During the first three weeks of the regular season, the Bulls skated with a simply balanced record, six wins in twelve games. For the past month, DeMar DeRozan and company have done much more than skate, and they have regularly fallen with eight losses in eleven games.
The latest was in Sacramento and it’s the third in a row. The state of emergency seems to be declared in Chicago, because it’s starting to do a lot and the 12th place in the Eastern Conference is very, very disappointing.
“That’s the beauty of sport” launches DeMar DeRozan at NBC Sports. “When we are at our lowest, how are we going to respond? A real competitor will go through this. Guys show frustration, anger and that’s a good sign. Because it’s supposed to hurt and frustrate and suck to lose. »
” It’s urgent “
Zach LaVine, with 41 points, tried everything against the Kings, but the Bulls are very sick. The other leaders were quite sad: DeMar DeRozan missed the game with 18 points at 6/18 in shooting and Nikola Vucevic did not weigh much with 12 points. Yet the answer will come from them.
“That’s what team leaders do: they keep the team together”recalls Zach LaVine. “It’s us against everyone and no one is going to help us out. There will be difficult discussions, words will be said. Sometimes it is necessary. It’s urgent. »
Should we be worried about Billy Donovan’s troops? “We have to find our rhythm in attack because I don’t think we were bad in defense,” continues the former Minnesota. “The Kings are the second-best offense in the league and we’ve kept them below their scoring average. We weren’t good in attack. »
Frustration is mounting in Chicago, that’s for sure. Zach LaVine failed to hide her in California.
“I was a bit frustrated. We don’t earn a lot and that affects us. I work a lot and when things don’t turn out in our favour, whether we miss shots or whatever, sometimes the emotions come out. But I have confidence in myself and I think the other players in the dressing room too. »
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Demar Derozan | 22 | 34.8 | 51.0 | 31.3 | 88.0 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 25.8 |
| Zach Lavine | 18 | 34.2 | 40.9 | 35.2 | 82.1 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 20.9 |
| Nikola Vucevic | 22 | 31.8 | 48.1 | 34.0 | 84.9 | 2.3 | 8.9 | 11.2 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 16.0 |
| Ayo Dosunmu | 21 | 28.6 | 52.6 | 33.3 | 94.4 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 10.6 |
| patrick williams | 22 | 25.6 | 44.8 | 42.4 | 92.9 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 9.1 |
| Goran Dragic | 21 | 17.9 | 43.5 | 42.4 | 65.4 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 8.4 |
| Coby White | 14 | 18.7 | 40.4 | 32.8 | 69.2 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 7.5 |
| Andre Drummond | 16 | 14.7 | 54.1 | 0.0 | 68.0 | 2.8 | 5.3 | 8.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 6.8 |
| Javonte Green | 22 | 16.4 | 58.6 | 37.0 | 64.5 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 6.0 |
| Alex Caruso | 22 | 25.6 | 42.1 | 36.4 | 77.4 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 5.6 |
| Derrick Jones | 17 | 12.5 | 43.3 | 17.6 | 84.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 4.9 |
| Tony Bradley | 6 | 2.5 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Dalen Terry | 10 | 3.3 | 27.3 | 25.0 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| Malcolm Hill | 3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Marko Simonovic | 1 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
