CHICAGO -- Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose has a sprained right wrist and a bruised right elbow, but coach Tom Thibodeau expects him to play against the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday.
Rose is officially listed as day-to-day.
"He had some soreness, but he appears to be fine," Thibodeau said on Tuesday. "If he says he can play, he'll play."
Rose hurt his wrist and elbow at the end of Monday night's game against the Indiana Pacers at the United Center. X-rays on the wrist after the game were negative.
"If it's up to me, I'm playing [on Wednesday]," said Rose, who wore a black brace on his right arm at practice on Tuesday. "Knowing that it's only sore, and usually I can play through soreness.
"[The wrist] is not that bad. The wrist really is not that bad. If anything, my elbow hurts more than my wrist. Right now I'm a little beat up, but I think I should be able to play through it."
Rose, who is averaging 24.7 points and 8.3 assists, scored 17 points and dished out 12 assists in Monday night's 92-73 win over the Pacers. It was the Bulls' sixth straight win.
"He has a lot of toughness, both mental and physical," Thibodeau said. "He doesn't like to take any plays off. He doesn't like to take any days off. He attacks the basket, he gets knocked down, he gets back up. He'll keep going. He doesn't shy away."
Nick Friedell covers the Bulls for ESPNChicago.com and ESPN 1000. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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