Zach LaVine struggled shooting the ball while completing his first back-to-back set of the season, but felt well otherwise.
While head coach Billy Donovan said LaVine playing Wednesday does not signal a change in how the Bulls will manage him — that remains a day-to-day process as the Bulls stare down a third game in four nights against the Celtics on Friday, then a back-to-back against the Raptors next week — it does have some positive bearing on how he is feeling physically.
Shooting splits aside — LaVine shot 1-for-4 at the rim and 2-for-7 from 3-point range — Donovan praised his floor game on a night he handed out six assists and posted a +17 plus-minus. "I love the way he played, because — he didn't shoot the ball well — but I thought the decision-making was really good," Donovan said."He made quick, decisive decisions. And even though the ball didn't go in the basket, there wasn't a lot of holding it and trying to pull the ball back out and size this guy up and go 1-on-1. When he was open he shot it, or he drove it. He was making decisive decisions.
What LaVine's availability looks like moving forward remains to be seen. But in the meantime, he was heartened by his side's ability to secure an 18-point win as he and DeRozan combined for just 19 points on 6-for-27 shooting. In that regard, the bench led the way with 49 points between Javonte Green , Goran Dragić , Derrick Jones Jr. and Alex Caruso .
"I think it was one that you just had to go down and get it," LaVine said."It was an ugly game, dirty game, and we ended up winning by [18] points when our two best players shot the ball terrible.
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