The Chicago Bulls have been one of the most present teams in NBA trade rumors. Expected to continue their rebuild ahead of the NBA trade deadline, the Bulls hav

The Chicago Bulls will be facing the Atlanta Hawks, but they may be without Lonzo Ball, as he's listed on the injury report.

Coach Billy Donovan lightly skirted Ball’s playing time restriction — previously set at 20 minutes — to keep Ball on the court in Monday’s win over the Toronto Raptors. Ball delivered, sinking a 3-pointer to give the Bulls a six-point lead with 68 seconds left and assisted on the clinching basket by Nikola Vučević with 14 seconds remaining.

Josh Giddey has also been downgraded from questionable to out because of a right ankle sprain. It looks like Giddey won't be the only name being downgraded for the Chicago Bulls tonight. The team also revealed that Lonzo Ball has been unexpectedly downgraded as out due to an illness.

Twelve games into his 2024-25 campaign, Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball averages 5.2 points, 3.6 assists, 3.1 rebounds, and 1.1 steals in 17.5 minutes. In a recent appearance on retired guard Gilbert Arenas’ Gil’s Arena podcast, Ball talked about his minutes restriction.

While he wasn't one of those players, Lonzo Ball had a productive game as he continues to battle back from injury this season. After the win, Ball shared a message with Bulls fans. "I mean we won. Always feels good when we win baby,