The gap between a surging contender like the Bucks and the sliding and struggling Bulls could not have been more obvious Tuesday night. Milwaukee went on a 13-0 run early in the second quarter and took Chicago to the woodshed after that, winning handily 126-98 in a game the Bucks shot 61% as a team.
The Bulls have dropped 10-of-13 and are now 0-16 against the top three teams in each conference. They do not look like a contender, and after the game DeMar DeRozan was honest in his assessment of a Chicago team that looked like a threat earlier this season but does not anymore (via the Associated Press).
“At some point, we’ve got to get tired of getting our butt kicked like this and flip that switch of understanding, all right, enough is enough,” DeRozan said. “Now it’s time to turn it around and show that desperation.”
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DeRozan may want these Bulls to flip the switch and get back to their winning ways, but can they?