Atlanta Hawks And Chicago Bulls Injury Reports
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UPDATE: Andre Drummond and Ayo Dosunmu are both available.
Andre Drummond is available to play tonight. https://t.co/QMiPAj74en
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) April 18, 2024
On Wednesday evening, the Atlanta Hawks and Chicago Bulls will face off at the United Center for the play-in tournament.
The winner of the game will then play either the Miami Heat or Philadelphia 76ers for a chance to be the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference.
Meanwhile, the loser will be eliminated from the postseason.
It all comes down to this. pic.twitter.com/imIkoKCLbI
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) April 17, 2024
For the game, both teams have announced their injury reports (updated as of 2:30 Eastern Time).
The Hawks have ruled out Saddiq Bey, Jalen Johnson and Onyeka Okongwu.
As for the Bulls, they will be without Lonzo Ball, Onuralp Bitim, Zach LaVine, Julian Phillips and Patrick Williams.
Andre Drummond and Ayo Dosunmu are both listed as questionable.
The Hawks finished the regular season as the tenth seed in the Eastern Conference with a 36-46 record.
They have gone 3-7 over their last ten games and are also in the middle of a six-game losing streak.
Last season, the Hawks lost to the Boston Celtics in the first round of the NBA playoffs (in six games).
The franchise reached the Eastern Conference Finals in 2021, but have been unable to get out of the first round since that season.
Preparing for the moment. pic.twitter.com/7A9rURhF4o
— Atlanta Hawks (@ATLHawks) April 17, 2024
As for the Bulls, they finished the regular season as the ninth seed in the Eastern Conference with a 39-43 record.
They have gone 5-5 over their last ten games.
In 2022, the Bulls made the NBA playoffs, but they are coming off a season where they lost to the Miami Heat in the play-in tournament.