LeBron James returns from injury in Lakers’ blowout loss to Bulls
There was less than a second left in the first quarter when Liberon James He went to the margin to reach the ball. A moment to get the most important player in the building, Luca DensicAnother shot, Lakes Their new star rushed in the game.
Densic went up to the top scorer, opened the heat package from below his back, overlooked his pants in warm up and his jacket is released.
James and then fired the ball under the ground. But instead of finding a Doncic or any player in Lakers, it is badly gathered towards the stadium seats, and turning a spiral ball in a game full of errors.
Doncic, the player who has acquired Lakers to fix the narrow operating margins, easily on Saturday night, and made three drawings from all over the stadium. He ended with 34 points, a deportation from a multiple week of dominant crimes.
But anyone else? Back with full power with James and Roy Hachimura Playing for the first time in two weeks, the team seemed to be a group of strangers, and they hit hard 146-115 By the Chicago team nine games under 500.
Lakers was the most permitted this season.
Doncic was far from perfection, as all bullets were retracted with seven shifts and a detailed defense performance that helped bulls escape.
In the first half, Lakers (43-27) was slow, and perhaps a tax they needed to pay in the seventh match in 10 days. Their efforts are against White cup In the first quarter, the Buls goalkeeper was immersed soon, hunting the fire and matching a bucket to the bucket.
The bulls (31-40) achieved 78.6 % of its two points of two points in the first half, i.e. Lakers defense that does not provide any resistance. They did not stop Chicago at the edge. They did not remain in front of them on the ocean. Once they were arrested in rotation after switching, Lakers moved as if they had cement in sneakers.
Lakers ’comprehensive effort in the second half. Bad news? Somehow the defense was worse, as the bulls scored 81 points when they started making shots from all over the stadium.
White ended with 36 Mattas Bouzilis It was 31 points for Chicago. Josh Juddi He scored nearly a quarter of the quadrilateral for the bulls, and ended with 15 points, 17 passes, 10 rebound and eight theft. Bulls had seven players with at least 12 points and in the eighth who scored nine points.
James, in his first match after losing two weeks with the thigh dynasty, looked bad from the rhythm on both sides of the court. He scored 17 but he turned his heart more than five times. Austin Reefis He had 25 but he couldn’t help Lakers stop. Hachimura, which is limited to 18 minutes, looked at some kind of bench and scored only five points.
Lakers plays the role of Orlando Magic on Monday.