It’s pointless to make any judgment on what kind of coach Matt Eberflus will be for the Bears when he just got here and the season is still five months away.

The only meaningful assessment at this stage is whether he’s getting this project off to a good start. The core concerns are if his plan makes sense, if his staff is cohesive, if he’s resonating with players and if there are preliminary signs of it coming together.

It was a green light on all fronts Tuesday after his first practice at Halas Hall.

He hopes it’s the first of many steps in the right direction for the wayward Bears as he tries to lift them out of irrelevance and into the sustained success that has eluded them for decades.

“It’s been a short time, but I feel that it’s been real [well received] by the whole team,” he said of his blueprint, which centers on his H.I.T.S. principle. “It’s the rudiments of the game… It’s about doing the simple things better than anybody else does. They’ve been good.

“There was great execution out there for the first day… That’s a tribute to them paying attention to what we’re trying to do.”

H.I.T.S. starts with hustle, and that element was evident Tuesday as the Bears kept their tempo up throughout. And consistent with his promise to be a true head coach rather than sticking to his specialty, Eberflus spent most of his time with the offense.

There’s something refreshingly dry about Eberflus’ style, and his businesslike approach is ideal coming off an era that was heavy on rah-rah and light on results under Matt Nagy.

Pretty much any new coach would be warmly welcomed after the Bears flubbed to 22-27 the last three seasons, but Eberflus’ credibility seems to extend beyond simply not being Nagy.

The key, as Eberflus sees it, is being authentic and straightforward: adult-to-adult communication with clear expectations. It’s not much different than how it works at any company, and Eberflus is conveying that he’s equal parts coach and boss.

“Just be myself,” he said of his approach to getting players on board. “When you’re honest and upfront with guys and you tell them exactly [what you want] and you put it on the table so it’s plain to see, and then you challenge them to get that done, they appreciate that and they respect that.”

There’s a good chance most of these players hadn’t heard of him before he emerged as a candidate in January. If they’ve done minimal research, however, they know Eberflus started coaching before all but a few of them were born and he’s coming off an excellent run as Colts defensive coordinator.

The Colts were second in the NFL in takeaways and 10th in fewest points allowed over his four seasons. And unlike Nagy’s situation working under Andy Reid in Kansas City, there’s no skepticism over how much credit Eberflus can take.

So if H.I.T.S. was integral to building that defense and an all-pro like Darius Leonard endorses it — “Made me who I am,” he said — the Bears should be eager to adopt it.

“I’m hearing it even walking down the halls,” defensive end Trevis Gipson said. “It’s getting [imprinted on] our defense and our offense, and I think we’re going to have a fantastic year.

“When I first met the coaches, all they said was, ‘H.I.T.S. principle.’ We heard it yesterday. We’re hearing it today. It’s just, ‘This is what we’re about, this is how we do things, this is how we want you guys to do things and this is how you guys will do things.’ That’s sort of the culture right now, and I’m really appreciative of it.”

Spurring that reaction and willingness from the team at large is the biggest win Eberflus can get between now and training camp. He’ll need much more, but he’s on the right track.

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Saying little, Justin Fields said a lot.

“Do I think I was always put in the best position to succeed [last year]?” the Bears quarterback said Tuesday, repeating the question he was asked before the Bears’ first voluntary minicamp practice. “Um, you know, I don’t know.

“But at the end of the day that doesn’t matter. You just have to handle what you’ve got and try to make the best out of it.”

This year, it’s up to the new coaching staff to do what former head coach Matt Nagy couldn’t — to try to make Fields a dynamic centerpiece of the Bears’ offense. That unfolded on a Halas Hall backfield for the first time Tuesday in a voluntary minicamp practice afforded the Bears because they have a new head coach.

“I hope that they will just tailor the plays to my skillset –which we’re going to do,” Fields said. “So, you know, just finding out what I do best, what we do best as an offense, what we do best as a team … and run that offense.”

That didn’t happen last year, when Nagy treated Fields as the backup until he was forced not to. It wasn’t until the third practice week of the regular season — after voluntary minicamps, mandatory minicamp, training camp, preseason practices and two weeks of game prep sessions — that Fields finally took all the starter snaps in a Bears practice. And that happened only because Andy Dalton hurt his knee.

Tuesday, he took the field as the Bears’ unquestioned starter. New head coach Matt Eberflus said he had an “excellent practice,” praising his command of the offense.

“I’ve noticed just his confidence,” Eberflus said. “He’s got a really good confidence in the room. When I’m in the quarterback room, when I’m in the offensive room, (he’s) calling out the plays, executing, and then what the adjustments are if we may have that for that particular play.”

Nagy, of course, used to give similar praise to Fields. But he also didn’t start him.

“Last year was my rookie year, of course, my first in the league– (I} didn’t know if I was going to start or not, didn’t know if I was going to play,” Fields said. “So my mindset right now is completely different than last year.”

Fields was forced to learn his second new offense is as many years. Tuesday, he said the obvious — that “it would be easier if it was the same offense as last year and we were just able to grow on that.” The Bears, though, failed spectacularly enough to warrant the firing of Pace and Nagy.

Year 2 has prompted changes big and small for Fields — from the Bears designing the offense around him to having him take the shotgun snap with his left foot forward, not his right, with hopes of improving timing with his receivers.

Fields made 10 starts last year, but only four after Halloween because of injuries and a Week 18 coronavirus diagnosis. When Fields did play. puzzling play-calling led to offensive ineptitude and a cringe-inducing sack rate. Fields threw three more interceptions than he did touchdowns and won only two out of 10 games.

Still, he doesn’t consider it all a loss. Being able to learn the speed of an NFL game was better that sitting on the sidelines, Fields said. Charitably, he described his rookie year as having ups and downs. He didn’t have the latter at Ohio State, where he went 20-2 as the starter.

Fields said he learned from it.

“You can’t really do anything but deal with it and keep fighting–keep fighting for another day,” he said. “And keep working.”

Fields saw a video online recently that preached “failing until you succeed.” He liked that idea.

“No matter how many times I fail,” he said, “I’m going to just keep going until I eventually succeed.”

It’s the job of his new coaches to help him get there.

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Caleb Jones was asked earlier this month a simple question: What does he think about his pending restricted free agency this summer?

“It’s always in the little bit of the back of your mind,” he said. “But you just have to take it one day at a time for things like that. You can’t get too far ahead. … As an RFA, it’s a little less nerve-wracking than being a UFA because they still have your rights. But that’s something that you just have to park in the back of your head.”

One would initially assume Jones shouldn’t have much to worry about. There are a lot of reasons why it would make sense for the Blackhawks to re-sign him.

They just acquired him last summer in the Duncan Keith trade. His brother, Seth, is an integral part of the team and enjoys having him as a teammate. He’s still only 24 years old — 25 come June. He has already set new NHL career highs this season in games played (48), points (13), hits (75) and just about every other category. He’ll be affordable to re-sign.

But the Hawks’ defense is approaching a critical moment this offseason, with a ton of prospects currently in the AHL knocking on the NHL door. That means Jones’ job may not be entirely secure.

“It’s good competition,” he said. “There’s always someone trying to get in the league and take your job. That’s just how it’s going to be.”

By contrast, the Hawks’ forward corps will take years for new general manager Kyle Davidson to rebuild, since that section of the prospect pool direly lacks talent. Many of the forwards the Hawks dress in 2022-23 will essentially be placeholders — players who probably won’t still be in Chicago when the competitive window reopens in a few years.

The Hawks’ defensive corps, however, are much further along in their generational transition. Much of Davidson’s maneuvering in that regard this summer will be designed to open opportunities for young players to break through.

So what will the Hawks’ defensive corps look like next season?

Seth Jones, whose massive eight-year, $76 million extension kicks in this summer, is the one absolute certainty. He has said all the right things about wanting to anchor and lead the Hawks through this rebuilding process, and that’s what he’ll be asked to do.

Connor Murphy and Jake McCabe have four and three years, respectively, left under contract, so they’re likely to return. Davidson probably wishes Stan Bowman hadn’t locked all three veterans into long-term contracts, but he can’t do anything about that now. Trades might be considered –McCabe’s name did come up a little bit before the deadline in March –but they’re relatively unlikely.

Conversely, Calvin de Haan and Erik Gustafsson will almost certainly depart as UFAs. Their two spots are the easiest for Davidson to clear.

Riley Stillman has two years left at an affordable $1.35 million –that contract situation being what really sets him apart from Caleb Jones — and, given he just turned 24, fits with the rebuild.

Ian Mitchell is almost certainly ready to return to the NHL after an excellent season of handling a No. 1 defenseman role in Rockford. Helping his cause further is that he’s a right-handed shot, something only him, Seth Jones and Alec Regula have in common among all the relevant defensemen in the organization.

And then Regula, Jakub Galvas and Alex Vlasic need chances to prove in training camp they deserve roster spots. Nicolas Beaudin, Wyatt Kalynuk (if re-signed as a 25-year-old RFA) and Isaak Phillips could fight their way into the mix, as well.

The Hawks need to start moving some of these prospects up into the NHL not only for their development but also to open AHL roster spots for the next generation of defensemen (Louis Crevier, Nolan Allan, Wyatt Kaiser, Ethan Del Mastro) who will arrive in the next couple years.

So, for the sake of this exercise, pencil in Murphy and Seth Jones as the first pairing, McCabe and Mitchell as the second, Stillman and someone as the third and someone else as the seventh defensemen in a theoretical 2022-23 Hawks defensive depth chart.

If Caleb Jones is re-signed, that leaves only one open spot for the prospects beneath Mitchell to fight for. If Caleb Jones walks, two spots are open.

Which scenario is preferable to the Hawks? It’s tough to say — depth is never a bad thing. But Jones’ fate is certainly an X-factor when projecting how things will sort out.

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It was a bit happenstance, but Bears quarterback Justin Fields became a part of the Colin Kaepernick comeback tour last month.

The Bears quarterback was working out in Atlanta with elite quarterback trainer Quincy Avery (and Bears teammates Darnell Mooney and Cole Kmet) when Kaepernick arrived for a workout as part of an offseason program he hopes will entice an NFL team to give him a chance to return to the league after being blackballed for the last five seasons.

“That was actually my first time meeting him,” Fields said. “But I worked with Quincy Avery in Atlanta, so I’m guessing he just came down there for a workout. It was cool meeting him. Of course, he’s an icon. It was awesome just to meet him and work with him.”

Kaepernick, 34, worked out for NFL scouts at halftime of Michigan’s spring game on April 2, but has yet to get a tryout invitation. He has not played in the NFL since 2016, when he had a 90.7 passer rating (16 touchdowns, four interceptions) for the 49ers.

“He looked pretty good,” Fields said.

Missing men

Safety Eddie Jackson, cornerback Jaylon Johnson and defensive ends Robert Quinn and Mario Edwards, Jr. were among 11 players on the 61-player roster who were not in attendance at Tuesday’s opening mini-camp practice. Quarterback Nick Foles also wasn’t there, but it’s unlikely he’ll be with the team this season, so his absence is not a surprise.

Mini-camps — and the offseason program in general –are officially voluntary, but historically attendance has been expected. That has loosened up in recent years, so it was no surprise that coach Matt Eberflus had no issue with key players being out when in the past even a team’s best players would want to make a good first impression after a coaching change.

“No concern,” Eberflus said. “Guys have things that go on personally. They’re working on a part of their body. Maybe they had an injury from last season and they’re working on that. Everybody’s got their own story and that’s not a big issue. Everybody’s done a good job of communicating with us and they’ll be here when they’re here.”

Line dancing

It was only drills on Day 1 of the first mini-camp, but for what it’s worth, Larry Borom lined up at left tackle and Teven Jenkins at right tackle Tuesday –a reversal from their rookie season.

Veteran Cody Whitehair was at left guard and free agent Lucas Patrick at center — but the other positions could be in flux up until the season opener, Eberflus said. Sam Mustipher, who started at center last season, was at right guard with the first team Tuesday.

“We’re looking at a lot of things right now, so you might see guys in different spots,” Eberflus said. We’re just trying to figure out what guys do and what they do best. So you could see guys flip sides during OTAs (offseason practices). This is a work in progress.”

Tryouts

Former Seahawks wide receiver David Moore is among five players participating on a tryout basis. Brown has 78 receptions for 1,163 yards and 13 touchdowns in five NFL seasons — more touchdown catches than any receiver on the Bears’ roster.

The other tryout players are kick returner JoJo Natson, cornerbacks Ryan Lewis and Greg Stroman and former Illinois State safety/kick returner Christian Uphoff.

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Khalil Mack being traded to the Los Angeles Chargers was disappointing to many Chicago Bears fans. The sack monster was also a beloved teammate.

Bears linebacker Trevis Gipson told the media Tuesday how he felt when learning the news Mack had been traded.

Gipson also told reporters that Mack was an asset to the team by providing valuable information to them.

“Yeah I learned a lot from Khalil man,” Gipson said. “He paved the way for a lot of things and showed me what’s right, wrong. How to do certain techniques. How to carry myself as a vet in this league. And I was very appreciative of his presence.”

The Bears will gain a 2022 and round draft pick and a 2023 6th round pick from the Chargers in exchange for Mack’s services. Mack’s best year for the Bears was 2018, when he recorded 12.5 sacks. His production had declined since, and he only started 7 games in 2021.

Having the extra depth will be nice, but the Bears will miss all that Mack can provide a team, including leadership, as Gipson said. Having a veteran of his pedigree to show young players how to improve and be a better person off the field is hard to replace.

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One thing Proviso East guard Jevon Carter was sure of as he packed his bags for his freshman year at West Virginia University in 2014: Though he was smaller than most, he played harder than anybody.

It had been at the heart of his ascent from neighborhood nobody to college prospect. It was why famously tough Mountaineers coach Bob Huggins had wanted him. Maybe it was going to be his ticket to the NBA someday.

Then Carter got to campus and met “the treadmill.” Whatever Carter had known about playing hard prior to that suddenly could fit inside a thimble.

“Get on it,” Huggins said.

Carter would become a two-time national defensive player of the year in part because of that treadmill. If he was going to play for Huggins, he was going to have to hop aboard — while it already was spinning furiously at 15 mph — and sprint for 45 seconds at a time.

Players would be scared. Some of them would crash from the machine to the floor. Huggins would shrug his bearlike shoulders. It’s why he’s going into the Naismith Hall of Fame later this year, one supposes, and certainly has something to do with why Carter now plays for the world champion Bucks.

But there was another influence on Carter’s development back then, a key to his hard-playing, defensive-oriented rise that had nothing to do with a Chicago background, a treadmill, Huggins or WVU’s hoops culture. It was the NBA guard — not a superstar, but a bad man — Carter watched on video and modeled his own approach after.

“I’ve been watching Jrue for a long time,” Carter told reporters as the Bucks and Bulls prepared for Game 2 of their first-round playoff series.

That’s Jrue Holiday, as if you needed to be told. The Bucks’ perimeter pit bull who might soon be at the center of Zach LaVine’s and DeMar DeRozan’s nightmares.

Holiday was a huge reason the Bulls shot 21.4% from the field — and 1 of 12 from the three-point line — in the fourth quarter of a 93-86 loss in Game 1.

“We were OK,” Holiday said of that defensive effort. “I think we can improve.”

So much of the chatter about this series spinning out of Game 1 is missing the point. Yes, the Bulls had a chance to steal a road victory in a series the Bucks are expected to win handily. Yes, LaVine and especially DeRozan are a dangerous duo late in games because each guard can create his own shot and likes the big moment. Yes, it was a good sign that big man Nikola Vucevic wanted the ball, too, even though his jumpers weren’t falling, either.

“I guarantee you that me, Zach and Vooch aren’t going to miss that many shots again,” DeRozan said, as if the opposition didn’t have a heck of a lot to do with it.

But if there’s one thing these Bucks know how to do, it’s close out a playoff game. The Bulls — still looking for their first playoff victory in five years — are crazy if they think all they really need to do is hang around, keep it close and strike late. No, the Bulls’ only chance might be to get out fast and desperately try to hang on to a lead. Because late is the Bucks’ time of game. Late is when champions snuff out upstarts’ sweet little dreams.

Doesn’t anybody remember what the Bucks did to the Suns after falling behind two games to none in last year’s Finals? Let’s take a quick glimpse at all the clutch ways in which they won four straight.

In Game 3, they blitzed Phoenix 30-9 and 24-6, respectively, to close the second and third quarters and didn’t let Suns guard Devin Booker breathe offensively. This one was over long before the closing minutes.

In Game 4, Khris Middleton took over offensively — scoring 40, including 10 straight down the stretch — and the Bucks’ fourth-quarter defense was an even bigger story. The Suns, who lost by six, had one field goal in a nearly six-minute stretch to close the game. Giannis Antetokounmpo’s key block against Deandre Ayton was an all-time highlight.

In Game 5, which the Bucks won by four, a 43-24 second quarter — the perfect quarter, really — got them back into it after a terrible start. It was anyone’s game near the end until Holiday had the sequence of his career, ripping the ball from Booker at one end and alley-ooping it to Antetokounmpo at the other end for a three-point play.

And in Game 6, a close, low-scoring affair, Antetokounmpo announced with a 50-point, 14-rebound, five-block performance that he was the new best player on the planet. But the real story of why the Bucks won: With that perimeter defense unleashed in full, they held the Suns without a three-pointer for the last 15:49 of the game.

Rewatch the fourth quarter of Game 6, and you might wonder what business the Bulls have even being on the court with this team. The way the Bucks can run shooters off the three-point line, forcing them into contested twos, is perhaps their most underappreciated attribute. It wasn’t a great defensive season for the Bucks on the whole, but they’ve been locked in during fourth quarters for a while now. It’s in their DNA.

“When it comes to those last five minutes, that stretch,” Holiday said, “I think that we’re good at locking in and locking down. … I think we accept and like the challenge.”

All aboard the playoff treadmill. Or whoever can handle it. It slows for no one.

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CLEVELAND — While the White Sox were getting postponed for a second consecutive day due to bad weather, the day was not a complete washout.

Right-hander Lucas Giolito tested his lower abdominal strain throwing a simulated game at the team’s training complex in Glendale, Ariz., on Tuesday, and assuming the Opening Day starter emerged from it feeling 100 percent, he stands a good chance of pitching for the Sox in another five days.

And one of the hitters who faced Giolito was outfielder AJ Pollock, who was giving his right hamstring a test. Pollock could be ready to rejoin the Sox Friday when they open a weekend series against the Twins in Minnesota, manager Tony La Russa said. Decide for yourself whether Pollock hitting a double against Giolito is an outcome that’s good for the Sox.

Either way, the best outcome is both players could be back soon for a team that has weathered an onslaught of injuries with a 6-3 record through its first three series.

“The thing that pleases me the most is that it’s clear we’re competing and the three games we lost we had a chance to win,” La Russa said.

“We were there. We play with our hearts and with our guts. And I always give credit to the other side, they’re trying to win, too. We’re like in a survivor mode without some of these guys, but we’re surviving.”

Giolito, who pitched four scoreless innings before leaving the Opener, was said to be throwing with his normal velocity and stuff Tuesday. He sustained the strain during the fourth inning of his start against the Tigers on Opening Day and landed on the 10-day injured list four days later. He was going to throw in Cleveland Tuesday but was coaxed into avoiding the cold and going to Glendale where it was 98 degrees. La Russa was “anxiously” awaiting word on how the outing went for Giolito, who got up for three innings.

“Depends on how he feels today,” said La Russa who was sounding an optimistic tone. “But he’s there. We’ve got quality guys watching him. He’s a veteran, he knows how he feels.”

The weather looks better Wednesday for a straight doubleheader (1:10 p.m., NBCSCH, 1000-AM) making up for Tuesday’s postponed game. Sox left-hander Dallas Keuchel will oppose Cleveland right-hander Shane Bieber in Game 1, and Lambert starts for the Sox against righty Triston McKenzie in Game 2. In the final game of the series Thursday, Zach Plesac pitches for the Guardians against Dylan Cease.

Monday’s game was called off because of snow and cold weather. There was no precipitation in the area Tuesday but temperatures were in the upper 30s with 20-30 mph winds off of Lake Erie Tuesday afternoon. The expected high was 42 degrees with much colder wind chills.

“And the field in places, the grass is a little insecure and as it gets colder with the wind here, it’s going to get slippery as heck, it’s going to be a little dangerous,” La Russa said. “[Cleveland manager] Terry [Francona] and I both agreed, it’s not smart and the umpire agreed.”

Outfielder Adam Haseley will arrive from Triple-A Charlotte as the extra, 29th player for the doubleheader. With 10 relief pitchers, all fully rested for at least two days, and with outfielder Eloy Jimenez still a bit sore from taking a pitch off his ankle last Wednesday, an extra outfielder made the most sense, La Russa said.

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New Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus is changing the team’s defensive scheme from the 3-4 defense to the 4-3, making some changes from the previous regime.

It’s a big change that has already had an impact on the roster and rotation. The most notable switch is that the Bears will have three linebackers and four defensive linemen. They have also moved on from Khalil Mack, trading him to Los Angeles. And that will provide a bigger opportunity for Trevis Gipson who is already more comfortable in this new system as he revealed to reporters before Tuesday’s voluntary minicamp:

Gipson also told reporters Tuesday he was happy to get back to the 4-3 scheme that he called “natural” for his playing style. New changes to the defense have brought “confidence” to the Bears, he said, which the third year is excited about

“They want us to play fast, physical, you know, have fun, so they took the thinking load off our plates, which is something that I’m sure every player would want. And I’m excited to play fast,” Gipson said.

It’ll be interesting to hear from the defensive linemen how they like the new defense, as there will be a lot more of them, eight or nine, going through rotations. Eberflus told the audience of the Chris Collinsworth Podcast on ChicagoBears.com, that he wanted his players to go as hard as they can.

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The Ayo Dosunmu, kid from Chicago, Cinderella story hasn’t ended now that the Bulls were knee-deep in the intensity of postseason basketball.

Call it taking a hiatus.

But for how long? That’s where it gets a bit tricky for coach Billy Donovan in this first round playoff series with the Bucks.

In Sunday’s Game 1 loss, the Morgan Park standout came off the bench and played just under nine minutes total. Veteran Tristan Thompson was the only regular rotation player that put in less time than Dosunmu, as Donovan pushed the eject button on Thompson when it became obvious that the center wouldn’t work in what he was looking to get out of his rotations.

The same could be said for Dosunmu. Sort of.

It wasn’t that Dosunmu didn’t work out there. The rookie actually was a plus-1 in the plus-minus category even with the short stints. He just might not be what the Bulls need from the bench against Milwaukee.

“In a playoff series you need to keep all the guys ready, and all the guys need to stay ready,” Donovan said, when discussing Dosunmu and his rotations. “I didn’t think for us the rotations were a problem or an issue. I think the guys that were out there did a pretty good job.

“I’ve got a lot of confidence in Ayo. But I think as you get to this point in time in the playoffs, especially having two days in between games … you’re gonna look at DeMar [DeRozan], you’re gonna look at Zach [LaVine] and their minutes are gonna be a lot higher.”

That’s the first part of why Dosunmu’s playing time was compromised

DeRozan played just under 43 minutes in that Game 1, and LaVine was at 36-plus minutes even in foul trouble. Considering Alex Caruso was back in the starting rotation after dealing with back issues, that three-guard attack gobbled up Dosunmu’s ability to grab impactful minutes.

Secondly, there’s the idea that styles make the fight, and what the Bucks do defensively just doesn’t play well with where the second-round pick’s game is right now. At least where his game was the last six weeks of the regular season.

Milwaukee will allow open threes to role players. What they don’t allow very often is opposing players driving to the hoop.

In his 15 games during the month of March, Dosunmu was playing 31 minutes per contest, but also shot a dismal 25.6% from three-point range. This from the same player that shot 40.7% from long range in his first 54 games going into the All-Star Break.

Enter Coby White.

While White isn’t the defender or playmaker that Dosunmu has proven to be, that second unit needs outside shooting. Reserves Javonte Green and Derrick Jones Jr. are forwards that Donovan can throw on all-world 2021 Finals MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, but won’t be counted on to score much. White can, and did.

In his 23 minutes of work, White scored 12 points, including two threes. Even his defense was serviceable.

“I thought I played solid, man,” White said. “To me I was focused on the defensive end. Just trying to bring the energy and help my teammates anyway I could.”

So what does this mean for Dosunmu in Game 2 and beyond? Unless there’s foul trouble or an injury, he might just have to wait his turn. A wait that could come in a lot of time sitting.

“It don’t really mean nothing,” White said of jumping Dosunmu in the rotation. “Ayo’s going to get an opportunity sometime in this series. I know he’s going to be ready for it. For both of us, we’re just staying ready and try and help the team with whatever we can.”

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