On December 13, Beijing time, according to Mingji Woj, Bulls star Zach Lavin triggered the league's health and safety agreement, which means he will enter the quarantine stage. Shams said LaVine will miss the race for at least 10 days unless he can get two negative nucleic acid test reports in the next 24 hours.
As the home star of the Bulls, LaVine has averaged 35.1 minutes per game this season, can have 26 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.2 assists, and can also shoot 2.9 three-pointers per game, shooting 39.1% from three-point range. The Bulls are currently in Third place in the East with a 17-10 record, and they are only 1.5 wins away from the Top Nets. With LaVine's absence, the Bulls, who are currently losing 2 straight, are in a dire situation.
Bulls reporter K.C.Johnson then added that team guard Troy Brown also triggered a health and safety agreement into quarantine. This is definitely worse news for the bulls. The Bulls were originally the most segregated team in the league, and two consecutive people triggered the regulations again, which has brought their truce numbers to 9, the remaining seven are DeRozan, Kobe White, Derrick Jones Jr., Yaont Green, Matt Thomas, Dosem and the previously signed new signing Stanley Johnson. It was a leak in the house that rained overnight.
Woj then followed up on the fact that the Bulls are required to have eight healthy players in Tuesday's game against the Pistons, according to the league's rules. The league has not postponed the game this season for reasons related to the epidemic, but considering the Special Situation of the Bulls today, the number of people in quarantine in the team is gradually increasing, and the postponement of the game may be an option.
Woj also said the Bulls currently have 9 healthy players, with bench Stanley Johnson being quarantined under a health and safety deal and they need new bench players. According to the relevant policy, the Bulls can use difficult exceptions to sign a new player as a complement to the team. They have previously signed McKinney from the development league Mexico City with this regulation, and he has averaged 24.1 points per game in the league and shot 43.3% from three-point range.
After yesterday's Bulls loss to the Heat, Vucevic said most of the team's players were injected with boosters, but this obviously could not curb the impact of the epidemic on the team. Head coach Donovan said the team is constantly losing players, and many players in the team are feeling uncomfortable, and they need more people to stand up for the team. This also shows the current situation of the bull's helplessness. Vucevic recently forwarded Woj's message, comforting himself by saying, "At least we'll get herd immunity for the rest of the season."
As of now, the league has 25 players triggered the health and safety protocol into the quarantine phase. The impact of the epidemic on the alliance has spread further, and although the situation is quite serious, the alliance has no intention of shutting down.
(Text/Yuwen Basketball)