The Chicago Bulls are in the middle of a tough stretch as they are dealing with some injury trouble, and they have also lost five games in a row. On Sunday, that fifth loss came to the Portland Trail Blazers,
White provided 16 points (6-15 FG, 2-7 3Pt, 2-2 FT), two rebounds and three assists over 31 minutes during Wednesday's 122-100 loss to Boston. The 24-year-old guard had missed the prior four games with an ankle issue,
With Zach LaVine away from the team, it was going to be an uphill battle, but the Bulls didn't help their cause by allowing 27 points off 15 turnovers. And with the trade deadline a week away, the rumors aren't going away.
White (ankle) is questionable for Wednesday's game against the Celtics. Despite this questionable tag, head coach Billy Donovan previously said that White was more likely to return in either or both of the final two games of the Bulls' three-game road trip.
The Chicago Bulls, playing without star guard Zach LaVine, lost the opener of a three-game trip Wednesday night, falling to the Boston Celtics 122-100.
But the team has been "fun-bad," thanks to solid play from two-time All-Star small forward/shooting guard LaVine, two-time All-Star center Nikola Vucevic, and guards Coby White, Ayo Dosunmu and Giddey. In the mediocre East, the Bulls are good enough to have at least a shot at the postseason.
Zach LaVine won’t travel with the Chicago Bulls for their three-game trip this week to face the Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors and Detroit Pistons. The two-time All-Star and his wife, Hunter, are preparing for the birth of their third child.
Kristaps Porzingis scored 26 of his season-high 34 points in the first half, and the Boston Celtics coasted to a 122-100 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night. Jaylen Brown added 28 points,
Coby White led the Bulls with 16 points in 31 minutes in his first game after missing four straight with an ankle injury.
Kristaps Porzingis scored a season-high 34 points and collected 11 rebounds to help the Boston Celtics breeze to a 122-100 victory over the visiting Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night.
In a bit of a surprise, Bulls head coach Billy Donovan has revealed that guard Coby White is slated to return from an injury absence Wednesday against the Celtics, per K.C. Johnson of Chicago Sports Network ( Twitter link ). White has been on the shelf with a right ankle bone bruise since January 19.