CHICAGO — Steve Kerr couldn’t have been more blunt in his assessment of the Golden State Warriors before Friday’s road game in Chicago.
“The No. 1 thing we’re missing is a level of competitive desire,” the Warriors coach said. “It’s just not there. The last two games, we have not competed. I think Steph (Curry) said it after the (New Orleans Pelicans) game. There’s a standard that’s been set here for over a decade of, ‘You’re going to compete. You’re going to bring the energy, bring the life.’ And the last two games, we have not had that at all. So we have to fix that.”
Enter the Chicago Bulls.
Against an injury-ravaged Warriors squad coming off consecutive losses of 36 points to the Pelicans and 15 points to the Toronto Raptors, the Bulls assembled a shameful second half before suffering a 140-131 loss Friday. The only thing more cringe-worthy than the team’s performance on the court over the final 24 minutes was the halftime ceremony that went awry when fans mercilessly booed late Bulls general manager Jerry Krause in front of his widowed wife, Thelma Krause, during the franchise’s first Ring of Honor ceremony.
Golden State posted an opponent season high in points, connected on 20 of 47 3-pointers and collected 21 second-chance points behind 13…
