Lakers Final Score: LA's Stars Shine Bright In Huge 121-110 Win Over Bulls

Originally posted on FanNation All Lakers
By Alex Kirschenbaum | Last updated 3/30/23

Tonight, your Los Angeles Lakers, powered by their two best players, wrought their vengeance against a Chicago Bulls team that looked totally out-of-sorts on its home floor.

Starting what its ideal playoff first five for the first time this season, the Lakers ran roughshod over Chicago from the opening tip. Armed with a healthy D'Angelo Russell, Austin Reaves, LeBron James, Jarred Vanderbilt and Anthony Davis from the jump, LA got off to a 27-10 start, before a late Bulls rally made the final first quarter tally look a bit more respectable, sort of, at 31-20.

Powered mostly by a bench + DeMar DeRozan lineup, Chicago mounted a comeback at the beginning of the game's second quarter, riding a 19-6 tear to take a 39-37 lead midway through the frame. Starting Bulls shooting guard Zach LaVine was reinserted into the rotation at the end of that run, and took that opportunity to pull off this snazzy running dunk:

Both players traded buckets for a bit. Chicago carved out another marginal lead, 51-49, before a 10-0 Lakers run help LA close out the half on top 59-51.

LA won, 121-110, and improves to a 38-38 record on the year. That mark moves the Lakers up to the eighth seed in the Western Conference, as they own the tiebreak over the 38-38 New Orleans Pelicans.

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