LOS ANGELES -- Jimmy Butler scored a season-high 40 points and Isaiah Canaan added a season-high 17 in the Chicago Bulls' fifth victory in six games, 118-110 over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night.
Nikola Mirotic had 15 points and 15 rebounds and the Bulls held off Los Angeles' late rally for their third victory in four stops on their road trip.
Rajon Rondo had 4 points, 9 rebounds and 12 assists despite a sore left ankle. He hit a floater in the lane with 28.6 seconds left to secure the Bulls' victory after Los Angeles trimmed a 15-point lead to five.
Lou Williams scored a season-high 25 points and Larry Nance Jr. had a career-high 18 for the Lakers (7-7), but their other young stars mostly struggled in their second consecutive loss.
Dwyane Wade took his first night off this season for the Bulls. He scored 28 points on Saturday while Chicago blew a 19-point lead in a loss to the Clippers, but the Bulls are monitoring their 34-year-old guard's long-term health.
For Los Angeles, D'Angelo Russell had eight points and seven assists while playing on a sore left knee. Jordan Clarkson managed just five points on 1-of-12 shooting, and Julius Randle had 14 points.
Chicago also outrebounded the Lakers 56-37, constantly outhustling Los Angeles to loose balls.
Even on a bad night, the young Lakers made a late rally to trim Chicago's lead to 115-110 with 1:12 left on back-to-back three-pointers by Nick Young and Russell.
Young and Russell then missed three-pointers that would have trimmed Chicago's lead to two, and Butler won a jump ball before Rondo's clinching floater.
Sports on 11/21/2016