The pressure on Zach LaVine and Lauri Markkanen to “figure it out’’ won’t be going away anytime soon.
Not when the Bulls announced on Friday that the left foot contusion suffered by veteran wing Otto Porter Jr. was worse than initially thought.
Porter suffered the setback during the first half of the win in Atlanta, left the game, but afterward was walking on it fine.
The next morning wasn’t as kind to him.
“Because of the soft tissue, these are things that maybe it settles down in 24-48 hours,’’ coach Jim Boylen said. “Maybe it doesn’t.