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Bulls’ stars Dwyane Wade and Jimmy Butler ripped into their teammates after Chicago’s 119-114 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night. The Bulls led 110-100 with 3 minutes left but came undone down the stretch.
“I don’t know what happened,” Wade said. “But we continue to be in these kinds of situations and lose games like this. Everyone don’t care enough. You got to care enough, man. It’s got to mean that much to you to want to win. And it doesn’t. So I don’t know what happened.”
“I’m 35 years old, man. I’ve got three championships. It shouldn’t hurt me more than it hurts these young guys. They have to want it. If they don’t want it, then we’ll show up and play Friday. Hopefully, we win; if we don’t, we [do it] again. Keep it going until the season’s over. It has to change. It has to hurt inside to lose games like this. This s— should f—ing hurt.”
Wade put up 33 points, while Jimmy Butler scored 40 points. The only other player with double digits was Doug McDermott who finished with 10 points. Butler echoed Wade’s sentiments.
M—–f—–s just got to care if we win or lose,” Butler said. “At the end of the day, do whatever it takes to help the team win. You play your role to the tee. Be a star in your role, man. That’s how you win in this league, man. You have to embrace what this team, what this organization needs for you to do on either end of the floor. On top of everything else, just play every possession like it’s your last. We don’t play hard all the time. It’s very disappointing whenever we don’t play hard.”
The Bulls currently have 23-24 record after the loss, sitting at No. 8 in the Eastern Conference, only 1 game ahead of the Milwaukee Bucks.
source: ESPN
