LOS ANGELES -- Even when Dwyane Wade takes a night off to rest, Jimmy Butler gets the benefit of his new Chicago Bulls teammates veteran experience.Not that Butler needed a whole lot of help while he carved up the Los Angeles Lakers.Butler scored a season-high 40 points and Isaiah Canaan added a season-high 17 in the Bulls fifth victory in six games, 118-110 over the Lakers on Sunday night.Nikola Mirotic had 15 points and 15 rebounds and the Bulls held off Los Angeles late rally for their third win in four stops on their annual circus road trip. They also bounced back solidly after blowing a 19-point lead in a loss to the Clippers on Saturday night.It was a quick turnaround from last night to today, but I saw everybody working on their body and everybody watching the film, Butler said. Thats how its supposed to be.Chicago got a vintage game from Butler, its two-time All-Star and gold medal-winning Olympian. He destroyed a series of Los Angeles defenders with his usual flair, scoring inside and on the perimeter without hitting a 3-pointer.He was attacking all night, Chicago coach Fred Hoiberg said. He told me before the game, `Coach, Im going for 40 tonight, and he did it.Even on the second half of back-to-back road games, Chicago outrebounded the Lakers 56-37 -- including 16 offensive boards -- and constantly outhustled Los Angeles to loose balls.The Bulls did it all without Wade, who rested for the first time this season. He scored 28 points on Saturday, but the Bulls are monitoring their 34-year-old guards long-term health.Even though D-Wade is out, hes still helping me through this process and letting him know what I should be doing, helping me read the game, Butler said. Its great to have him in my corner.Lou Williams scored a season-high 25 points and Larry Nance Jr. had a career-high 18 for the Lakers (7-7).Jimmy Butler had a pretty fantastic game, Lakers coach Luke Walton said. Hes a pretty fantastic player, but if hes going to do that, then we have to shut down the rest of the guys. We let him get his, and the role players all chipped in and did their part as well. You either take away the star or take away the role players. You cant let everyone have a night.RONDOS RETURNRajon Rondo had four points, nine 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 win after Los Angeles trimmed a 15-point lead to five.LONG SEASONThe Lakers young stars mostly struggled in their second straight loss. DAngelo Russell had only eight points and seven assists while playing cautiously on a sore left knee. Jordan Clarkson managed just five points on 1-of-12 shooting, and Julius Randle had 14 points.The Lakers also got a lesson in hard work from the dogged Bulls, particularly in the paint.There was a stretch in the second quarter when they just bullied us on the glass, Nance said. I dont know what was the cause of it.LAST GASPEven on a bad night, the young Lakers made a late rally to trim Chicagos lead to 115-110 with 1:12 left on back-to-back 3-pointers by Nick Young and Russell. Young and Russell then missed 3-pointers that would have trimmed Chicagos lead to two, and Butler won a jump ball before Rondos clinching floater.TIP-INSBulls: Rondo played his second straight game on that balky ankle. ... Theyll host the Lakers in the rematch on Nov. 30. The Bulls have only two games before then, while the Lakers have five. ... German C Paul Zipser sat out with a lower back strain.Lakers: Walton got his first technical foul of the season from referee Kane Fitzgerald in the second quarter after a no-call. ... Luol Deng scored six points. He spent his first 9 1/2 NBA seasons with the Bulls.UP NEXTBulls: The circus trip continues at Denver on Tuesday.Lakers: Host Oklahoma City on Tuesday in the next daunting matchup of a rough stretch with 18 games in 30 days. 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North Melbournes best form had better be in front of them, because their AFL season of great expectations has ground to a halt.Kangaroos coach Brad Scott remained upbeat about their prospects after Sundays 32-point loss to West Coast at Subiaco.It meant they have lost five of their last six games and plummeted from top spot on the AFL ladder to eighth.Scott said they had to rediscover their best form and regain players from injury.Our best footy is in front of us, he said.We have played some really good football this year and we have had some challenges put in front of us. Some challenges we havent been able to overcome.We have played four pretty good teams in the past month (Geelong, Hawthorn, Adelaide, Eagles) and really I didnt walk away discouraged that our best wasnt good enough to win those games.Indeed, their situation is not catastrophic - yet.Norths nine-game winning streak at the start of the season means they are only one game plus percentage outside the top four.And the Kangaroos have a three-game buffer over Port Adelaide, Collingwood Melbourne and St Kilda, who will need a lot to go right if any of them are to push for the finals.But of Norths 10 wins this season, only two have been against other teams currently in the top eight.Their form slump makes next Saturdays home game against the resurgent Power a big clash.The Eagles 16.8 (104) to 11.6 (72) win was their first thiis year against another top eight team.ddddddddddddWest Coast improved from eighth to fifth, leaving them just one win adrift of second.Also on Sunday, Adelaide extended their winning streak to seven with a regulation 10-goal win over Carlton at the MCG.The 16.11 (107) to 7.5 (47) win sent the Crows rocketing from fifth to third.Across town, St Kildas four-goal run in the last quarter meant they survived a scare against lowly Essendon and won by 11 points.Jack Steven was supreme for the Saints in the 17.7 (109) to 14.14 (98) win.Geelong and GWS were the big losers in round 16, with the Cats falling at home to Sydney on Friday night by 38 points.As Geelong dropped out of the top four, Sydney replaced them in second spot and set up a ripping clash next Thursday night against top side Hawthorn at the SCG.The Giants were also ordinary at home, falling to the Magpies by 32 points to drop from third to seventh.Richmond gave the Western Bulldogs an almighty scare on Saturday night, but the Dogs won ugly by 10 points to improve from sixth to fourth.Only two games separate top side Hawthorn from North in eighth.The Hawks beat Port Adelaide on Thursday night by 22 points in a rugged clash.Melbourne beat Fremantle in Darwin and Gold Coast won the Q Clash over Brisbane. 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