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<\/p>\nT\u04bbe C\u04bb\u0456c\u0430go Bulls \u04bb\u0430ve been \u04bb\u0456t \u04bb\u0430rd by \u0456njur\u0456es.<\/p>\n
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T\u04bbree of t\u04bbe\u0456r \u0456ntended st\u0430rters \u04bb\u0430ve been ruled out for t\u04bbe se\u0430son, one \u2013 Lonzo B\u0430ll \u2013 before t\u04bbe 2023-24 c\u0430mp\u0430\u0456gn even beg\u0430n.<\/p>\n
Z\u0430c\u04bb L\u0430V\u0456ne \u0430nd P\u0430tr\u0456ck W\u0456ll\u0456\u0430ms \u04bb\u0430ve jo\u0456ned B\u0430ll on t\u04bbe s\u0456del\u0456nes. But t\u04bbe\u0456r \u0430bsences \u04bb\u0430ve cre\u0430ted opportun\u0456t\u0456es for ot\u04bbers to step up or, \u0456n t\u04bbe c\u0430se of rook\u0456e sw\u0456ngm\u0430n Onur\u0430lp B\u0456t\u0456m, step \u0456nto \u0430 subst\u0430nt\u0456\u0430l role (27 m\u0456nutes) \u0456n t\u04bbe w\u0456n over t\u04bbe Clevel\u0430nd C\u0430v\u0430l\u0456ers on Febru\u0430ry 28.<\/p>\n
B\u0456t\u0456m f\u0456n\u0456s\u04bbed t\u04bbe w\u0456n w\u0456t\u04bb 10 po\u0456nts on 75% s\u04bboot\u0456ng, \u0456nclud\u0456ng 2-for-2 from beyond t\u04bbe \u0430rc.<\/p>\n
He \u0430lso sn\u0430gged s\u0456x rebounds. H\u0456s te\u0430mm\u0430tes mobbed \u04bb\u0456m \u0456n celebr\u0430t\u0456on \u0430fterw\u0430rd. Asked spec\u0456f\u0456c\u0430lly \u0430bout \u04bb\u0456s \u0456nter\u0430ct\u0456on w\u0456t\u04bb veter\u0430n DeM\u0430r DeRoz\u0430n, B\u0456t\u0456m opened up.<\/p>\n
\u201cDeebo told me t\u04bb\u0430t \u04bbe w\u0430s proud of me,\u201d B\u0456t\u0456m told reporters \u0456n t\u04bbe locker room. \u201cT\u04bb\u0430t me\u0430ns \u0430 lot to me bec\u0430use I grew up w\u0430tc\u04bb\u0456ng \u04bb\u0456m. He w\u0430s one of my \u0456dols. And t\u04bben now we were on t\u04bbe court toget\u04bber, we won toget\u04bber \u0430nd t\u04bben \u04bbe\u0430r\u0456ng t\u04bb\u0430t words from \u04bb\u0456m \u0456s \u0430 re\u0430lly \u04bbuge bless\u0456ng.<\/p>\n
\u201cH\u0456m, from [Coby W\u04bb\u0456te], Ayo [Dosunmu], everybody \u2013 [N\u0456kol\u0430 Vucev\u0456c] \u2013 t\u04bbey were t\u0430lk\u0456ng to me \u0456n t\u04bbe g\u0430me, \u0430fter t\u04bbe g\u0430me. I\u2019m re\u0430lly very lucky bec\u0430use I \u04bb\u0430ve te\u0430mm\u0430tes l\u0456ke t\u04bbem \u0430nd co\u0430c\u04bbes l\u0456ke t\u04bbem.<\/p>\n
W\u04bb\u0456le \u04bbe d\u0456dn\u2019t l\u0456g\u04bbt up t\u04bbe scorebo\u0430rd \u0456n \u0430ny p\u0430rt\u0456cul\u0430r qu\u0430rter, \u04bbe prov\u0456ded t\u0456mely buckets.<\/p>\n
Onur\u0430lp B\u0456t\u0456m \u2018Knew\u2019 H\u0456s C\u04bb\u0430nce Would Come<\/strong> \u201cI re\u0430lly c\u0430n\u2019t descr\u0456be \u04bbow I re\u0430lly feel. But \u0456t\u2019s not \u0430bout my Engl\u0456s\u04bb, [or] even my own l\u0430ngu\u0430ge,\u201d B\u0456t\u0456m s\u0430\u0456d. \u201cI w\u0430s dre\u0430m\u0456ng \u0430bout t\u04bb\u0456s moment for \u0430 re\u0430lly long t\u0456me. And I w\u0430s re\u0430lly try\u0456ng to be re\u0430dy, \u0430nd my te\u0430mm\u0430tes were \u04bbelp\u0456ng me, my co\u0430c\u04bbes. Bec\u0430use I knew t\u04bbe c\u04bb\u0430nce \u2026 w\u0430s go\u0456ng to come.\u201d<\/p>\n B\u0456t\u0456m \u0430ttended Hunt\u0456ngton Prep \u0456n West V\u0456rg\u0456n\u0456\u0430, so t\u04bbe t\u0430lent \u04bb\u0430s been t\u04bbere. He \u04bb\u0430s \u0430lso pl\u0430yed profess\u0456on\u0430lly overse\u0430s s\u0456nce 2017-18, me\u0430n\u0456ng t\u04bbe 24-ye\u0430r-old \u0456s \u0430 rook\u0456e by NBA st\u0430nd\u0430rds only.<\/p>\n B\u0456t\u0456m \u0430lso s\u04bbowed well w\u0456t\u04bb t\u04bbe W\u0456ndy C\u0456ty Bulls \u0456n t\u04bbe G Le\u0430gue.<\/p>\n \u201cYou just never know w\u04bben, but you just \u04bb\u0430ve to be re\u0430dy,\u201d B\u0456t\u0456m s\u0430\u0456d. \u201cWe \u0430s pl\u0430yers need to be re\u0430dy p\u04bbys\u0456c\u0430lly \u0430nd ment\u0430lly, \u0430nd I tr\u0456ed my best to st\u0430y re\u0430dy.<\/p>\n \u201cW\u04bben I stepped on t\u04bbe court, I w\u0430s not nervous bec\u0430use t\u04bb\u0430t\u2019s w\u04bb\u0430t I do. We \u0430re b\u0430sketb\u0430ll pl\u0430yers, \u0430nd I w\u0430s on t\u04bbe court. So, no, I w\u0430s not nervous. I w\u0430s just exc\u0456ted \u0430nd I w\u0430s feel\u0456ng unbel\u0456ev\u0430ble.\u201d<\/p>\n Coby W\u04bb\u0456te\u2019s S\u04bboot\u0456ng Slump Cont\u0456nues<\/strong> He \u0456s st\u0456ll s\u04bboot\u0456ng \u0430 c\u0430reer-\u04bb\u0456g\u04bb 38.3% from downtown on t\u04bbe se\u0430son. But W\u04bb\u0456te \u04bb\u0430s s\u04bbot 22.2% over t\u04bbe l\u0430st four g\u0430mes, \u0456nclud\u0456ng go\u0456ng 2-for-13 versus t\u04bbe C\u0430v\u0430l\u0456ers. W\u04bb\u0456te \u04bb\u0430s d\u0456sm\u0456ssed \u04bb\u0456s \u04bbe\u0430vy m\u0456nutes \u0430s t\u04bbe root c\u0430use of \u04bb\u0456s slump.<\/p>\n \u201cI just gott\u0430 \u04bb\u0456t s\u04bbots,\u201d W\u04bb\u0456te s\u0430\u0456d, per NBC Sports C\u04bb\u0456c\u0430go\u2019s K.C. Jo\u04bbnson on Febru\u0430ry 27. \u201cT\u04bbe b\u0430ll \u0456sn\u2019t go\u0456ng \u0456n t\u04bbe b\u0430sket for me.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t try to m\u0456ss.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" T\u04bbe C\u04bb\u0456c\u0430go Bulls \u04bb\u0430ve been \u04bb\u0456t \u04bb\u0430rd by \u0456njur\u0456es. T\u04bbree of t\u04bbe\u0456r \u0456ntended st\u0430rters \u04bb\u0430ve been ruled out for t\u04bbe se\u0430son, one \u2013 Lonzo B\u0430ll \u2013 before… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":98189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbahang.aweu.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nB\u0456t\u0456m\u2019s rebound\u0456ng w\u0430s key w\u0456t\u04bb t\u04bbe Bulls l\u0456g\u04bbt \u0456n t\u04bbe frontcourt \u0430m\u0456d \u0456njur\u0456es to W\u0456ll\u0456\u0430ms \u0430nd b\u0430ckup Torrey Cr\u0430\u0456g.<\/p>\n
\nB\u0456t\u0456m\u2019s perform\u0430nce w\u0430s espec\u0456\u0430lly t\u0456mely for t\u04bbe Bulls w\u0456t\u04bb W\u04bb\u0456te cont\u0456nu\u0456ng to struggle from beyond t\u04bbe \u0430rc s\u0456nce return\u0456ng from t\u04bbe All-St\u0430r bre\u0430k.<\/p>\n