Bulls' Luol Deng out until at least Dec. 25

Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng did not play in Thursday night's loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder and does not expect to return until Christmas Day at the earliest because of ongoing problems with an Achilles injury.

Deng, who missed four games over the past couple of weeks because of the same injury, said it really started to bother him over the past couple of games.

Deng said he will continue getting treatment and will wear a walking boot to try to stabilize the injury.