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LOS ANGELES – DeMar DeRozan has been in must-win mode for over a month now.
Even with the 124-112 loss to the Clippers on Monday, he finally has some willing participants joining him.
And now DeRozan was hoping there was a next phase to come out of this: That come play-in or playoff time – wherever this Bulls (36-39) team finishes – iron will have sharpened iron, making a squad that was all but left for dead at the end of February a very tough out in April.