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NEW ORLEANS -- Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball played in his first NBA game since Jan. 14, 2022, recording 5 points, 4 assists and 2 rebounds in 14 minutes during Wednesday's 123-111 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans.
When Ball checked into the game with 6:14 remaining in the first quarter, he did so without fanfare. He had been through an emotional return during the preseason -- when he stepped on an NBA court for a game for the first time following a cartilage transplant in his left knee in March 2023 -- where his teammates gifted him the game ball and celebrated him in the locker room afterward.