Dosunmu, Johnson make seven Bulls in health protocols originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
Hours before a road matchup with the Miami Heat Saturday night, Ayo Dosunmu and Stanley Johnson entered the NBA's health and safety protocols, according to an update to the Chicago Bulls' injury report.
With those entries, the Bulls now have seven players in protocols: Coby White, Javonte Green, DeMar DeRozan, Matt Thomas, Derrick Jones Jr., and now Dosunmu and Johnson.
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Dosunmu has started the Bulls' last two games. Johnson, who was with the team in training camp and the preseason before missing out on a roster spot, was signed to a 10-day contract on Thursday via a hardship exception granted to the Bulls in light of their short-handedness.
In a positive development, Alex Caruso was listed as available against the Heat on the injury report. Caruso strained his right hamstring in the Dec. 2 win over the Knicks and has essentially missed three games since. For the Bulls' last two games, he's been inactive; against the Nets on Dec. 4, he played through the injury for eight first-quarter minutes before being pulled by the team's medical staff.
With Dosunmu and Johnson out, and Caruso back, the Bulls have 11 players available for the Miami game as of this writing: Zach LaVine, Nikola Vučević, Lonzo Ball, Caruso, Troy Brown Jr., Tony Bradley, Alize Johnson, Marko Simonović, Alfonzo McKinnie (who was signed to a 10-day contract via hardship exception on Friday) and two-way players Devon Dotson and Tyler Cook.
Patrick Williams remains sidelined as he rehabs following wrist surgery in October.
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