Chicago Bulls guard Alex Caruso needs surgery after a flagrant foul by the Bucks' Grayson Allen

Following the Milwaukee Bucks' 94-90 victory over the Chicago Bulls Friday night, Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer expressed hope that Bulls guard Alex Caruso would be OK after hitting the court hard following a flagrant 2 foul by Bucks guard Grayson Allen.

On Saturday afternoon, the Bulls announced Caruso suffered a fracture in his right wrist and will have surgery next week. He will be re-evaluated in six to eight weeks after that.

Caruso finished the game after the foul with 5 minutes 45 seconds left in the third quarter and met with the Chicago media after the game and said “I didn’t really know what happened during the play. But afterward, looking at it, I mean, dude just grabbed me out of the air. It’s kind of bulls---. I don’t know what else you can do about it. I’m just glad that I didn’t have any major scary injuries right away.”

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Bulls head coach Billy Donovan had strong words for Allen after the game as well, and said he hoped the league office would look into the foul.

"For Alex to be in the air and for him to take him down like that, he could’ve ended his career," Donovan said. "He has a history of this. That to me was really, it was really dangerous. I hope the league takes a hard look at something like that because they could have really really seriously hurt him.

"For it to be even be extended to a flagrant 2 and be thrown out of the game clearly the officials must have felt there was some intent there, the way he yanked him and snapped him to the floor, his head bounced off the floor. Really really really dangerous play."

Asked after the Bucks victory over the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night if the team needed to rally around Allen due to such strong words from an opposing player and coach, Bucks point guard Jrue Holiday said "We're always going to be a team, we're going to be brothers."

As he spoke, Khris Middleton nodded.

"Grayson, we know Grayson. He's not that type of player," Holiday continued. "He didn't do it maliciously and he didn't want to see Caruso get hurt. I feel like those are the type of guys we recruit and we love playing with. Grayson didn't do it purpose. We know that and he knows that, so he knows that we have his back."

Allen was not made available despite a request before the game.

In terms of punishment, a flagrant 2 foul also carries with it a $2,000 fine for the ejection. But despite the Bulls' calls for the league office to look at the play, there is a points system in place for suspensions.

Flagrant 1 fouls carry a one-point penalty and flagrant 2 fouls carry a two-point penalty. Six points lead to an automatic one-game suspension. It resets to three penalty points in the playoffs.

While NBA commissioner Adam Silver has the power to escalate discipline beyond what is outlined, that is rare. Earlier this season Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James incurred a flagrant 2 foul in Detroit and was suspended for a game, but that was because his foul led to an on-court altercation.

Budenholzer said before the game Saturday he had not heard from the league regarding the foul.

"It's something I've spent some of the day thinking about and I'm going to visit with Grayson for a lot of reasons, more to just check in on him and see how he's doing," Budenholzer said. "I can just go on Grayson since he's been here and really since he's been in the league, I think he's been great for us. He's competitive. He does a lot of things that are about winning. Our locker room loves him. I love him.

"Competition is tough and there is things that happen in the games that are unfortunate. I know that Caruso is going to miss some time and I feel for him. I don't want that for any of our opponents, for anybody. But there's nothing that was done intentional and Grayson's been nothing but great for us. The way the guys feel about him, that's how you know the most is how the locker room feels about you.

"It's an unfortunate part of competition and I hope that the Bulls and he can be back and whole and healthy as soon as possible and look forward to competing against him again."

Allen was ruled out against the Kings with hip soreness after going through pregame warmups. The 26-year-old guard is averaging 11.8 points per game while shooting 39% from behind the three-point line this season.

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