{"id":371361,"date":"2021-12-21T19:40:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T19:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/demar-derozan-ready-to-see-old-team-again-when-bulls-play-raptors\/"},"modified":"2021-12-22T18:00:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T18:00:10","slug":"demar-derozan-ready-to-see-old-team-again-when-bulls-play-raptors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/demar-derozan-ready-to-see-old-team-again-when-bulls-play-raptors\/","title":{"rendered":"DeMar DeRozan ready to see old team again when Bulls play Raptors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>For all the roster uncertainty swirling about the Chicago Bulls and Toronto Raptors amid respective teamwide COVID-19 outbreaks, both teams can attest to at least one thing.<\/h1>\n<h2>DeMar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/news\/bulls-vs-raptors-odds-line-spread-2021-nba-picks-dec-22-prediction-from-proven-computer-model\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DeRozan<\/a> continues to excel behind a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nba\/articles\/nba_news_chicago_bulls_vs_toronto_raptors_game_postponed\/s1_16613_36791699\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sterling<\/a> midrange game.<\/h2>\n<p>A former Raptor who now stars as the Bulls&#8217; leading scorer, DeRozan will aim to keep his recent roll going when Chicago hosts <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nba\/stats\/teams\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nba\/schedule\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wednesday<\/a> night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"nl\" dir=\"ltr\">ALFONZO MCKINNIE.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSChicago?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBCSChicago<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_Alvo_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@_Alvo_<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C76gElKrjW\">pic.twitter.com\/C76gElKrjW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicagobulls\/status\/1473127754694488066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After missing three games due to league COVID-19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelines.com\/bulls-raptors-nba-betting-lines-odds-trends-december-22-2021\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">protocols<\/a>, DeRozan scored 38 and 26 points to key respective home victories against the Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets on Sunday and Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He did much of his damage in the midrange, from which he is shooting 50 percent in the fourth quarter this season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some of the greatest players won with the midrange, the in-between,&#8221; DeRozan said. &#8220;I always felt like if you master a craft at any spot on the floor, and become dominant at it, defenses gotta react to you. (Shaquille O&#8217;Neal) didn&#8217;t shoot midrange jump shots, but he was so dominant where he was at, that&#8217;s what he was great at. And you got Steph Curry, what he&#8217;s great at, (but) everybody can&#8217;t be a Steph Curry. Everybody can&#8217;t be a midrange dominant player. But for me, the way I just grew up idolizing the game of basketball, old-school guys.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tony Bradley with the give &amp; go!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSChicago?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBCSChicago<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ToBrad1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ToBrad1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O6wSEKUHmO\">pic.twitter.com\/O6wSEKUHmO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicagobulls\/status\/1473126366824574979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>DeRozan remains a stabilizing force for a Bulls team with six players in the NBA&#8217;s COVID-19 protocols, including All-Star Zach LaVine.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago also lost veteran Alex Caruso to a sprained left foot in the first quarter of the Houston game, with the severity of the injury not immediately known.<\/p>\n<p>The Raptors know about safety and health protocols and injury, as well.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto has seven players sidelined with pandemic-related absences, adding Precious Achiuwa, Scottie Barnes, Malachi Flynn and Fred VanVleet to the list of cases on Tuesday, according to an ESPN report.<\/p>\n<p>A scheduled three-game homestand ultimately furnished just one game, a 119-100 win against Golden State on Saturday, the team&#8217;s fifth victory in its past seven contests.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday&#8217;s game against the Bulls was postponed due to COVID concerns within Chicago&#8217;s organization. On Monday, the Raptors&#8217; own COVID issues forced a postponement of a game with Orlando.<\/p>\n<p>Raptors coach Nick Nurse has tried to stress flexibility throughout the season, whether the roster is depleted due to COVID-19, injuries or personal reasons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been going through this pretty much from the start of the year,&#8221; Nurse said. &#8220;&#8230; Seems like we add two, lose two, it&#8217;s been going on all year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just plug \u2018em in there, there&#8217;s not much to be said other than step in and start playing and, really, what I&#8217;m stressing is let&#8217;s perform, let&#8217;s get solid and execute our defensive stuff, the foundational stuff and let&#8217;s share the basketball and just try to get as much chemistry and fluidity together as we can. It&#8217;s pretty much constant in and out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Lonzo to \u2018Fonzo!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSChicago?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBCSChicago<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_Alvo_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@_Alvo_<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gEmHM6h0iK\">pic.twitter.com\/gEmHM6h0iK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicagobulls\/status\/1473123726363267073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Chicago edged host Toronto 111-108 on Oct. 25, with DeRozan scoring 11 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulls have won four straight against the Raptors to take a 52-44 lead in the all-time series. The teams are slated to meet again in Chicago on March 21. A makeup date for Thursday&#8217;s postponement has yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For all the roster uncertainty swirling about the Chicago Bulls and Toronto Raptors amid respective teamwide COVID-19 outbreaks, both teams can attest to at least one thing. DeMar DeRozan continues to excel behind a sterling midrange game. A former Raptor who now stars as the Bulls&#8217; leading scorer, DeRozan will aim to keep his recent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,51,96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-371361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chicago-bulls","category-nba","category-toronto-raptors"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}