The Chicago Bulls entered Thursday's Game 6 against the Brooklyn Nets shorthanded, with starting point guard Kirk Hinrich sidelined by a calf injury and starting small forward Luol Deng hampered by an illness so severe that he reportedly spent time in a Chicago emergency room Wednesday undergoing tests to make sure he didn't have viral meningitis (he doesn't) and that lingered long enough for him to be sent home before Thursday's tip.
Bulls reserves Nate Robinson and Taj Gibson played Thursday, but they were battling flu-like symptoms, too. And in Nate's case, he was battling even on the bench, placing a trash cash beneath him during timeouts and draping a towel over his head to provide cover as he booted:
As one might expect from the man responsible for the Bulls' remarkable triple-overtime Game 4 win, though, Robinson followed his boot by rallying, continuing to play as the Bulls worked to try to close out the Nets and move on to the second round. We respect you, Nate. And we hope your aim on that trash can's good.
Hat-tip to Ride the Pine.
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