{"id":553478,"date":"2026-01-22T16:22:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/553478\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T16:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T16:22:22","slug":"is-josh-giddey-returning-tonight-bulls-vs-timberwolves-injury-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/553478\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Josh Giddey returning tonight? Bulls vs. Timberwolves injury report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/chicago-bulls\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Bulls<\/a> will play the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night. <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/players\/b61309e0\/josh-giddey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Giddey<\/a> is hoping to return from his left hamstring strain soon, so is he playing tonight vs. the Timberwolves?<\/p>\n<p>The Bulls guard has not played since late December due to the injury. Chicago has missed him during his three-week absence. Giddey&#8217;s return will give the team a boost as they look to climb the standings in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s everything we know about Josh Giddey&#8217;s injury status for tonight&#8217;s game vs. the Timberwolves.<\/p>\n<p>Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/lp\/nba\/?irad=356361&amp;irmp=492408\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored nofollow\">Get Access | Save $30<\/a>)*<\/p>\n<p>Josh Giddey&#8217;s injury status vs. Timberwolves<\/p>\n<p>Giddey is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/ak-static.cms.nba.com\/referee\/injury\/Injury-Report_2026-01-22_10_00AM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">listed as questionable<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/injuries\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA injury<\/a> report.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulls will enter the contest with a 21-22 record, which is good for ninth place in the Eastern Conference. The 27-17 Timberwolves are seventh in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n<p>Giddey&#8217;s final injury status will go a long way toward determining the outcome of the game. When it comes to the question of if Josh Giddey is playing tonight vs. the Timberwolves, the answer is uncertain at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Bulls&#8217; injury report<\/p>\n<p>The Bulls have six players on the injury report for Thursday night&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Giddey (left hamstring strain): Questionable<br \/>\nPatrick Williams (right ankle sprain): Questionable<br \/>\nZach Collins (right 1st toe sprain): Out<br \/>\nNoa Essengue (left shoulder surgery): Out<br \/>\nYuki Kawamura (G League two-way): Out<br \/>\nEmmanuel Miller (G League two-way): Out<br \/>\nTimberwolves&#8217; injury report<\/p>\n<p>The Timberwolves have two players on the injury report.<\/p>\n<p>Terrence Shannon Jr. (left foot abductor hallucis strain): Out<br \/>\nRocco Zikarsky: (G League two-way): Out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Bulls will play the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night. Josh Giddey is hoping to return from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3771],"tags":[7,920,919,329,3824,965,6,14502],"class_list":{"0":"post-553478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-bulls","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bulls","10":"tag-chicago","11":"tag-chicago-bulls","12":"tag-chicagobulls","13":"tag-josh-giddey","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-nba-injury"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115939682853574684","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553478","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=553478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}