Billy Donovan was expecting more on Monday.
The entire Bulls organization was.
Facing the Western Conference’s first 30-win team, Donovan was counting on the likes of Lauri Markkanen, Wendell Carter Jr., and Coby White to take advantage of that stage and show the growing pains are behind them. Or at least subsiding.
Markkanen was benched for a period of time, finishing 3-for-12 with eight points in the loss. Carter scored six points and was a minus-15 in plus/minus. White went 4-for-12, scoring 10 points, but was a minus-23.
“These are the kinds of games in my opinion that Wendell and Lauri and Coby need to play in – high-level teams,’’ Donovan said of the performance of the three.