The Chicago Bulls defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, 146-115, on Saturday night and Lakers star guard Luka Doncic took blame for the loss.
“I think they scored a lot of transition points, especially off my turnovers, so gotta do that better,” Doncic said. “It’s on me. I can’t be losing the ball seven times. That’s way too many for me.
Doncic committed seven turnovers with only six assists. The Bulls scored 30 fast break points in the game compared to only 12 from the Lakers.
Doncic’s frustration during the game was evident as he shoved Bulls guard Josh Giddey in the third quarter after giving up an offensive rebound, feeling he was fouled on the play. Doncic was assessed a technical foul on the play.
Doncic finished the game with 34 points on 10-18 shooting and 8-13 from three. Doncic’s co-star LeBron James committed five turnovers himself to only four assists. The Lakers had 21 turnovers, with only 23 assists, while the Bulls had 41 assists to ten team turnovers.
Giddey had a historic stat line, finishing with 15 points, 17 assists, 10 rebounds, and eight steals with only two turnovers. Guard Coby White had 36 points on 12-17 shooting and 6-9 from three. Forward Matas Buzelis added 31 points on 12-18 shooting and 5-10 from three.
The Bulls have won two straight and seven of their last nine. They play at Denver against the Nuggets on Monday.
The Chicago Bulls did the unexpected on Saturday night. Somehow, the Bulls blew out a fully healthy Los Angeles Lakers team on the road, in a game that was total dominance.
From early in the game, it looked like the Bulls were playing in an extra gear, and the Lakers just couldn’t catch up. Among those who looked amazing on the court was Chicago’s starting guard Josh Giddey.
In 33 minutes, Giddey put up 15 points, 17 assists, 10 rebounds, and 8 steals on 46/50/67 shooting from the field. It was a rare moment of a player somehow almost achieving a quadruple-double in the modern NBA. The last player to do so was David Robinson on February 17, 1994. Even though Giddey didn’t have a quadruple-double, his stat line was still historic.
According to the Chicago Bulls, no one in NBA history has ever put up Giddey’s stat line.
As a team, the Chicago Bulls shot 58/46/75 from the field and somehow tallied 41 assists and 17 steals against the Lakers. As a whole, Saturday night’s game looked like one of the most dominant offensive performances from a team in NBA history.
