{"id":409159,"date":"2024-10-17T08:19:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T06:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=409159"},"modified":"2024-10-17T08:19:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T06:19:29","slug":"lonzo-ball-returns-with-10-points-reflects-on-rehab-all-behind-me-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/lonzo-ball-returns-with-10-points-reflects-on-rehab-all-behind-me-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Lonzo Ball returns with 10 points, reflects on rehab: &#8220;All behind me now&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lonzo Ball made his long-awaited return to the court after more than two and a half years. As he checked into the game, the United Center crowd gave him a standing ovation, and Ball acknowledged them with a gesture. His last game was on January 14, 2022, and on Wednesday night, he played 15 minutes, scoring 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting in the Chicago Bulls&#8217; preseason win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m just happy to be back. It&#8217;s hard to put into words how it felt out there,&#8221; Ball said. &#8220;This is a moment I&#8217;ll never forget.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ball, who underwent three surgeries on his left knee, including a rare cartilage transplant in March 2023, reflected on his recovery: &#8220;It was a long process, but now it&#8217;s all behind me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Ball displayed his versatility, hitting a corner three-pointer, recording a steal, and handing out an assist, proving he can still contribute effectively. Bulls coach Billy Donovan praised him: &#8220;He looked great, moved really well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ball is focused on gradually getting back into NBA rhythm, aiming to play again in Friday\u2019s preseason finale against the Cleveland Cavaliers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/41840410\/lonzo-ball-scores-10-return-says-rehab-all-now\">Source: ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lonzo Ball made his long-awaited return to the court after more than two and a half years<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":409160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-409159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/GaDT1SEXQAAvSEk.png","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409159"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=409159"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=409159"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=409159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}