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How crucial fourth-year power forward Lauri Markkanen is to the Chicago Bulls frontcourt rotation really is showed up in the last few games.
On the night of Jan. 6, the Chicago Bulls and first-year head coach Billy Donovan had their two-game winning streak snapped at the hands of the underrated and improving Sacramento Kings on the road. A nice outing from second-year point guard Coby White went all for naught in a narrow loss to the Kings, by the final score of 128-124 at the Golden 1 Center in a late tip off on the west coast.