Billy Donovan complains about the use of Nikola Vucevic in the loss to the Lakers
on monday, Chicago Bulls The four-game winning streak was ended by the Los Angeles Lakers 129-118. Although they are got a good game since Kobe White, there is one player who is a head coach Billy Donovan wished he had gotten the ball more.
Nikola Vucevic. All in all, Vucevic finished with a double-double of 18 points and 11 rebounds. However, Donovan thought there were times when Vooch should have gotten the ball instead of being preoccupied on the perimeter.
“I thought we missed a ton of Vooch tonight,” Donovan said. “I thought he had some really, really good post position in a lot of different situations, and we settled for a couple of threes when the ball was down.
Billy Donovan thought the Bulls “missed Vooch a ton tonight”
He felt they didn’t get enough of a look at Nikola Vucevic as the Bulls lost to the Lakers 129-118 pic.twitter.com/0BnDrRPkDf
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In addition, Ayo Dosunmu was not far behind, scoring 20 points. Josh Giddy finished with 19 points and seven assists.
Jalen Smith started and scored 13 points and 7 rebounds; Matas Bouzelis added 11 points and five boards.
The Lakers beat the Bulls 52-48. Doncic scored 46 points and made eight three-pointers; LeBron had 24 points and five rebounds; Hachimura had 23 points and Smart had 12.
With the loss, the Bulls now fall back to .500 at 23-23. They will play against the Miami Heat on Thursday postponed game at the United Center.
Vucevic (35) averages 16.1 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. Also, he there are 18 double pairs this season. He is currently playing out the final year of his contract in Chicago. 2023. Vucevic signed a three-year, $60 million contract.
After that, Vucevic will become an unrestricted free agent. He has career averages of 17.2 points and 9.1 rebounds against the Lakers.
2026-01-27 04:12:00
