On February 12, Beijing time, the Bulls played at home against the Timberwolves, and the Bulls successfully defeated the Timberwolves 134-122 at the end of the game. The Timberwolves have recently won five consecutive wins, but the Timberwolves lost to the Kings in the last game, and although it is difficult to win against the Bulls Timberwolves, if the Timberwolves want to play in the playoffs this season, they still need to further consolidate their record, but given that the Bulls have gradually found some form in the near future, it is still very difficult for the Timberwolves to win. In this game, although the Bulls tried to pull the score apart in the game, the Timberwolves were able to respond and bite the score, but unfortunately, in the fourth quarter, the Bulls successfully opened the score, and finally the Bulls rejected the Timberwolves' reversal and won the game.
In the first quarter, the two teams played fiercely, but then relied on Green's explosive Bulls to take the lead, but soon Beverly and Edwards helped the team catch up with the score, and then DeRozan and Towns scored for the team, and the first quarter ended the game when the two teams were tied. In the second quarter, the two teams still played hard to score, DeRozan helped the team score, Russell was able to respond, and the next game between the two teams was a double rise in the back and forth, and the Bulls led by one point at the end of the half. In the third quarter, the Bulls were able to maintain their offensive form, but Towns and Edwards also continued to help the team to closely follow the score, and then the Timberwolves once completed the rebound, but the Bulls maintained a slight lead under lavin and others, and the Bulls led by 1 point at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves once tightened their grip on the score, but then the Timberwolves' offense slumped, and DeRozan led the team to a wave of 9-0 to open the score, and finally the Timberwolves chased the score and lost the game without success.
It is not unusual for the Timberwolves to lose this game, after all, there are some problems in the Timberwolves' interior line in this game, which makes the Bulls Whučević or Green play a good state in the game, and more importantly, when the Timberwolves lose power at the offensive end, the Bulls directly open the score, so in this game, although Downs and Edwards are in good shape, it becomes difficult to win when the Timberwolves are in a downturn. Downs and Edwards finished the game with 58 points, 14 rebounds and 16 assists.
Among the other Timberwolves players, Russell had 18 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, and Beasley had 11 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist. Although LaVine's offensive form in this game is not good, but Vucevic in this game, relying on Vucevic's efficient outbreak Bulls are able to maintain the lead, at the end of the game Lavine 14 of 5 got 12 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists data, Vucevic 11 of 14 got 26 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, it can be said that if Vucevic has been able to play in this state, then the Bulls have a chance to get more game wins.
And DeRozan is in this game to maintain the state, especially in the fourth quarter of the game when DeRozan is able to stand up to help the team, although it has been more than once seen DeRozan play such a performance in the game, but when seeing DeRozan in the fourth quarter to show such a performance is still amazing, and such DeRozan is really worthy of the king of the last quarter, and finally DeRozan also led the team to win the game, the end of the game DeRozan got 35 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, In the fourth quarter, DeRozan had 16 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist on 7 of 10 matches.