Zach LaVine says “I have f—ing 40 points” was not directed at Jim Boylen

LaVine says he was trash talking with Schroder

Zach LaVine denied that his “I have fucking 40 points” was directed at coach Jim Boylen.

Per ESPN, LaVine is spotted on camera mouthing, “I have f—ing 40 points” to someone on the sideline, before drilling a deep 3-pointer from the Bulls logo.

Based on previous encounters, many assumed that LaVine was yelling at Bulls coach Jim Boylen, but he says that wasn’t the case.

“You get into the heat of the battle and between players when you guys are talking, you talk smack sometimes, right? And that’s all it was,” LaVine told ESPN, after finishing with 41 points.
“We were still down. [Oklahoma City’s Dennis Schroder ] was talking a little mess to me and I just let him know, ‘Look, I’ve got 40, I don’t know why you’re talking to me,’” he added. “I don’t know why they said they thought I was talking to Jim, but it was just people being competitive in the game talking.”