Bulls unable to stop Bucks, 112-99

The Bulls Monday were preparing to play the NBA best Milwaukee Bucks — I know, when did we ever read or hear that sentence before? — and perhaps the league’s Most Valuable Player this season, Giannis Antetokounmpo. Lauri Markkanen was going to draw the unenviable defensive assignment against the NBA’s Mr. Fantastic, who like the Fantastic Four movie character seemingly can twist, stretch and reshape his body into other worldly forms.

So the Bulls’ own seven-foot marvel before the game said he took a look at the history of the once shy European who averaged a negligible 6.8 points as a 19-year-old rookie, Markkanen’s age when he joined the Bulls. Antetokounmpo crept up to 12.7 per game the…