By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
In his second game following the return from a glute injury, Danilo Gallinari fell one point short of tying his season-high by scoring 24 and grabbing 9 rebounds as the L.A. Clippers defeated the Chicago Bulls 113 – 103 at Staples Center.
The Italian forward also had a team-high 25 +/- in the 30 minutes he spent on the floor. Milos Teodosic had the second-best +/- for the Clips with 19, after finishing with 8 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, one steal and no turnovers in 23 minutes.
Tobias Harris also dropped 24 points for the L.A. Clippers in his first match following the trade from the Detroit Pistons. Serbian center Boban Marjanovic didn’t play.
For the Lauri Markkanen-less (he’s away for the birth of his first child) Bulls, Zach LaVine had 21 points, 9 rebounds plus 4 assists and German forward Paul Zipser 16.