Officially, Rondo has been diagnosed with a thumb fracture atop a preexisting wrist injury, which is expected to sideline him for seven to 10 days, according to Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg.
The team announced the injury on Friday, hours before the Bulls host the Boston Celtics in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series. In Game 2, he just missed a triple-double with 11 points, 14 assists and nine rebounds.
With Rondo now out, the question now officially shifts to whether or not Chicago has enough depth at the point guard position to get by Boston - the top seed in the East - for two more games. The Bulls will be forced to start Jerian Grant in Friday's night game in Chicago. It is fully documented that during the regular season, the Bulls were having numerous issues with their players.
The Celtics led by as many as 20 in the second quarter, but were up only 44-41 at halftime.
But a late season revival from Rondo carried into the playoffs, in which he has looked like the point guard that helped pioneer two runs to the NBA Finals with the Celtics, including a championship in 2008. In this series, the Bulls have a +14.6 net rating with Rondo on the floor, but are a -5.4 without him. The Bulls reverted to quick jump shots once again, Grant with turnovers that led to a quick Michael Carter-Williams substitution and Thomas finding the range with back to back threes.
Robin Lopez finished with 12 points and Nikola Mirotic scored 12 for the Bulls, who struggled offensively without injured point guard Rajon Rondo.
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In addition to that, elite intervention police forces are also on alert, he added. #ChampsElysees has been closed. Pictures of the scene in Paris showed people rushing to clear the area, and a heavy armed police presence.
Boston Celtics point guard Isaiah Thomas has broken his silence regarding the tragic death of his younger sister Chyna who was killed in a one-car crash prior to the start of the NBA Playoffs. But now, as their star performs well while coping with the loss of his sister who passed from a tragic vehicle accident, the Celtics find themselves down 0-2 as they head to Chicago for game 3. This is the best Rondo we have seen and because of the players and coaches. Charles Barkley said it best, Chicago Bulls is the worst nightmare of the Boston Celtics. As for the Celtics, Thomas led the team with 33 points while shooting 55% from the field.
As Isaiah Thomas prepares for Game 3 in the National Basketball Association playoffs first-round series, he has New England's own king of comebacks in his corner. Chicago was only 11-15 against the spread as a home favorite this year and I think Boston gets back into this series tonight.
There is a small possibility that this Rajon Rondo injury update doesn't mean his season is over, but the Chicago Bulls would have to make a deep run in the 2017 NBA Playoffs.
"To me personally, it was everything", Jae Crowder said. "It'll be like familiar ground for us to come out where everything is against us, to come out and prevail".
"Everyone knows how smart of a player Rondo is", Smart said.
Rondo also got suspended for a game by the team earlier in the year and was in and out of the rotation. Yet, Baron Davis and the front-court duo of P.J. Brown and Jamal Mashburn demolished the Heat in three games. We were trying to get the game back in one shot, and, as a seasoned team, you have to understand it's gonna take a few execution plays and a few defensive stops to get you back in the game.
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