Three points.
Three.
A 1-for-9 shooting night from the field, the only starter that wasn’t on the positive side for plus-minus, and a bystander from the bench while Zach LaVine was playing hero in the final seconds against the Hornets.
This is the other pillar that the Bulls are counting on in Year 3 of the rebuild.
This is the regression of Lauri Markkanen.
“Well I didn’t think Lauri played poorly,’’ coach Jim Boylen tried to say after the 116-115 improbable comeback win. “He did not shoot the ball how we know he can shoot it.