Following a disastrous outing against the Minnesota Timberwolves—one in which the Chicago Bulls not only lost by 35 points but also lost their starting backcourt to a pair of injuries—the Bulls will take the court for the first time with both players ruled out for the foreseeable future.
Chicago set to miss three key contributors
Josh Giddey, who limped off the court seconds after the Minnesota game resumed from halftime, has been diagnosed with a left hamstring strain. While he is officially listed with “tightness” on Chicago’s injury report, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported that Giddey suffered a strain with a recovery timeline of at least a few weeks.