LaVine scored 33 points to go along with DeRozan's 25 but Utah's Donovan Mitchell dropped 37 points (including a 25-point third quarter explosion) to put away the Bulls.
Look out below? That thump you may have heard late Wednesday night was the Bulls landing hard in fifth place in the Eastern Conference, just two games from the play-in tournament with the Bulls 125-110 loss to the Utah Jazz.
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And the hits may just keep coming with the Bulls on the road most of this month, Friday playing league leading Phoenix before a back to back early next week with the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks and the fast charging Toronto Raptors, who moved into a tie with Cleveland for sixth in the Eastern Conference.