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LeBron James returns from harm, however Lakers look misplaced in blowout loss to Bulls

By Editorial Board Published March 23, 2025 3 Min Read
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LeBron James returns from harm, however Lakers look misplaced in blowout loss to Bulls

There was lower than a second left within the first quarter when LeBron James went to the sideline to inbound the ball. Sensing a second to get the most popular participant within the constructing, Luka Doncic, another shot, the Lakers rushed their new star into the sport.

Doncic hustled to the scorer’s desk, unwrapping the warmth pack from his decrease again, unsnapping his warmup pants and zipping off his jacket.

James then fired the ball down the ground. However as an alternative of it discovering Doncic or any Lakers participant, it badly curved towards the courtside seats, a screwball turnover in a sport plagued by errors.

Doncic, the participant the Lakers acquired to repair their slender working margins, scored with ease Saturday night time, making three-pointers from everywhere in the courtroom. He completed with 34 factors, a carryover from a multi-week stretch of dominant offense.

However everybody else? Again at full power with James and Rui Hachimura enjoying for the primary time in two weeks, the crew regarded like a bunch of strangers, badly crushed 146-115 by a Chicago crew 9 video games beneath .500.

It was probably the most factors the Lakers allowed this season.

And Doncic was removed from good, all of his shot-making undone by seven turnovers and a disengaged defensive efficiency that helped the Bulls run away.

Within the first half, the Lakers (43-27) had been slow-footed, possibly a tax they wanted to pay enjoying of their seventh sport in 10 days. Their effort in opposition to Coby White within the first quarter was missing, the Bulls guard rapidly catching hearth and matching Doncic bucket for bucket.

The Bulls (31-40) made 78.6% of their two-point pictures within the first half, the Lakers’ protection offering no resistance. They didn’t cease Chicago on the rim. They didn’t keep in entrance of them on the perimeter. And as soon as they received caught in rotations after switching, the Lakers moved like they’d cement of their sneakers.

White completed with 36 and rookie Matas Buzelis had 31 factors for Chicago. Josh Giddey almost recorded a quadruple-double for the Bulls, ending with 15 factors, 17 assists, 10 rebounds and eight steals. The Bulls had seven gamers with a minimum of 12 factors and an eighth who scored 9.

James, in his first sport after lacking two weeks with a groin pressure, regarded badly out of rhythm on either side of the courtroom. He scored 17 however turned it over 5 occasions. Austin Reaves had 25 however couldn’t assist the Lakers get stops. And Hachimura, restricted to 18 minutes, regarded out of kinds off the bench and solely scored 5 factors.

The Lakers play the Orlando Magic on the street Monday.

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