‘Resilient’ Chicago Bulls Stun Nets At Barclays Center
The Chicago Bulls leave New York with their heads held high after a 111 – 107 comeback win over the Nets.
It’s a statement victory over the favorites for the Eastern Conference and comes after a win over the Knicks at Madison Square Garden.
The 16-8 Chicago Bulls overcame an 11 point deficit in the third quarter to clinch their third consecutive win. DeMar DeRozan, who scored 29 points, highlighted the resiliency of the Bulls.
The Chicago Bulls came into this game without Javonte Green, Coby White and Patrick Williams. Power forward Alex Caruso was a late withdrawal due to a hamstring issue.
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“You want to be the best, you got to beat the best,” said DeRozan.
“Everybody talks about being best, but you got to go out there. No matter if you are short-handed, you want to be the best, you got to go out there and compete against the best.”
“It says a lot about our team,” DeRozan said of the wins over the Knicks and Nets.Â
“How resilient. How we approach challenges. We don’t shy away from them. We accept them.
“It is difficult to win in this league, especially coming into two hostile environments on the road, playing against two teams and the best team in our conference, to withstand the blow that we took from them throughout the whole game, to buckle down in the fourth quarter and pull out a victory.”
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Brooklyn also had issues heading into the game with Harris, Johnson and of course, Irving all absent. Kevin Durant rued their inability to take advantage of being ahead of Chicago.
“We just gotta go out there and play with some force and confidence, like we want to win,” Durant said. “And understand it’s a long game and just stick with the game plan. It’s a bad, it’s a tough loss. … We didn’t take advantage of being up nine, 10 points. We just let them stay in the game, and we were supposed to just bury them.”
