CHICAGO – As Zach LaVine elevated, the buzz from Bulls fans grew in anticipation.
Nikola Jokic’s sloppy fourth-quarter turnover sullied his third triple-double of the season and gave the United Center one more reason to roar. LaVine threw it down, and the pain kept coming for the Nuggets, who fell 109-97 to the resurgent Bulls on Monday night.
With barely six minutes remaining in the fourth, Lonzo Ball smashed home an alley-oop that came less than a minute after LaVine’s jam.
“I don’t have a game-plan for transition,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. “We can talk about defending a play, pick-and-roll, catch-and-shoot, post … transition is effort.