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Bulls come up very small in rematch with LeBron James and the Lakers

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In just his second game back from a foot injury that cost him over a month, James scored 25 points and avenged a Lakers loss to the Bulls from Sunday in Los Angeles.
Just a reminder that if you aim at the King, you best not miss.
A lesson that LeBron James once again had to remind the Bulls franchise of.
After Patrick Beverley went viral by gesturing to James that he was “too small’’ late in the Sunday win over the Lakers in Los Angeles, it was Beverley and his teammates that came up very tiny in the rematch, with James and the Lakers winning 121-110 Wednesday at the United Center.
Playing just his second game since returning from a foot injury that cost him more than a month, James scored 25 points, while Anthony Davis led all scorers with 38.
As for the Bulls (36-40), the timing of a second consecutive loss couldn’t have been worse, as they remained stuck in the No. 10 seed in the Eastern Conference, still holding onto the final play-in spot, but running out of time to move up and get a home game with just six regular-season games left.
“We just couldn’t get anything going from the perimeter,’’ Bulls coach Billy Donovan said of his team shooting 9-of-33 (27.3%) from three-point range.

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