Recently, the Chicago Bulls have been mentioned in speculations and have received bad press for the wrong reasons.
The Bulls have had trouble standing out this season, as evidenced by their 17-21 record entering Friday night’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers. This is because the Eastern Conference is loaded with talented teams.
There has been a lot of speculation about what this team will do as the trade deadline in February approaches, but they have been winning lately, and they did it again on Friday in Philadelphia.
The Bulls have now won seven of their last ten games after defeating the 76ers 126–112, and Zach LaVine is starting to truly find his feet.
LaVine scored 41 points, which is the ninth time in his previous 11 games that he has scored more than 20, on 11-13 shooting from outside the arc.
All ELEVEN threes Zach LaVine hit in Philly.
41 points | 14-19 FG | 11-13 from three
Vote Zach ➡️ https://t.co/FIqGfhqP9E pic.twitter.com/TlU7zXnsB3
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) January 7, 2023
His 11 made threes in this game against Philadelphia were the second-most by a player in Bulls’ history behind the 13 made threes LaVine made in 2019. This is also the third time since joining Chicago that Zach LaVine has made at least 10 threes in a game and he is the only player in team history to do so.
What is even more impressive about his 11-13 shooting performance from deep on Friday is the fact that LaVine joined Stephen Curry, the NBA’s top three-point shooter of all-time, as the only players in NBA history to make at least 11 threes on 80 percent shooting from three-point range.
Only 2 players in NBA history have recorded a game with 11 made threes on 80%+ 3PT shooting.
Stephen Curry
Zach LaVine pic.twitter.com/eHENLTxS9w— NBA History (@NBAHistory) January 7, 2023
Now sitting at 105 made three-pointers on the season, LaVine ranks first on the Bulls in made three-point shots he ranks 13th in the NBA in made threes.
Anytime you are mentioned with Steph Curry in terms of three-point shooting, you are doing something right and finally finding his three-point shot, Zach LaVine is getting hot at the right time for the Chicago Bulls.
He will look to build off of his hot shooting night next on Saturday, January 7 at home against the Utah Jazz.
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