Zach LaVine’s injury is more serious than originally thought. Instead of Day-To-Day, this seems to be a Week-Week injury with an ankle sprain.
Zach LaVine is our 2-4 more weeks. Still since the Jimmy Butler Trade, Zach, Kris, and Lauri have played 14 games together. #BullsNation
— ✶ ✶BuzzWeed✶ ✶ (@SMBuzzWeed) December 19, 2018
This isn’t ideal for new Bulls Head Coach, Jim Boylen, who is missing his leading scorer for possibly thirteen games.
With Zach expected out 2-4 weeks, here are the games he could miss:
Vs. Nets. Tonight
Vs. Magic 12/21
@ Cavs 12/23
Vs. T-wolves 12/26
@ Wiz 12/28
@ Raptors 12/30
Vs. Magic 1/2
Vs. Pacers 1/4
Vs. Nets 1/6
@ Blazers 1/9
@ Warriors 1/11
@ Jazz 1/12#BullsNation— Bulls Scripted (@BullScripted) December 19, 2018
Another huge hit here is that since the Jimmy Butler trade, Kris Dunn, Lauri Markkanen, and Zach Lavine have only played in 14 games together. This young core has never had a chance to gel and that can spell doom moving forward.
Here’s to hoping Zach has a speedy recovery and can make it back to the court fast because watching this Bulls team is about as fun as watching paint dry.
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