Long back when Fred Hoiberg was head coach, in a season where Chicago has been short handed due to injuries, Saturday was a bit of relief. Despite the 121-105 loss to the Houston Rockets, there was one big silver lining in the return of Lauri Markkanen.
After missing more than 20 games with a right elbow injury, Markkanen didn’t have the best stat line, scoring 10 points on 4 of 14 shooting from the field with 4 rebounds. As expected, he looked a bit rusty.
But there were still flashes of the player we saw last year.