Towns added a punctuating 3 in the final minute and closed out the game with a pair of free throws.īulls: Garrett Temple missed his seventh straight game with a right hamstring strain. After LaVine connected on a 3 to make it 103-102, Russell re-entered the game and helped the closing push with seven points in the final 3:36. So do we, but we’ve got to figure out a way to win.”Ĭhicago cut the lead to one several times in the fourth, but Minnesota answered each challenge.
“I feel like we didn’t come out the right way, tried to turn it on in the second half, and, obviously, they’ve got some big-time players on their team. “No game is going to be perfect, but we’ve just got a win, just frustrating losing,” LaVine said. The Wolves took their first lead with 7:28 left in the first and never trailed the rest of the way. Minnesota used a 21-8 run in the first quarter to take control. But they’ve held 11-point halftime leads in each of their past two games. The Timberwolves have started games slowly this season and have led at halftime just 10 times in their 54 games. “We need to be a whole lot better than we are.” “We got a lot of work ahead of us, I’ll tell you that,” Chicago coach Billy Donovan said of the team's defense. Nikola Vucevic had 18 points and Daniel Theis scored 13, but the Bulls lost for the sixth time in nine games since acquiring the two players at the trade deadline. LaVine was 13 of 28 from the field and 4 of 12 from 3-point territory. Two days after his first 50-point game, Zach LaVine scored 21 of his 30 points in the second half as Chicago tried to mount a comeback. “I think we showed a lot of discipline tonight.” “I think, for us, it was just more about staying solid, continuing to play our game plan no matter how things went," Towns said. Rookie Anthony Edwards added 15 points for Minnesota, which held on a game after allowing Boston to come back from 17 down in the second half in an overtime loss on Friday. Ricky Rubio connected on five of his six 3-point attempts and scored 17 points. MINNEAPOLIS - Karl-Anthony Towns had 27 points and 12 rebounds, D’Angelo Russell scored 27 and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Chicago Bulls 121-117 on Sunday night. NBA, Minnesota Timberwolves, Chicago Bulls Towns, Russell push Wolves to 121-117 win against Bulls
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