Bulls guard Rajon Rondo out indefinitely with broken thumb

The Bulls may be without Rajon Rondo for the rest of the National Basketball Association playoffs.

Hoop it up! Rajon Rondo and his Chicago Bulls will be hosting the Boston Celtics at the United Center for game 3 of the NBA’s first round of the 2017 playoffs on April 21th at 7pm EST. ESPN reported that former Celtics, Rajon Rondo, now Bulls’ point guard, noticed how the Celtics have given up the game, with Bradley saying that he had heard Rondo said it himself.

With Rondo out indefinitely, the Bulls won’t have a lot of time to make the adjustments they will need to get to within a game of closing out the Celtics.

Al Horford had 18 points and eight rebounds, Isaiah Thomas scored 16 points, and the top-seeded Celtics beat the Chicago Bulls 104-87 on Friday night after dropping the first two games of their opening-round series at home.

Robinson, who played two games for the New Orleans Pelicans past year, averaged 13.1 points and 4.4 assists in 82 games for Chicago in 2012-13.

Butler is averaging 26 points through the first two games.

Rondo needs the right players, and coaches around him. They have serviceable back-ups and they are still going to be out-rebounding the Celtics.

Yes, Rondo was running the offense like a maestro, but the Bulls can adjust.

CHICAGO (AP) – The Boston Celtics got pep talks from a past champion as well as their current superstar.

But after earning their first victory in the series, the Celtics understand they will have to keep pushing in order to get their second.

Butler will be crucial in that effort, just as he has been in the first two games of the series.

After notching their first win of the series in Game 3, let’s take a look at a few things that we’ve learned through three series games.

“I knew something was wrong”, Rondo said.

Having the best player on the floor is one of the ultimate ways to swing a playoff series.

“Just like every injury, every blow, it hurts the team in the moment, but we have to move past it”, Wade said. Whatever you do, never count out Rondo when it comes to playoffs. Using plus-minus for a single game isn’t always the most reliable stat, but it seemed pretty clear what was happening on Friday.

The Bulls have looked much improved from the team that didn’t have a winning record in the regular season.