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Bulls lose to Clippers but still like their direction

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Call Monday an off night for the Bulls, who were a step slow and late on closeouts all night long in the loss to the Clippers.

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 hopes there’s a next phase to come from this: That come play-in or playoff time — wherever the Bulls (36-39) finish — 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.