Zach LaVine
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Zach LaVine wants to keep playing at the highest level in the second part of the season in order to help the Chicago Bulls maintain a playoff push.

“I mean, if you’re not confident in yourself or your team, you already lost the battle. Obviously, I’m going out there to win.

For me personally, just to keep the foot on the gas pedal. You never know what’s going to happen. We can’t be on vacation mode yet.

Sometimes you come out the break, teams go up or down. Hopefully we’ll be one of the teams that go up,” LaVine said, per Joe Cowley of Chicago Sun-Times.

LaVine is averaging 25.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game this season. The Bulls are only five games away from playoff contention in spite of a 19-36 record.