CLEVELAND — DeMar DeRozan had no problem playing sideline therapist for Zach LaVine during the latest black-eye freshly imprinted on the face of the Bulls.
As Thursday’s game in New Orleans was slipping away, DeRozan knew that LaVine had reached a boiling point of frustration, and tried to calm him down, or at least get him refocused.
The All-Star guard claimed DeRozan’s talk worked, but it still didn’t change the outcome.
With just nine regular-season games left, and the Bulls in jeopardy of losing a grasp of the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference, it might take more than Dr.