On April 28, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued to unfold, the Eastern Celtics and the Heat have advanced to the next round, and the defending champion Bucks also have a chance to advance. The Bucks will play the Bulls at home, and the Bulls will suffer consecutive blows before the game, and the team's two main players, Lavin and Caruso, will not be able to play today's life-and-death battle.
The Bulls' performance this season is still quite surprising, becoming the dark horse of the East, once ranked first, but unfortunately suffered from injuries, Ball is even more season reimbursement, the team also fell to the sixth position, successfully qualified for the playoffs. In the first round against the defending champion Bucks, the outside world is not optimistic about them, originally Middleton's injury let the Bulls see a glimmer of opportunity, but unfortunately they were continuously exploded, one lost 30 points, one lost 24 points, the big score also became 1-3, and before the G5 war, the team's Lavine and Caruso could not play.
The Bulls have officially announced that team star LaVine has triggered the league's health and safety agreement, which also means he will not be able to play today's game. Without Lavin, the Bulls would have to put the offensive burden on DeRozan, which would have become more difficult. Lavin averaged 19.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 6 assists per game in the playoffs, shooting 37.5% from three-point range, making his first playoff trip in his career, and his performance was not bad, but unfortunately this time triggered a safety agreement, which is likely to become the team's final battle of the season.
In addition to Lavine's inability to play, defensive striker Caruso will also be absent. Bulls guard Caruso will miss his fifth game against the Bucks as he remains under concussion agreement protection, Shams reported. In the G4 game, Caruso was hit in the face by Jervan Carter's arm during a defensive attack and subsequently withdrew from the game.
Without Lavin, without Caruso, Bauer was also reimbursed early, and the Bulls were already in a desperate situation, and I am afraid that they would be eliminated 1-4. In the absence of multiple main players, the Bulls are really not opponents of the Bucks, and even if Middleton can't play, the gap between the two teams is very large.