Bulls' Nikola Mirotic: Ruled out Sunday

Mirotic (illness), who has already been ruled out for Saturday's game against the Pelicans, will also miss Sunday's tilt with the Grizzlies, ESPN.com's Nick Friedell reports.

Analysis:

With coach Fred Hoiberg ruling Mirotic out for his third and fourth consecutive games due to the illness, Bobby Portis should retain his spot in the rotation as the top backup to starting power forward Taj Gibson. in the last two contests, Portis has averaged 7.5 points and 5.0 rebounds in 18.5 minutes. The Bulls will hope to have Mirotic back in time for Tuesday's tilt with the Mavericks.