{"id":648202,"date":"2026-03-09T03:50:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T03:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/648202\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T03:50:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T03:50:28","slug":"collin-sexton-exits-kings-game-with-injury-amid-huge-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/648202\/","title":{"rendered":"Collin Sexton exits Kings game with injury amid huge night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/chicago-bulls\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Bulls<\/a> were witnessing a vintage performance from <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/players\/adfc0941\/collin-sexton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Collin Sexton<\/a> on Sunday night, but the celebration was cut short. During a high-stakes <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/nba-stories\/bulls-news-josh-giddey-matas-buzelis-questionable-injury-report-vs-kings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">matchup against the Sacramento Kings<\/a>, the dynamic guard was forced to exit early after suffering a left lower leg contusion. The Bulls quickly announced that Sexton would not return for the remainder of the game, leaving a massive void in their rotation just as he was heating up.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Collin Sexton (left lower leg contusion) is OUT for the remainder of tonight&#8217;s game against the Kings, the Bulls announced. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YBgP0nf7O5\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/YBgP0nf7O5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/2030844333071511978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">Before the injury occurred, <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/chicago-bulls\/bulls-news-collin-sexton-win-suns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sexton was arguably the best player<\/a> on the floor. Returning to a bench role with Josh Giddey back in the lineup, Sexton provided an immediate spark that the Kings simply couldn&#8217;t contain. He racked up 28 points in just 22 minutes of action, shooting an efficient 9-of-12 from the field, including seven triples. His ability to get to the rim and finish through contact has been a hallmark of his season, and he was on pace for a career night before the setback.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Bulls were witnessing a vintage performance from Collin Sexton on Sunday night, but the celebration was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3771],"tags":[7,920,919,329,3824,1585,6,14502],"class_list":{"0":"post-648202","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-collin-sexton","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-nba-injury"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116197184186302576","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648202","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=648202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}