The Bulls season is already crazy and a game hasn’t been played. Bobby Portis and Nikola Mirotic reportedly got into a fight that led to Mirotic being hospitalized.
Sources: Bulls forwards Bobby Portis and Nikola Mirotic were involved in serious altercation in practice today, leaving Mirotic hospitalized and out indefinitely. Story coming.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) October 17, 2017
Here are more details from Yahoo Sports.
Mirotic was taken to the hospital Tuesday after their shoving altercation during practice ended with an alleged cheap shot from Portis to Mirotic’s face, league sources told The Vertical. Mirotic is undergoing tests, but is expected to be out for the foreseeable future, league sources said.
Incredible.
K.C. Johnson, who covers the Bulls beat for the Chicago Tribune, confirmed the report.
Can confirm @ShamsCharania report that Portis and Mirotic were involved in physical altercation at Bulls practice today.
— K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) October 17, 2017
It was so bad that Mirotic has a bone fracture in his face.
In practice scuffle with Bobby Portis in Bulls practice, Nikola Mirotic suffered a fractured bone in his face, league source tells ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) October 17, 2017
And here’s the official statement from the Bulls.
#Bulls release statement on incident during practice today. pic.twitter.com/0RkTrFmAR7
— Sun-Times Sports (@suntimes_sports) October 17, 2017
