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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Timberwolves | 27 | 40 | 19 | 27 | 113 |
 Bulls | 30 | 26 | 33 | 25 | 114 |
MINTeam statsCHI| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 41-8747.1% | 8-2236.4% | 23-2882.1% | 46 | 19 | 13 |
| CHI | 41-8349.4% | 9-2634.6% | 23-3076.7% | 39 | 22 | 11 |
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Chicago Bulls114| 38 | 14 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +15 | +6.3 | |||||
| 36 | 12 | 5-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +14 | −0.4 | ||||||
| 36 | 12 | 3-8 | 2-6 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | +18 | −0.6 | ||||||
| 33 | 35 | 12-26 | 1-6 | 10-11 | 0 | +7 | +5.3 | |||||||
| 28 | 19 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 0 | 3-7 | 0 | 0 | +16 | −2.4 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 11 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 2-2 | −10 | +0.7 | |||||||
| 17 | 5 | 2-10 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −7.3 | ||||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −20 | −0.4 | |||||
| 10 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −2.1 | |||
| 9 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | +0.2 | |||||
| Team | 114 | 41-8349.4% | 9-2634.6% | 39 | 22 | 11 | 19 | 23-3076.7% | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||
Bench 22 points on 8 for 22 shooting
Did not play: Omer Asik and Cristiano Felicio (coach’s decision).
Minnesota Timberwolves113| 41 | 38 | 11-26 | 3-9 | 13-15 | 0 | +6 | +10.9 | |||||||
| 37 | 18 | 9-14 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −20 | −7.0 | |||||
| 33 | 14 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 0 | 8-9 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +0.8 | |||||
| 27 | 10 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | −17 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 23 | 9 | 4-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.3 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 7 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −2.4 | ||||||
| 21 | 7 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +16 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 19 | 8 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +1.0 | |||
| 15 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | −6 | −2.5 | |||||
| Team | 113 | 41-8747.1% | 8-2236.4% | 46 | 19 | 13 | 22 | 23-2882.1% | 11 | 8 | 4 | |||
Bench 24 points on 9 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Shabazz Muhammad, Cole Aldrich, Aaron Brooks and Marcus Georges-Hunt (coach’s decision).
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PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Zach LaVine made 3 free throws with 18 seconds left, and the Chicago Bulls rallied from 17 points down in the third quarter to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 114-113 to end a 7-game losing streak.
The Bulls trailed 67-56 at halftime and 73-56 with 11:17 left in the third quarter. They outscored the Timberwolves 58-40 the rest of the way.
The Timberwolves had the ball down 1 after a timeout, but Jimmy Butler III missed a corner 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Bulls outscored the Timberwolves 13-8. LaVine scored 11 of the Bulls’ 13 on 2 for 5 shooting and 6 for 7 at the line.
LaVine scored 35 points, and Jerian Grant added 14 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists. LaVine scored 15 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Timberwolves, Butler had 38 points and 4 steals.
The Timberwolves forced 11 turnovers, about 5 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Timberwolves outscored the Bulls 34-18 in 11 minutes with Crawford, Bjelica, Butler, Jones and Towns on the floor together.
Chicago BullsMinnesota TimberwolvesPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Bulls’ chance bottomed out at 8.4% (4th quarter, 1:11 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
91 points from the field on 83 shots: 6.4 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-23 | 73.9% | 63% |
| In the paint | 4-14 | 28.6% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 11-20 | 55.0% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 1-5 | 20.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-21 | 38.1% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Wiggins | 31 | 2 | 1-7 | −8 |
| Jimmy Butler III | 17 | 7 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 6 | 10 | 4-8 | +8 |
| Taj Gibson | 5 | 9 | 3-6 | +7 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 7 | 3-7 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 35 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 18 | 4 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Gorgui Dieng | 16 | 8 | 3-5 | +5 |
| Taj Gibson | 11 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 61 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Teague | 26 | 6 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Tyus Jones | 19 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Jimmy Butler III | 13 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Andrew Wiggins | 6 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 9 | 3-6 | +7 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 12 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
CHI win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
LaVine 25' 3PT Jump Shot (32 PTS) (Grant 11 AST)
Q4 0:41
38.3%
14→53
Butler 2' Driving Layup (38 PTS)
Q4 0:22
32.2%
53→21
LaVine Free Throw 2 of 3 (34 PTS)
Q4 0:18
28.7%
24→53
LaVine Free Throw 3 of 3 (35 PTS)
Q4 0:18
26.0%
53→79
LaVine 5' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (24 PTS)
Q4 5:40
13.1%
21→34
