The Los Angeles Lakers were fully healthy on Saturday night with Rui Hachimura and, more notably, LeBron James returning to action, but the Chicago Bulls spoiled the party with a 146-115 blowout that dropped the Lakers to the No.

Instead, the Lakers ended up making them look like the 1996 Bulls on the night, with seven of their players scored in double digits in the 146-115 win. Matas Buzelis and Coby White had 30-plus point games while Josh Giddey (15 points, 17 assists, 10 rebounds, eight steals) came close to a quadruple-double.

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