![]() Unfortunately, LaVine didn’t get enough help and the Bulls just didn’t get enough stops against Mitchell and Utah’s onslaught. That aggressiveness started to pay off in the third quarter when the shots started to fall and he started to engage in a shootout with Mitchell. While he struggled with his shot early on (3-of-10 in the first half), the aggressiveness was nice to see and he made some nice defensive plays. He was even only a minus-1 in the box score despite the ugly final score.Īs promised after last game, LaVine came out much more aggressive to start this one. He added five assists and three steals as part of a solid all-around performance. It was the first time he hit five 3-pointers in a game since Feb. To LaVine’s credit, he had one of his best games in a while, going for 33 points on 11-of-20 shooting from the field and 5-of-10 from 3-point range. He hit seven triples in the frame to give the Jazz an eight-point lead heading to the fourth quarter. Unfortunately, Mitchell was hotter, and he wound up scoring a ridiculous 25 of his game-high 37 points in the third quarter. Despite playing like crap offensively in the first half, Chicago was right in the game at halftime and actually held the lead at various points in the third quarter as Zach LaVine got hot. Six of those points came on back-to-back wide-open triples.ĭonovan Mitchell also played a key role during the run, and it was Mitchell who finally gave the Jazz some separation earlier in the game when the Bulls were really battling in the third quarter. NAW had scored just nine points in limited action for the Jazz after his trade from the Pelicans, but he had 16 points off the bench in this game, including eight during the game-deciding stretch. Making it even more painful was the fact that it was Nickeil Alexander-Walker who delivered the death blows during the run. Chicago wound up getting tagged with a 125-110 loss, yet another ugly defeat against one of the best teams in the NBA. Instead, the Jazz turned around and actually did run the Bulls off the court, going on a 14-0 spurt to turn the game into a laugher. Right when it looked like the Bulls were about to get run off the court early in the fourth quarter against the Jazz, they cut a 13-point deficit down to four with just under seven minutes to play and seemed primed for a fun finish in Utah.
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