Portis thanks reporter KC Johnson: What you wrote helped me a lot. I'm more confident than ever

Bulls forward Bobby Portis scored 20 points with 11 rebounds in loss. The forward had another nice performance following his 21+13 game at his season debut.

After the game Portis thanked the Bulls beat writer KC Johnson.

Portis on following 21 pt, 13 rebound game with 20 pt, 11 rebounds: "I saw where you said yesterday, K.C., that don't expect this from Bobby Portis a lot. That kind of helped me out a lot. So thank you, K.C. I'm more confident than ever."

— K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) 11 novembre 2017