Zach LaVine slammed the door shut on the idea of resting for Sundays game against the Atlanta Hawks, the second leg of a home-road back-to-back set.
“Yeah,” LaVine said flatly when asked if he will play. “Regardless of how tonight , I was playing either way. I feel good.”
But it is clear that LaVine hopes knee management is a thing of the past moving forward as well. Especially because his inconsistent availability did little to help him acclimate to begin 2022-23. In five games since snapping a six-game streak of games under 41 percent shooting from the field, LaVine is averaging 24.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.2 assists and two steals while shooting 38.9 percent from 3-point range and 75.9 percent in the restricted area. Even removing the first of those games — a blowout loss to the Suns in which most of his statistics were accrued with the game out of hand — LaVine's averages in four December games are strong: 25.8 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.
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