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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final/OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Timberwolves | 33 | 36 | 23 | 23 | 8 | 123 |
 Bulls | 22 | 25 | 36 | 32 | 14 | 129 |
MINTeam statsCHI| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 42-9245.7% | 20-4544.4% | 19-2673.1% | 42 | 28 | 13 |
| CHI | 45-9348.4% | 12-3040.0% | 27-3284.4% | 48 | 24 | 14 |
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Chicago Bulls129| 43 | 24 | 10-16 | 2-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +5 | +4.9 | ||||||
| 43 | 33 | 8-19 | 0-1 | 17-18 | 0 | +12 | +9.7 | |||||||
| 42 | 33 | 11-21 | 7-13 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +6.9 | ||||||
| 35 | 16 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-4 | 0 | +4 | +4.0 | ||||||
| 35 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | +19 | −2.1 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | −9 | −4.7 | |||||||
| 22 | 7 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 2-2 | −2 | +0.5 | ||||||||
| 9 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.6 | ||||
| 7 | 5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −1.4 | |||
| Team | 129 | 45-9348.4% | 12-3040.0% | 48 | 24 | 14 | 22 | 27-3284.4% | 13 | 9 | 16 | |||
Bench 20 points on 8 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Dalen Terry, Terry Taylor, Adama Sanogo, Henri Drell and Onuralp Bitim (coach’s decision).
Minnesota Timberwolves123| 44 | 12 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 6-10 | −8 | +0.4 | ||||||||
| 44 | 38 | 12-26 | 5-9 | 9-11 | 0 | −4 | +3.1 | |||||||
| 40 | 13 | 6-11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +1 | −8.2 | |||||||
| 39 | 33 | 11-22 | 7-16 | 4-5 | +1 | +5.6 | ||||||||
| 36 | 9 | 3-7 | 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −1.1 | |||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | 10 | 4-11 | 2-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −1.5 | |||||
| 19 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −3.1 | |||||
| 16 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −1.9 | ||||||
| 7 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.6 | ||||
| Team | 123 | 42-9245.7% | 20-4544.4% | 42 | 28 | 13 | 25 | 19-2673.1% | 10 | 6 | 5 | |||
Bench 18 points on 7 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Wendell Moore Jr., Shake Milton, Troy Brown Jr., Leonard Miller and Josh Minott (coach’s decision).
Bulls129Timberwolves123ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
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.
DeMar DeRozan scored 33 points (17 at the free-throw line), and the Chicago Bulls rallied from 23 points down in the second quarter to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 129-123 in overtime.
The Bulls trailed 65-42 with 1:39 left in the second quarter and 69-47 at halftime. They were still down 74-51 with 10:32 left in the third quarter, with a 4.9% chance to win, and outscored the Timberwolves 78-49 the rest of the way.
During clutch time, the Bulls outscored the Timberwolves 25-11. DeRozan (No. 2 in clutch points, 2023-24) scored 13 of the Bulls’ 25 on 2 for 4 shooting and 9 for 9 at the line.
Coby White had 33 points (21 in the fourth quarter) and 7 assists, and Nikola Vučević added 24 points and a season-high 4 blocks. White scored 21 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter. The Bulls had 2 30-point scorers.
For the Timberwolves, Anthony Edwards had 38 points and 12 rebounds, and Karl-Anthony Towns added 33 points with 7 3-pointers. The Timberwolves had 2 30-point scorers.
The Bulls went 27 for 32 at the line to the Timberwolves’ 19 for 26 and outscored them 28-13 on the fast break. The Timberwolves made 20 3-pointers, 7 of them by Towns and 5 by Edwards. The Bulls’ starters outscored the Timberwolves 47-32 in 16 minutes 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 4.9% (3rd quarter, 10:32 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
102 points from the field on 93 shots: about what the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-31 | 58.1% | 66% |
| In the paint | 10-17 | 58.8% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 5-15 | 33.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-7 | 28.6% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-23 | 43.5% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaden McDaniels | 35 | 8 | 3-7 | −3 |
| Anthony Edwards | 22 | 7 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Kyle Anderson | 7 | 4 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 5 | 4 | 1-1 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 6 | 2-5 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaden McDaniels | 22 | 8 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Mike Conley | 20 | 5 | 2-4 | −1 |
| Nickeil Alexander-Walker | 14 | 6 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Anthony Edwards | 7 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 14 | 5-10 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 33 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl-Anthony Towns | 34 | 6 | 3-6 | −3 |
| Rudy Gobert | 23 | 2 | 1-2 | −4 |
| Naz Reid | 6 | 7 | 2-2 | +5 |
| Anthony Edwards | 6 | 5 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 4 | 2-2 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 82 possessions. He usually scores about 22 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
Towns 26' 3PT Jump Shot (31 PTS) (McDaniels 3 AST)
Q4 0:51
29.7%
85→55
DeRozan 2' Driving Layup (29 PTS)
OT 2:57
19.2%
49→68
Vucevic 12' Turnaround Fadeaway (24 PTS) (DeRozan 4 AST)
Q4 3:09
17.5%
29→47
Edwards 1' Driving Layup (34 PTS)
OT 3:08
17.3%
66→49
White 1' Driving Layup (32 PTS)
Q4 2:28
16.4%
46→62
