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NEW ORLEANS — There has to be more than 16 minutes a game left in point guard Lonzo Ball’s surgically repaired left knee. That’s what the Bulls are hoping, at least.
That won’t be the case anytime soon, however.
‘‘It’s going to be that way for some time,’’ coach Billy Donovan said of Ball’s minutes restriction after speaking with the Bulls’ medical staff about it one more time during the morning shootaround Wednesday. ‘‘That’s not to say the minutes can’t increase; they can.