The humiliating 124-104 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Chicago Bulls’ home opener left a bad taste in DeMar DeRozan’s and his teammates’ mouths. According to NBC Sports Chicago’s K.C. Johnson, he has promised that they would play with a greater feeling of urgency against the Toronto Raptors on Friday.
“Having our (buttock) kicked at (the) home opener is disrespectful to us and disrespectful to our fans.” I just know we won’t let that happen again, at least not in terms of effort. We’ll probably have more games where we don’t make any shots. It could be a bad night for us. However, we could have done a lot better in terms of effort. “We could have done better,” DeMar DeRozan admitted.
“My takeaway is how we respond. You can sit up there and have a million conversations about something. But it’s about how you respond and the mindset that I know how everybody came in here (to practice) with, how they feel.That’s how I know for a fact (Friday) will not be like (Wednesday). I can guarantee you that,” DeMar DeRozan concluded.
DeMar DeRozan guarantees the Bulls will bounce back after last night’s game
“We won’t let that happen again.”
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On Wednesday, Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scorched the Bulls for 31 points and 10 assists. Oklahoma City outscored Chicago 33-22 in the fourth quarter to blow the game open.
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