Joakim Noah likely has played his last game this season. Now the question is whether the two-time All-Star has played his last game for the Chicago Bulls.
Noah dislocated his left shoulder Friday and will undergo surgery. The team estimates the recovery period at four to six months, which means his season is probably over.
The 30-year-old Noah also is in the final year of a five-year, $60 million contract and will be an unrestricted free agent after the season. Before the injury, there was talk the team would explore dealing the eight-year veteran before next month's trading deadline.
Noah was moved to a reserve role by new coach Fred Hoiberg this season. He has been bothered by a variety of injuries the past two years and struggled on the court when healthy this season. He never seemed to embrace his new role and is averaging a career-low 4.3 points and 8.8 rebounds in 21.9 minutes.
>>Nuggets Beat Pacers
Randy Foye hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 21 seconds left and the Denver Nuggets rallied with 75 points in the second half to beat the Indiana Pacers 129-126 on Sunday night.
The Nuggets came back to get their seventh straight win at home over the Pacers. Danilo Gallinari had 23 points and Will Barton scored 21, including two free throws with 6 seconds left to help seal it.
Barton had 15 of Denver's 45 points in the fourth quarter. The 75 points was a season high for a half this season.
The Pacers shot 66 percent in the first half and were 7 of 10 from 3-point range. Monta Ellis had 15 points for Indiana, which led 66-54 at halftime.
Indiana led 119-116 after rookie Myles Turner hit 1 of 2 free throws.
Barton, who scored 15 point in the fourth, tied it at 119 with his third 3-pointer of the game. The teams traded baskets and missed free throws before Foye hit the tiebreaking 3.
The Pacers hit three free throws and Barton a pair to make it a 3-point game. Paul George's 3-point attempt in the final seconds that would have tied it was blocked by Emmanuel Mudiay.
Turner scored a career-high 25 points, Ellis had 24 and George added 19 for the Pacers. Indiana, which has lost three straight, remained winless in Denver since 2007.
