The last thing the Chicago Bulls needed at this time was losing their offensive pillar. Josh Giddey’s abrupt exit against the Minnesota Timberwolves puts them in jeopardy. The Bulls ended the third quarter down by 17 points, 95-78. And sadly, they’re going to have to fight the last quarter without their Aussie powerhouse.

Giddey played in the first three quarters before something went wrong. He made a pass to Nicola Vucevic and then abruptly reached for his hamstring. He quickly called for help. After the medical staff checked on him, the Bulls player headed straight to the locker room.

The Bulls soon announced that Giddey had suffered a hamstring injury. As of right now, it looks like a non-contact injury. The severity has not yet been reported, but it’s bad enough for him to be ruled out for the rest of the game.

The 6’2″ guard finished the game with 11 points on 3 of 10 field shooting, 1 of 4 from the three-point line, and 4 of 4 from the charity stripe with four rebounds and three assists in 18 minutes.

But even with the 23-year-old on the floor, the Bulls were struggling tonight. An injured Giddey is one of the many problems haunting this team. Unfortunately, just minutes ago, they also lost Coby White to a lower-leg injury.

But for Giddey in particular, it’s one setback after another.

Josh Giddey’s series of troubles could mean bad news for the Bulls

Only last week, Josh Giddey was facing ankle trouble. After much suspense, he was upgraded from questionable to a game-time decision against the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday. He ended up playing over 20 minutes, tallied 13 points, nine assists, and seven rebounds. But his team lost 103-112. This also wasn’t Giddey’s best stat line after racking up two triple-doubles and two double-doubles across six games.

Giddey’s ankle was still questionable going into tonight’s game. He was on the injury report until the last minute, although he was upgraded to probable.

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He was cleared to go against the Timberwolves in the final report. Going into tonight, Giddey had been averaging a career-high 19.5 points on a 47.0% shooting, 9.2 assists, 9.1 rebounds, 1.0 steals, and 33.3 minutes this season. Yet they weren’t getting a similar output in the first half.

It simply seems to show the Bulls aren’t at their best when Giddey isn’t at 100%. Before he left, his struggles were evident as he held his leg. Fans were getting increasingly disgruntled with his poor performance till the injury struck.

First a sprained ankle, now this hamstring. It’s looking very bleak for Giddey’s possible return against the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the Timberwolves ran away with the game in a blowout 101-136 win. The Bulls have fallen to 15-17 and need to rework some things in the event of Giddey and White’s possible absence.