Even with yet another beat-down by an elite Eastern Conference team on the resume and only two regular-season games left, DeMar DeRozan will have to be pried out of the starting lineup.
The veteran’s mindset was there are no such thing as meaningless NBA games.
Especially for a Bulls team that continues searching for something … anything.
“I don’t need no time off,’’ DeRozan said. “It takes that one game for us to be going completely in the right direction.’’
It sure wasn’t going to be found on Wednesday.
In what is turning into a depressing storyline for not only the Bulls, but their fan base, Boston was the latest conference powerhouse to drag the Bulls to the woodshed, hammering them at the United Center 117-94.