Bulls guard Zach LaVine has entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols and is expected to miss Game 5 of the series with the Bucks on Wednesday, tweets Shams Charania of The Athletic.
LaVine won’t travel with his teammates when they leave for Milwaukee today, according to K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports Chicago (Twitter link). He and the team will follow the procedures recommended by the league, and he will undergo further testing before Wednesday’s game.
This is LaVine’s third COVID-19 experience in the past 12 months, notes Rob Schaefer of NBC Sports Chicago (Twitter link). LaVine was also placed in protocols last April and again in December, and he had a close contact scare that forced him to take a later flight to the Olympics in July.
The loss of LaVine would be devastating for the Bulls as they try to extend the series following two blowout losses in Chicago. LaVine, who is in the playoffs for the first time in his career, is averaging 19.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 6.0 points per game and is coming off a 24-point, 13-assist performance in Sunday’s Game 4.
Starfox do a barrel roll…
Looks like the path is clearer for a Tatum vs Giannis showdown
Zach still getting the max?
Bulls fun fact: The top 7 in Minutes Played all averaged at least 5 assists per 100 possesions. (leader 7.2)
1,2,3, Cancun
Ayo and White to the rescue…
If that happens do not ask me for the winning numbers because I am being smart with that dumb remark!!!
What protocol??? You got be kidding me!! Move on man. You just done and want go on vacation already!
These players are a soft as they come! They want the whole paycheck but are only willing to play 40 games a season. If I’m the Bulls, I will sign and trade his ass!
I really hope this comment is a joke. Otherwise, it’s the most oblivious I’ve seen in a while
You know the players don’t pick the protocols, those would be set forth by the league they play, thus your rage is being placed incorrectly, also as a bulls fan you should not be upset by this because at no point in this series did we have any chance of winning this series, Zach is gonna miss game 5 and I’m pretty sure after these last 2 months he’s gonna miss his max as well, but he will still get paid, Zach played through some knee ailment the second half of the season, it wasn’t pretty but dude isn’t soft
This series is over anyway.
Lavine is a Klutch client and a FA this summer…