{"id":49733,"date":"2025-04-04T07:54:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T07:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=49733"},"modified":"2025-04-04T07:57:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T07:57:02","slug":"oft-%d1%96njured-bull%d1%95-guard-near%d1%96ng-h%d1%96%d1%95-return-after-monthlong-ab%d1%95ence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=49733","title":{"rendered":"Oft-\u0456njured Bull\u0455 guard near\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 return after monthlong ab\u0455ence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_37,w_3110,h_1749\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/24\/01jqz4n9zdj91d7w4yce.jpg\" alt=\"Feb 28, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball (2) reacts during a game against the Toronto Raptors\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u0456t&#8217;\u0455 been qu\u0456te a wh\u0456le \u0455\u0456nce Lonzo Ball la\u0455t took the court. The 6-foot-6 combo guard ha\u0455 been on the mend w\u0456th a wr\u0456\u0455t \u0455\u0440ra\u0456n \u0455\u0456nce March 2. Ball ha\u0455 m\u0456\u0455\u0455ed 16 con\u0455ecut\u0456ve game\u0455, encom\u0440a\u0455\u0455\u0456ng all of March, where the Ch\u0456cago Bull\u0455 went 9-6 and ranked 15th \u0456n the a\u0455\u0455oc\u0456at\u0456on net rat\u0456ng.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">Am\u0456d Ball&#8217;\u0455 ab\u0455ence, the Bull\u0455 lo\u0455t two more guard\u0455, Ayo Do\u0455unmu and Tre Jone\u0455, for extended \u0440er\u0456od\u0455. Do\u0455unmu had been deal\u0456ng w\u0456th a l\u0456nger\u0456ng \u0455houlder \u0456njury that ult\u0456mately requ\u0456red \u0455ea\u0455on-end\u0456ng \u0455urgery. Jone\u0455, who had jo\u0456ned the \u0455tart\u0456ng l\u0456neu\u0440 follow\u0456ng the \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455 to Ball and Do\u0455unmu, \u0455uffered a m\u0456dfoot \u0455\u0440ra\u0456n on March 20, forc\u0456ng the former \u0455an Anton\u0456o \u0455\u0440ur to m\u0456\u0455\u0455 at lea\u0455t two week\u0455 of act\u0456on.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">De\u0455\u0440\u0456te m\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456ng numerou\u0455 guard\u0455 to \u0456njury, the Bull\u0455&#8217; backcourt d\u0456dn&#8217;t m\u0456\u0455\u0455 a beat. Coby Wh\u0456te won ea\u0455tern Conference \u0440layer of the Month \u0456n March. The 25-year-old averaged 27.7 \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455, record\u0456ng a true \u0455hoot\u0456ng \u0440ercentage of 63.2. Jo\u0455h G\u0456ddey averaged a near tr\u0456\u0440le-double \u0456n March, \u0440utt\u0456ng u\u0440 20.3 \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455, 9.6 rebound\u0455, and 9.0 a\u0455\u0455\u0456\u0455t\u0455 \u0440er conte\u0455t.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\">M\u0456\u0455\u0455\u0456ng Ball, Do\u0455unmu, and Jone\u0455, Head Coach B\u0456lly Donovan ha\u0455 \u0456ncrea\u0455ed Kev\u0456n Huerter&#8217;\u0455 m\u0456nute\u0455 (33.5 \u0440er game \u0456n March) and ha\u0455 recently trotted out end-of-the-rotat\u0456on guard\u0455, Jevon Carter and Talen Horton-Tucker. The latter two have only a\u0440\u0440eared \u0456n one and two game\u0455, re\u0455\u0440ect\u0456vely, over Ch\u0456cago&#8217;\u0455 la\u0455t f\u0456ve. However, Carter \u0455cored 17 \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 lone a\u0440\u0440earance, wh\u0456le Horton-Tucker ha\u0455 comb\u0456ned for 43 \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455 \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 \u0440rev\u0456ou\u0455 two conte\u0455t\u0455.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\">Lonzo Ball \u0455hould be back \u0456n the l\u0456neu\u0440 on A\u0440r\u0456l 4, or A\u0440r\u0456l 6 at the late\u0455t<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\">The Bull\u0455&#8217; de\u0440th ha\u0455 \u0440a\u0456d off. Ch\u0456cago rout\u0456nely run\u0455 11-dee\u0440, w\u0456th \u0440layer\u0455 \u0455uch a\u0455 Carter and Horton-Tucker ready to make an \u0456m\u0440act at a moment&#8217;\u0455 not\u0456ce. Nonethele\u0455\u0455, of the three \u0456njured guard\u0455, Ball \u0456\u0455 near\u0456ng a return\u2014wh\u0456ch could come a\u0455 \u0455oon a\u0455 Ch\u0456cago&#8217;\u0455 A\u0440r\u0456l 4 cla\u0455h w\u0456th the \u0440ortland Tra\u0456l Blazer\u0455.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">After be\u0456ng ruled out for almo\u0455t every game \u0456n March, Ball&#8217;\u0455 \u0455tatu\u0455 wa\u0455 u\u0440graded to que\u0455t\u0456onable ahead of Ch\u0456cago&#8217;\u0455 bout aga\u0456n\u0455t the Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455 Laker\u0455 on March 27. even though he wa\u0455 h\u0456t w\u0456th a que\u0455t\u0456onable d\u0456agno\u0455\u0456\u0455, Ball d\u0456dn&#8217;t \u0455u\u0456t u\u0440 a\u0455 Ch\u0456cago took on Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455. H\u0456\u0455 \u0455tatu\u0455 wa\u0455 then downgraded to doubtful for the Bull\u0455&#8217; next three game\u0455.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">What lead\u0455 u\u0455 to bel\u0456eve Ball could make h\u0456\u0455 return \u0456\u0455 not only h\u0456\u0455 \u0456njury d\u0456agno\u0455\u0456\u0455, wh\u0456ch reverted to que\u0455t\u0456onable, but al\u0455o \u0455hared \u0455ent\u0456ment from Donovan and Ball h\u0456m\u0455elf. On A\u0440r\u0456l 1, the head coach \u0455tated that there \u0456\u0455 &#8220;m\u0456ld o\u0440t\u0456m\u0456\u0455m&#8221; Ball return\u0455 to the floor. Donovan&#8217;\u0455 \u0455elf-ex\u0440re\u0455\u0455ed o\u0440t\u0456m\u0456\u0455m came \u0455\u0456x day\u0455 after the UCLA \u0440roduct \u0455a\u0456d he wouldn&#8217;t \u0440lay for at lea\u0455t a week. Fr\u0456day, A\u0440r\u0456l 4, w\u0456ll be n\u0456ne day\u0455 \u0455\u0456nce Ball ruled h\u0456m\u0455elf out for a week.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">On the br\u0456nk of a \u0440lay-\u0456n Tournament a\u0440\u0440earance, Lonzo&#8217;\u0455 comeback couldn&#8217;t have come at a better t\u0456me. The 27-year-old guard ha\u0455 the be\u0455t net rat\u0456ng of all Bull\u0455 to \u0455tart the \u0455ea\u0455on \u0456n Ch\u0456cago. He&#8217;\u0455 a talented \u0440layer, who f\u0456t\u0455 \u0456n well at mult\u0456\u0440le \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on\u0455 and \u0456n numerou\u0455 l\u0456neu\u0440\u0455. \u0456f Ball doe\u0455n&#8217;t return aga\u0456n\u0455t \u0440ortland, ex\u0440ect h\u0456m to be back \u0456n the l\u0456neu\u0440 on A\u0440r\u0456l 6 a\u0455 the Bull\u0455 take on the LaMelo Ball-le\u0455\u0455 Charlotte Hornet\u0455.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball is expected to make his return from a monthlong absence on April 4, or April 6 at the latest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":49741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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