Kirk Hinrich will miss the Chicago Bulls' Game 5 matchup against the Brooklyn Nets with a bruised left calf.

Hinrich arrived at Monday morning's shootaround in a walking boot.

"It's real disappointing," Hinrich said. "You never want to miss playoff games."

An MRI on Hinrich's calf muscle revealed no tear.

The bruise is severe enough that missing the rest of the week "is a real possibility," the source said.

Kirk Hinrich underwent an MRI on his sore left calf muscle following the Chicago Bulls' triple-overtime win over the Brooklyn Nets.

Hinrich played nearly 60 minutes in the game.

"It was pretty grueling," Hinrich said.

Hinrich said the injury "is pretty bad."

Gar Forman has told Nazr Mohammed to buy -- not rent -- a home in the Chicagoland area in the veteran center's homecoming to play for the Bulls. To that statement, Mohammed was adamant that he agrees and wants to staying with the Bulls past this season.

"I like the sound of that," Mohammed said.

"In a perfect world, you'd love to end your career in the city that raised you. Every player would love to help the team he was a fan of growing up."

Mohammed signed a one-year contract worth the veteran's minimum last offseason.

"That was attractive for him to come back home," Forman said, "to come full circle."

Joakim Noah had just one point and eight rebounds in 27 minutes in Thursday's Game 3 win over the Brooklyn Nets, and the Chicago Bulls center did not suffer a setback on Friday and is expected to play around 25 to 30 minutes in Saturday's Game 4.

"I think he's encouraged by how he feels," Tom Thibodeau said. "He's not great but he's not having that soreness like he did previously when he played, so that's a good sign."

"If there's a problem then obviously we're going to have to cut back."

Noah has been dealing with plantar fasciitis in his right foot for most of the second half of the season.

The front office of the Chicago Bulls supports Tom Thibodeau’s philosophy of doling out big minutes to star players.

Luol Deng leads the NBA with an average of 38.7 minutes a game while Joakim Noah (36.8) is also over 35 minutes a game. Derrick Rose, likely out for the season while recovering from a torn ACL, also has been near the top of the leaderboard in minutes played.

Gar Forman said the Bulls have an analytics department and that minutes played in correlation with injuries is studied.

‘‘It’s hard to generalize,’’ Forman said. ‘‘Different players’ minutes will affect [things in] different ways, so it’s hard to generalize that assumption in whole. We have studied that. I mean, different body types, different years, how many years you’ve played, the age, all those things are factored in.’’

Forman is fully behind how Thibodeau hands out playing time.

‘‘In our scenario, Tom paces the team throughout the year, and we think he does a good job at that,’’ Forman said.

Thibodeau has heard the complaints that he relies on his stars too much.

‘‘What people have to understand is it all depends on where you are with your team, whether you’re a young team or an old team,” Thibodeau said. “How you pace your team is important. . . . I mean, if you look at Tim Duncan, everybody talks about him now, but when he was younger, he was playing 41 minutes a game. You look at [Michael] Jordan and [Scottie] Pippen, they were big-minutes guys. That was always intended in Phil [Jackson’s] coaching — to always keep two of his three best players on the court at all times. Each team is different.’’

Derrick Rose tore his ACL on April 28, 2012 and continues to recover from the injury, sitting out the Chicago Bulls' first round series against the Brooklyn Nets.

"He really wants to play," said Luol Deng. "And this decision, even though people are coming down on him, it's really killing him. It's really hurting him. I know how much he wants to be out there with us."

Rose won't be available for the length of the series against the Nets.

"I know that for a fact," said a person briefed on Rose's status.

Rose wasn't ready in time to play in the regular season, which makes a return during the increased intensity of the playoffs more perilous.

"If Derrick comes in this locker room and says he wants to play tomorrow, his uniform is ready," Deng said. "If he doesn't, we're with him 100 percent."

The Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls are staying at the same hotel in New York as they respectively play the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets in the first round of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Both the Celtics and Bulls lost in Game 1 on Saturday.

“This was a quiet, dark hotel last night. The New York-area teams didn’t treat the guests very well,” Doc Rivers said.

Tom Thibodeau told reporters Saturday that Derrick Rose is "most likely out" moving forward in the postseason.

"But you never know," Thibodeau said. "The playoffs are stretched out too, so you have to factor that in. Who knows another week from now where he is? You always want to leave that possibility open."

Rose has not played this season as he continues his recovery from ACL surgery.

Joakim Noah could miss the Chicago Bulls' entire first round series against the Brooklyn Nets due to lingering plantar fasciitis, according to Tom Thibodeau.

When asked whether it is possible that Noah could sit out all or parts of the opening round, Thibodeau said Thursday: "It's possible, yeah; he's still day to day. If he has soreness, we're going to take it as it comes."

Still, Thibodeau is optimistic he will have Noah available against the Nets.

Nazr Mohammed is likely to start at center -- with or without Noah.

Gar Forman would not be surprised if Nikola Mirotic decides to remain in Europe instead of joining the Chicago Bulls next season.

The Bulls selected Mirotic with the 24th pick in the 2011 draft.

"You're slotted in the first round, and I think the slot for No. 24 is $1.3 or $1.4 million," Forman said. "Well, he makes a lot more money than that right now over at Real Madrid. So the way the CBA is written is after three years then you're no longer slotted. Then you can use whether it's exception room or cap room in order to pay a guy.

"So there's no possibility this summer because next year will be his third year. But after next year, the summer of 2014, then we'll be able to start some negotiations as far as a buyout possibly with Real Madrid or negotiate with him to come over here."

Forman envisions playing the 6-foot-10, 220-pound Mirotic at power forward.

"He's probably a four, but he's very, very skilled,” Forman said. “He shoots it from 3, can handle it, good mobility. And he's a tough, tough kid."