DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine know that Raptors coach Nick Nurse will focus his defensive attention on trying to stop them in Wednesday’s play-in game, sometimes with unconventional methods.
That’s how much defensive attention Nurse and the Raptors threw at him. Multiple times, they sent traps as soon as DeRozan crossed halfcourt.
Only DeRozan and Patrick Beverley own play-in experience. And only DeRozan has experience playing in a do-or-die first game between the ninth and 10th seeds. His San Antonio Spurs lost to the Memphis Grizzlies in 2021. That means DeRozan and LaVine and the Bulls’ coaching staff will have to figure out a way to free themselves from the defensive havoc that the Raptors, who possess size across their wing positions, can unleash.
“We have resiliency. People having up and down years, starting off slow, me being a little bit injured and coming around with my timing. And then with us working ourselves back in and giving us a chance to play after 82 games. You don’t take that for granted. It wasn’t the perfect season for us but it’s what we had.”
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