Lauri Markkanen’s emotional tells are unchanging.
A big win, a bad loss, a 35-point showcase game, a seven-point head-scratcher? Go ahead and try reading his face post-game to distinguish what exactly happened on the court minutes earlier.
“That’s why people from Finland are such good goalies,’’ Markkanen once joked about his unwavering demeanor.
And if this was hockey, great. But this is the Association. An NBA landscape that embraces emotion from its athletes. That’s why the Bulls have been all but begging Markkanen to show some more fire this season.
Get angry at teammates if they miss you on an open back-side three, flex back at a Bobby Portis, demand the ball.