Chicago Bulls Guard Alex Caruso Suffers Broken Wrist After Flagrant Foul By Bucks' Grayson Allen

A battle between premier NBA Eastern Conference teams on Friday night escalated when things got physical between the Milwaukee Bucks and Chicago Bulls.

The second-seeded Bulls and fourth-seeded Bucks played a tight competition throughout.

With five minutes left in the third quarter — and Milwaukee up, 55-54 — the Bulls found a fast-break opportunity that ended in a layup attempt by Alex Caruso, which was contested by Bucks guard Grayson Allen as he yanked Caruso mid-air, causing the Bulls player to land forcefully on his right wrist. The officials called a Flagrant 2 on Allen, leading to his ejection from the game.

In a post-game interview, Caruso didn't mince words over Allen's flagrant play.

"Dude just grabbed me out of the air," Caruso stated. "It's kind of bulls---. I don't know what else you can do about it. I'm just glad that I didn't have any major scary injuries right away."

Caruso's criticism was warranted after the Bulls announced that the 27-year-old guard would require surgery for a fractured wrist, expected to sideline him for 6-8 weeks, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

Not aiding the situation was Allen's history of forcing hard fouls, dating back to his days at Duke, and a Bucks social media team that prodded Chicago by posting a gif of Grayson Allen Saturday morning. Hours later, the Bulls announced Caruso's injury update. Caruso finished the game, which ultimately went in Milwaukee's favor, 94-90.

Bulls coach Billy Donovan tapped into Allen's history as a mercurial player.

“It just was not good,” Donovan declared. “For it to even be extended to a flagrant 2 to be thrown out of the game, clearly the officials must have felt like there was some intent there the way yanked him and snapped him to the floor and his head bounced off the floor. Really, really, really dangerous play."

"It was really bad. It was really, really bad … For Alex to be in the air like that for him to take him down like that, he could have ended his career,” Donovan admitted. “And he has a history of this. That to me was really dangerous. I really hope the league takes a hard look at something like that, because they could have really, really seriously hurt him.”

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