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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bulls | 26 | 29 | 32 | 30 | 117 |
 Timberwolves | 29 | 37 | 25 | 30 | 121 |
CHITeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | 47-9251.1% | 15-3839.5% | 8-1361.5% | 38 | 30 | 13 |
| MIN | 40-8149.4% | 16-3644.4% | 25-25100.0% | 36 | 27 | 14 |
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Minnesota Timberwolves121| 37 | 27 | 8-15 | 3-7 | 8-8 | 0 | +9 | +8.4 | |||||||
| 36 | 15 | 5-14 | 2-5 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −2.0 | |||||
| 36 | 6 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +1 | −9.5 | ||||||
| 30 | 4 | 1-7 | 0-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −3 | −4.6 | ||||||
| 25 | 17 | 6-13 | 5-6, Season high (his best before, 4) | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | +8.1 | |||||
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| 28 | 18 | 6-9 | 2-4 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +2.7 | |||||
| 26 | 27 | 9-13 | 3-6 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +8.4 | |||||
| 8 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −0.7 | ||||
| 8 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −2.0 | ||||
| 7 | 5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +1.8 | |||
| Team | 121 | 40-8149.4% | 16-3644.4% | 36 | 27 | 14 | 14 | 25-25100.0% | 3 | 7 | 6 | |||
Bench 52 points on 18 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Ed Davis, Jake Layman, Jaylen Nowell and Jarred Vanderbilt (coach’s decision).
Chicago Bulls117| 36 | 30 | 13-28 | 4-12 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +2.0 | ||||||
| 27 | 18 | 7-13 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0 | −14 | +4.3 | |||||||
| 26 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −13 | −8.5 | ||||||
| 26 | 10 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −0.2 | |||||
| 20 | 9 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | −1 | +1.6 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 13 | 5-10 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0 | +3 | +3.5 | |||||||
| 23 | 11 | 4-8 | 1-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −2.1 | |||||
| 22 | 15 | 6-7 | 3-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +7 | +8.0 | ||||||
| 19 | 8 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | +6 | +1.7 | ||||
| 12 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.5 | |||
| Team | 117 | 47-9251.1% | 15-3839.5% | 38 | 30 | 13 | 19 | 8-1361.5% | 8 | 10 | 8 | |||
Bench 50 points on 19 for 34 shooting
Did not play: Javonte Green, Cristiano Felicio, Ryan Arcidiacono and Al-Farouq Aminu (coach’s decision).
Timberwolves121Bulls117ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
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D'Angelo Russell scored 27 points, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Chicago Bulls 121-117.
The Timberwolves took control with a 15-2 run in the first quarter and led by as many as 13.
The Bulls got within 105-104 on Troy Brown Jr.’s tip-in with 4:43 to play, but Ricky Rubio answered with a driving layup, and the Bulls got no closer than 119-117.
During clutch time, the Timberwolves outscored the Bulls 16-8. Karl-Anthony Towns scored 7 of the Timberwolves’ 16 on 2 for 3 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Rubio had 4 of his 9 assists, all with the game within 5 points. Two minutes later, Coby White had 2 of his 3 steals in 23 seconds, and the Bulls scored 2 points off them.
Towns had 27 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists. Towns and Rubio set each other up for 9 baskets and 24 points, 2 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Bulls, Zach LaVine had 30 points (14 in the third quarter) and 6 assists. Brown scored 15 points off the bench.
The Timberwolves went 25 for 25 at the line to the Bulls’ 8 for 13.
Minnesota TimberwolvesChicago BullsPS, 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. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
96 points from the field on 81 shots: 5.4 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-29 | 51.7% | 64% |
| In the paint | 4-8 | 50.0% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 5-8 | 62.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 6-11 | 54.5% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-25 | 40.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Vučević | 38 | 16 | 5-12 | +2 |
| Daniel Theis | 18 | 4 | 1-1 | −3 |
| Patrick Williams | 5 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Zach LaVine | 4 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 5 | 1-1 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 80 possessions. He usually scores about 30 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Brown Jr. | 23 | 11 | 4-6 | +3 |
| Tomas Satoransky | 9 | 6 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Zach LaVine | 7 | 5 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Daniel Theis | 3 | 5 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 7 | 2-3 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 34 points on 51 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Theis | 24 | 5 | 2-3 | −2 |
| Lauri Markkanen | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Nikola Vučević | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Thaddeus Young | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 15 | 6-8 | +11 |
The tracking credits him with 20 points on 59 possessions. He usually scores about 17 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.
MIN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
CHI
50/50
MIN
Highest Leverage Moments
LaVine 26' 3PT Jump Shot (26 PTS) (Young 3 AST)
Q4 5:44
18.7%
77→59
Towns 25' 3PT Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Rubio 7 AST)
Q4 6:59
14.8%
58→73
Towns 2' Driving Layup (22 PTS) (Rubio 8 AST)
Q4 3:58
13.6%
68→82
Towns 25' 3PT Jump Shot (25 PTS) (Russell 4 AST)
Q4 0:44
13.0%
85→98
Rubio 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup (17 PTS) (Russell 3 AST)
Q4 4:25
12.9%
58→71
