On February 7, Beijing time, the Bulls played at home against the Timberwolves, and the Bulls successfully defeated the Timberwolves 129-123 at the end of the game. The Timberwolves have become a dark horse team in the West this season, and the Timberwolves are ranked second in the West through strong defense, on the other hand, the Bulls are not in good shape this season, and LaVine was once put on the shelf by the Bulls, but because of LaVine's big contract, the Bulls have not been traded, and now LaVine is receiving reimbursement for the season of right foot surgery, but when LaVine was absent from the game, the Bulls played a good state, but given that the Timberwolves are competing for the first position in the West, Therefore, at this time, the Timberwolves are bound to go all out to win.
In this game, the Timberwolves played an excellent performance, in the first quarter of the game, the Timberwolves relied on a strong offense to take the lead, and in the second quarter of the game, the Timberwolves broke out with three points, so the Timberwolves directly opened the score, and the Bulls trailed by 18 points at halftime. But in the second half, the Timberwolves had problems offensively, and the Bulls quickly chased the score with an 11-0 wave, and the Bulls trailed by nine points at the end of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter of the game, the Timberwolves' offense was even more powerless, and under the leadership of White, the Bulls completed the overtake, and at the critical moment, Towns stepped up to help the Timberwolves stabilize the situation, and finally the two teams entered overtime. In overtime, DeRozan and Zhuang Shen helped the Bulls score, and Edwards was sluggish in offense and made mistakes, and finally the Bulls beat the Timberwolves in an upset.
It is not easy for the Bulls to win the game, after all, in this game, the Timberwolves once occupied a big lead, but in the second half of the game, the Bulls were more flowering, and in overtime, the Lakers abandoned Zhuang Shen is even more meritorious, at this time Zhuang Shen has an advantage on the inside, and Zhuang Shen is not afraid at all when facing Gobert, so the Bulls can steadily suppress the Timberwolves, and Zhuang Shen got 16 points and 16 rebounds at the end of the game. Among the other Bulls players, DeRozan had 33 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, White had 33 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, and Vucevic had 24 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.
As for Downs, he did his best in this game, after all, if it wasn't for Downs' play, then the Timberwolves would have lost the game in regular time, and Downs got 33 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists at the end of the game. As for Gobert's defense in this game, although it did a good job, but the Bulls' Vucevic and Zhuang Shen's twin-tower lineup was not afraid of the Timberwolves' twin-tower lineup at all, and at the critical moment in the fourth quarter, Gobert also had a covering foul, and finally the Timberwolves, the second in the West, were unable to recover and lost the game and fell down, and Gobert got 12 points, 16 rebounds and 1 assist at the end of the game.
At the same time, although Edwards got 38 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists in this game, Edwards became a sinner in this game, although Edwards was in good shape at the beginning of this game, but unfortunately there were problems with Edwards' offense later, especially in overtime, Edwards performed badly, when the two teams were deadlocked, Edwards was steal and mistake by Caruso, and Edwards finally caused a kill and missed a free throw, and then Edwards also had an offensive foulIn such a situation, the Timberwolves gradually lost the opportunity to come, so Edwards should really reflect after this game.