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FINAL UPDATE: Zach LaVine's Injury Status For Bulls-Pistons Game

Zach LaVine is on the injury report for Saturday's game.

FINAL UPDATE: Zach LaVine is available.           

UPDATE: Zach LaVine is now questionable.  

On Saturday evening, the Chicago Bulls will be in Michigan to face off against the Detroit Pistons.  

For the game, Zach LaVine is on the injury report, but he is listed as probable, so he should be able to play.  

Via Underdog NBA: "Zach LaVine (back) listed probable Saturday."

LaVine has played in each of the team's first two games, and the Bulls are coming off a 104-103 victory over the Toronto Raptors (in overtime) on Friday night at the United Center.  

In 38 minutes, LaVine had eight points, five rebounds and one assist while shooting 3/14 from the field and 0/6 from the three-point range.  

DeMar DeRozan led the team with 33 points, four rebounds, three assists, four steals and one block. 

LaVine is in his tenth season in the NBA and has played for the Minnesota Timberwolves (and Bulls).

He is a two-time NBA All-Star and has career averages of 20.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.9 assists per contest while shooting 46.4% from the field and 38.3% from the three-point range in 556 regular season games (he has also appeared in four NBA playoff games). 

As for the Bulls, they are coming off a season where they were the tenth seed in the Eastern Conference with a 40-42 record and lost to the Miami Heat in their second play-in tournament game. 

The franchise has missed the NBA playoffs in five out of the previous six seasons. 

Meanwhile, the Pistons are 1-1 and defeated the Charlotte Hornets by a score of 111-99 (on Friday).