There are two Game 2s in the NBA Playoffs first round Monday night, and we have some guard updates for both of them.
For the Bulls, guard Kirk Hinrich is out again, reports PBT’s own Sean Highkin. Hinrich is battling an ongoing knee issue and missed game one.
From the Bulls’ perspective, what’s the rush to bring him back? Chicago should be able to beat Milwaukee handily without him. When the Bulls will need him is the second round, very likely against Cleveland. Rest him now, get him as healthy as he can be for when he is needed.
For the Pelicans, Jrue Holiday expects to play but we may not see Tyreke Evans, reports John Reid at the Times-Picayune. Officially, they are both listed as questionable.''Tyreke and Jrue are pretty much in the same situation,’' Williams said before Monday’s shootaround at the University of San Francisco. ''Tyreke is going to be a game-time decision and we’ll wait to see how they feel after this morning and probably before the game.’'
''I’m all right, I’m going to make it,’' Holiday said before Monday’s shootaround.The Pelicans need more out of their guards to have a shot in this series. Too often in Game 1 — particularly early on — the New Orleans guards lost Stephen Curry or Klay Thompson off the ball and paid a serious price.