Intro:

Post match reaction after Chicago Bulls v Washington Wizards pre-season game in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Saturday (October 12).

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Tom Thibodeau, Chicago Bulls Head Coach

(On Derrick Rose's left knee's soreness)

"Well, I mean you are always concerned. With any injuries or soreness...but we knew that going into the season that he's coming off a major injury so he started practice yesterday and he had soreness so we sat him for the remainder of the practice. Then we wanted to see where he was today and you knowm, he wasn't as well as we would have liked. He still had that soreness. So we anticipated giving him time off during this..we view the training camp as the entire month so if he needs a day or a couple of days we will do that. But we are always concerned about anything that keeps a player out."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Luol Deng, Chicago Bulls Forward

(On his work to avoid injuries)

"You know, I think what I learned in the past is how to take care of my body when I am not playing. It is a lot that goes into it just to be able to play 40 minutes or 38 or whatever it was. Night in and night out I just think it takes a lot of focus and a lot of dedication to prepare yourself for every game. I learned a lot from the past - the three or so years playing a lot of minutes that I prepared myself for it."