practiced with the Windy City Bulls<\/a> on January 18, and according to head coach Billy Donovan, everything went well. As a result, the Aussie\u2019s window of availability has opened, putting him in line to return either tonight or Thursday, coincidentally in Minnesota.<\/p>\nGetting Giddey back would be a major boost for Chicago, which faces a daunting schedule in the coming days. Aside from Giddey, the Bulls\u2019 injury report is relatively light. Zach Collins remains sidelined while recovering from a toe sprain, and Patrick Williams is the only other player with an injury designation\u2014though he is expected to return to the rotation later this week.<\/p>\n
Kawhi Leonard out for Clippers<\/p>\n
The Clippers, meanwhile, will be without Kawhi Leonard for a third straight game. Leonard is in the midst of a bounce-back campaign in his age-34 season, averaging a career-high 28.2 points while adding 6.3 rebounds, 3.5 assists, and a league-leading 2.2 steals per game. He\u2019s shooting 49.7 percent from the floor and 39.9 percent from three-point range.<\/p>\n
While Leonard\u2019s injury is officially listed as a knee contusion, any knee issue is concerning, given his injury history. Los Angeles will also be without forward Derrick Jones Jr., who is dealing with a more severe knee injury\u2014an MCL sprain. The high-flying forward suffered the sprain on January 3 and is set to be reevaluated in mid-February. This marks his second MCL sprain this season.<\/p>\n
Lastly, reserve guard Bogdan Bogdanovic remains sidelined while tending to a hamstring injury. He has been out since late December, and there is currently no clear timeline for the 33-year-old\u2019s return.<\/p>\n
Full injury report for Chicago Bulls vs Los Angeles Clippers<\/p>\n
The complete injury report for tonight’s game is as follows:<\/p>\n
Chicago Bulls<\/p>\n
Out: Zach Collins (Right 1st Toe Sprain), Noa Essengue (Left Shoulder Surgery).<\/p>\n
Questionable: Josh Giddey (Left Hamstring Strain), Patrick Williams (Right Ankle Sprain).<\/p>\n
Los Angeles Clippers<\/p>\n
Out: Bradley Beal (Left Hip Fracture), Bogdan Bogdanovic (Left Hamstring Injury Management), Derrick Jones Jr. (Right Knee Sprain), Kawhi Leonard (Left Knee Contusion), Chris Paul (Not with team).<\/p>\n
Questionable: Cam Christie (Abdominal Soreness).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following a 22-point win over the Brooklyn Nets, the Chicago Bulls host the Los Angeles Clippers for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3789],"tags":[7,559,4034,192,4032,251,135,4033,4031,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-549478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-clippers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-clippers","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-clippers","12":"tag-laclippers","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-losangelesclippers","17":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115929195751919518","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}