Zach LaVine made his season debut for the Bulls, who will be managing their two-time All-Star’s surgically repaired left knee throughout at least the early portion of the season.
After surprisingly sitting out the season’s first two games, LaVine first addressed the raucous crowd with a pregame speech and then scored 23 points in 28 minutes while admittedly going 100 percent for the first time since last season and for the first time since undergoing an arthroscopic procedure.
LaVine was breathing hard as he said this, addressing reporters in the postgame locker room following a postgame lifting session. After that, he was headed for an ice tub bath and rehab modalities to recover for a Monday matchup against the Boston Celtics that LaVine said he’ll play.This is where we’re at now. This is where the story has gone.
If that doesn’t sound reassuring, well, that’s the sobering reality---at least for now. Perhaps by the time LaVine fully works his way into game shape, this is a footnote. But not yet.“It was just how it worked out to where I just didn’t feel 100 percent comfortable, me, also the organization, with us having seven games in 11 days,” LaVine said of sitting out the first two games. “That was the plan. That was what we were sticking to.
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