After suffering a facial injury in the second quarter of a critical Game 4, Bulls guard Alex Caruso has left the game for good this afternoon, per K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports Chicago (Twitter link). Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN tweets that the Bulls are examining Caruso to check for a potential concussion.
Bucks reserve guard Jevon Carter inadvertently shoved his forearm into Caruso’s face while scrambling during a play. Carter drew blood, and Caruso had his nose treated before eventually departing the floor for the locker room.
Caruso, starting at the point in the place of his injured teammate Lonzo Ball, has been a key defensive force for Chicago in its first-round matchup with Milwaukee. His offensive output has been fairly modest. He had been averaging 8.3 PPG, 4.3 APG, 1.7 RPG, and 1.3 SPG through the Bulls’ first three games in the series. The Bucks currently lead the series 2-1 and are in position to win Game 4.
Head coach Billy Donovan opted to start rookie guard Ayo Dosunmu in Caruso’s stead to start the game’s second half.
Must be karma…
Almost time to get down to Lake Michigan bc these Bulls are bout to be gone fishing
So you’re saying that if a team goes down 3-1 then they are toast? I’ll make note of that…
Well, there was a guy on another thread who predicted a C’s 2nd round series win over Chicago 3 games to 1.
But then he also guaranteed Milwaukee wouldn’t win another game in this series either, and here we are.
I’m just messing with Sankara because he’s a Hawks fan and they’re about to go down 3-1 in their series. All in good fun with a regular poster.
At least the good news of the game is that Grayson Allen probably played his best NBA game, oh how sweet it must be for him!
Bucks just seem to want to murder Caruso.
This is a bit much. Bulls need to get some physical players inside and out to deal with the Bucks.
Bulls GM AK got mostly fancier players for Denver too, but enough Pat Ws… Kofi in the draft or Ibaka, Bucks FA, look good now.
What happened to all the people who said the Bulls were a lock after Middleton got hurt?