Despite Lauri Markkanen's return (13 points on 6-10 shooting) and Coby White staying hot (26 points), the Bulls fell to the Timberwolves on Wednesday night 115-108.
The Bulls may not, after all, be better without Zach LaVine.
That's because following the heady victory Monday over the Dallas Mavericks when the high scoring LaVine missed his first game of the season, the Bulls went to Minneapolis Wednesday and adapted. They went cold, losing 115-108 to the revamped Minnesota Timberwolves of Josh, Juancho, Jarrett, Jake, Jalen and James with a Naz and a Kelan. If this wasn't the same Timberwolves team the Bulls defeated in Chicago a few months ago, it also wasn't the same Bulls team that dumped Dallas.