CHICAGO -- Given the number of new faces on the roster, the Chicago Bulls are still feeling their way around the new season.The Bulls added veteran guards Dwyane Wade and Rajon Rondo along with center Robin Lopez in the offseason. More recently, guards Michael Carter-Williams and R.J. Hunter were also added to the mix, which coach Fred Hoiberg knows will require his team to be patient as it attempts to put the pieces in the right places.Were just trying to get our guys comfortable and continue to get them on the floor in spots where theyre going to be during the games, Hoiberg told reporters at the Bulls practice on Friday ahead of Saturday nights game at home against the Indiana Pacers.Well continue to teach as we go along -- especially the new faces.Wade sparked the Bulls (1-0) in their opening-night win over the Boston Celtics with 22 points and connected on 4 of 6 from 3-point range.Hunter signed a one-year deal with the Bulls on Wednesday after being cut by the Celtics on Monday. Hunter joins a team that is already deep at guard. But he told reporters that he was taking being an NBA player for granted and that he felt absolute blessed and fortunate to find a new NBA home so quickly after being released.And although the opportunity to contribute might be limited because of the depth the Bulls have, Reynolds will take what he can get. On Friday, the Bulls also exercised their fourth-year contract option on forward Doug McDermott while picking up the third-year options on guard Jerian Grant and second-year forward Bobby Portis.Whatever I can do to help, Reynolds told reporters. Its actually a really deep team and talented team so wherever I can find my niche and help the team, I think thats what I can do.While the Bulls look to jell, the Pacers (1-1) are attempting to discover how to maintain their intensity for 48 minutes. After scoring 130 points in its season opener, Indiana fizzled down the stretch in a 103-94 loss to Brooklyn on Friday night.The Pacers shot just 37.8 percent from the field and managed only 15 fourth-quarter points on 6-of-21 shooting.Coach Nate McMillen said the Pacers couldnt find a way to match the Nets energy when it mattered most.Defensively, they really got out and got after us, denying and pressuring, McMillan said. They played with a sense of urgency that we talked about we need every single night. I thought we had that in the first game. Tonight, we did not have that energy and I thought they played harder for 48 minutes.Pacers forward Paul George said he and his teammates might have not had the focus they needed to put together their second straight win to start the season.We knew coming in that (Brooklyn) doesnt necessarily got the names, but they play hard and they play together, George said after Friday nights loss. We should be jacked up every night. 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Max Verstappen says Red Bull must stay awake in its battle for second with Ferrari despite holding a healthy lead over the Italian team in the championship.Red Bull is 50 points clear of Ferrari having outscored them in four of the five races since the summer break. However, despite failing to score a podium in Japan Ferrari looked to have made a step forward in pace, something Verstappen says Red Bull must be wary of.I think we have to stay awake, we have a good points advantage compared to them, Verstappen said. Of course they will be strong, the last few races theyve always been strong and maybe sometimes a bit unlucky. Im not too worried, we still have a great car as well, and as you could see in the race we had very good pace, lets see what happens on this track.Verstappen turned in one of his best drives of the season in Japan, splitting the Mercedes drivers to finish second. That result came after a stern defensive move on Lewis Hamilton on the penultimate lap, something which led to Mercedes launching a protest that Verstappen had been dangerous.Mercedes eventually retracted the protest -- sommething even Hamilton said the team should not have pursued -- but Verstappen is unmoved by another criticism about his aggressive tactics.dddddddddddd.When asked about the protest, Verstappen said: I dont think about it. I just do my race and from there on Im just fighting for position so I think a lot of people would do the same.Verstappen believes his Suzuka race was one of the best of his career.I think its one of my best ones, I got a clean start and from there you can do your own race. Lately I havent had that so I think it was definitely in the top three of my best races, of course, my best one for the moment will always be Barcelona because of the victory. I felt very happy with the performance in general over the whole weekend as well, we were always up there and Im very happy with the ending.On Thursday in Austin Kimi Raikkonen, one of the critics of Verstappens aggressive style earlier this year, said the teenager has been doing a good job at Red Bull this year. ' ' '