie broke through and fought back, Vucevic hit a three-pointer and led the team to score another 7 points. The Bulls led 24-6. In the middle of this section, Wood and Dinwiddie fired together, and they jointly hit 3 three-pointers. With 1 minute and 35 seconds left in the first quarter, the Mavericks chased to 26-33. The Lone Ranger tried to close the score and narrowed the point difference to single digits . At the end of the quarter, the Bulls continued to expand their advantage. DeMar DeRozan and Derrick Jones scored points one after another, helping the Bulls to expand the point difference to double digits and gain the upper hand. At the end of the first quarter, the Bulls led the Lone Ranger 40-30 .

In the second quarter of the game, DeRozan scored 5 points in a row for the Bulls to expand their advantage. The Lone Ranger team's shooting rate began to decline. DeRozan and Drummond each scored 4 points. They led the team to an 11-0 spurt. The Bulls led 64-36 at 6 minutes and 25 seconds before halftime. Dinwiddie made four free throws, Hardaway made a three-pointer, and the Mavericks narrowed the gap to 21 points. Williams had a wonderful touch and hit two three-pointers. He led the team to another 10-0 spurt, and the Bulls led 78-47 57.5 seconds before halftime. Bullock stopped the bleeding with a three-pointer, LaVine and Vucevic took turns to break through and score. After halftime, the Bulls led by 29 points 82-53.

In the third quarter, Hardaway scored 5 points shortly after the start , and the Mavericks were still 24 points behind. DeRozan hit back with a three-pointer, Dosumu also hit a three-pointer, and the Bulls led 92-64. Dinwiddie made a breakthrough throw, Vucevic made a tip-up, Dosenmu hit a three-pointer, Dinwiddie made a throw and scored 2+1. Vucevic turned around and shot a jumper. Wood hit a mid-range shot and scored 5 points in a row. LaVine responded with a three-pointer and DeRozan made an emergency stop for a jumper. The Bulls played an 11-0 offensive climax, extending the lead to 33 points. Wood scored 5 points in a row, Jones Jr. made a dunk, Hardy scored a layup, and DeRozan made a fallback jumper. Hardy made a breakthrough, Jones Jr. cut and dunked, Wood broke through and scored, DeRozan stepped back and made a jumper, and Hardy made a layup at the buzzer. At the end of the three quarters, the Mavericks trailed 85-113.

Hardy scored 3 points to open the fourth quarter, DeRozan and Dragic scored in turn, and the Bulls firmly maintained the lead. The Bulls did not complete the withdrawal of the main lineup in the first half of the quarter, and the two sides continued to see-saw. The large score gap in the second half made the game lose suspense ahead of time. At the end of the game, the Bulls beat the Lone Ranger 144-115.