Zach LaVine had been terrible at the rim, until facing Sacramento

Some positivity, maybe, out of the Bulls latest loss that dropped the Bulls to 9-14 on the season: is Zach LaVine back?

LaVine was the Bulls only offensive weapon on Sunday night, scoring over 40% of the team’s points with a stat-padded-at-the-end-but-still 41 points on 16-28 shooting from the field.

It was LaVine’s most productive scoring output of the season, by far, and perhaps most encouragingly it involved a lot of finishes at the rim instead of just a good night shooting threes.

LaVine now has his within-5-ft shooting percentage at 61%, not near last season’s mark of 66.