Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine is absolutely on fire to start the 2018-19 NBA season. However, the same cannot be said of his squad, which is 0-3 on the young season.

Following their 115-109 loss against the Dallas Mavericks, the 23-year old guard echoed out how the Bulls have to improve at recognizing the hot hand, per K.C. Johnson of The Chicago Tribune.

Looks like LaVine is taking a slight jab to his teammates to get him more touches. LaVine scored a season-high 34 points in their road loss. What's more impressive is that he did his damage on only 15 shots, making 11 of them. On a night like this, he is definitely warranted for more shots. He rounded out his stat line with 5 three-pointers, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals, while shooting 7 of 8 from the charity stripe.

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Despite shooting 51.2 percent from the field as a team and 56.5 percent from downtown, the Bulls still remain with a goose egg on the win column. They turned the ball over 19 times, and gave up 13 second chance opportunities to a Mavericks team that shot just 43 percent from the field and 32 percent from three.

As mentioned, LaVine is having a scorching hot start to his fourth NBA season. In all three games, the high-flying LaVine surpassed the 30-point plateau and is averaging 32.3 points per game while shooting at a blistering 61.8 percent from the field. He is also making 45 percent of his shots from deep, 3 per night. However, this has not translated into wins.

Communication has been the word of the day for the Bulls following their loss to the Mavs. The players have acknowledged that they need to improve on communicating with each other on both sides of the ball for their close games to translate into wins.

The good news for them is that they have 79 more games to figure things out. As for LaVine, he'll be sure to get more touches as the young Bulls' unquestioned leader on offense.