The Toronto Raptors will be missing Kyle Lowry when they face the Chicago Bulls.
The all-star point guard will be sidelined for the seventh time in his last eight games on Sunday with a sore lower back.
Lowry is averaging 14.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 9.8 assists in 30 games this season.
His absence was bad news for a Raptors team already missing centre Jonas Valanciunas, who had surgery for a dislocated thumb on Dec. 13 and was expected to miss at least four weeks.