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This has been a slow burn for DeMar DeRozan.
The veteran has been sending out warning shots for weeks, letting his locker room know that do-or-die was coming for them all and it was real.
It finally arrives on Wednesday, when DeRozan and the Bulls host a limping Atlanta team in the No. 9 vs. No. 10 play-in game. That’s when DeRozan finds out who was paying attention.
“I mean it just gives us an opportunity to salvage so much we went through and not let the season go in vain,” DeRozan said.