At 9:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 7, the NBA regular season matchup is in full swing, and the Chicago Bulls are sitting at home to face the Minnesota Timberwolves. Prior to this game, the Timberwolves tied for first place in the West with the Thunder with a 35-15 record. As one of the super dark horse teams in the Western Conference, this Timberwolves team is indeed not easy, and their three-point shooting percentage ranks second in the league at 39,108The defensive efficiency of 2 is also the highest in the league. The Timberwolves' twin towers guard the interior line, and their dominance is quite strong, and the outside core Edwards is also rising, becoming more and more comprehensive, and has the ability to become the face of the league in the future. The Timberwolves' role players, with many shooting points and ample defensive resources, have a chance to challenge for this season's championship.
With the trade deadline approaching, the Timberwolves are also active in the market, and they also want to make some additions to the backup guards. On the other side, the Bulls, with a 23-27 record before this game, are in 9th place in the East. The Bulls' roster is actually not bad, they have three All-Star caliber players, DeRozan, Vucevic and LaVine. But unfortunately, the three star players are slightly lacking, Vucevic is also a veteran, LaVine has been affected by injuries, this season's form has declined seriously, the efficiency is very low, and he is currently in a state of absence, and the Bulls once ranked at the bottom of the East. However, in recent times, LaVine has not been there, and the Bulls have played more fluently, with a winning rate of almost 5 percent, and have a chance to impact the playoffs.
In this game, the two sides are in the starting lineup, the Timberwolves sent Edwards, Towns, Gobert, McDaniels and Conley, and the Bulls sent White, Vucevich, Caruso, Drummond and DeRozan. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Gobert jumped to win, the Timberwolves took the lead in getting the ball, Conley chased a three-point shot and scored the first goal of the game, DeRozan flew to the inside to create damage, stood on the free throw line and hit two free throws, and also opened for the Bulls, Drummond was shocked by the two-handed dunk in the restricted area, Gobert was not to be outdone, and immediately returned a shot under the basket, Downs held the ball in the restricted area and singled, turned around and easily succeeded, Edwards was at a 45-degree angle and scored three points ** into the center of the net, Vucevic shook off the opponent with his dreamy steps, Fly to the basket and score steadily.
Soon, the Timberwolves took the initiative and took a lead of about 10 points, Edwards flew through to create a series of kills, and Reed also took advantage of it on the inside, and the first quarter ended, the Timberwolves led the Bulls by 11 points 33-22. At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Drummond made a strong attack in the restricted area to help the Bulls take the lead, McLaughlin hit back with a large three-pointer, DeRozan's signature classical mid-range jumper hit a shot, Towns and Carter shot each other three-pointers, Dosum scored a small throw in the paint area under the basket, Towns felt hot, and hit a three-point shot again, and the Timberwolves continued to extend their lead, taking a maximum 23-point lead in the middle of the second quarter. At the end of the game, the Timberwolves led the Bulls by 22 points at 69-47.
At the beginning of the second half of the game, Yibian fought again, Vucevic made a mid-range shot against the defense, opening the third quarter of the game, Edwards immediately responded with a basket at the top of the arc, DeRozan broke through the layup and scored two points, Gobert also had a two-handed slam dunk in the restricted area, Walker's drifting three-pointer hole penetrated the basket, Li Kaier squeezed into the inside, stepped on the snow without a trace to pick up the offensive rebound and made up for the basket, and White's ultra-long three-point shot pierced the heart. The Bulls suddenly started a wave of counterattacks in the third quarter, narrowing the deficit to less than 10 points, White and DeRozan scored in a row, and Drummond, who came off the bench, was unrelenting in the face of the Timberwolves' twin towers, repeatedly grabbing rebounds in the frontcourt, and the Timberwolves relaxed their vigilance. At the end of the third quarter, the Timberwolves led the Bulls by nine points at 92-83.
In the final quarter, the Timberwolves suddenly lost power and fell into a scoring drought, the Bulls became more and more courageous, and White scored 21 points on seven shots to lead the team to a 4-point lead, and the game entered a white-hot game. At the decisive moment, Towns scored five points in a row to save the Timberwolves, and the two sides went into overtime. In overtime, the game was one-sided, DeRozan scored 10 points in a row to help the Bulls completely lock up the victory, and in the end, the Bulls defeated the Timberwolves 129-123, from a 23-point deficit to a 6-point lead, completing a 29-point comeback. The Timberwolves lost, and the Clippers reaped the benefits and moved up to second place in the West.
In terms of statistics, on the Bulls' side, Demar DeRozan had 33 points, 5 assists and 4 steals; Nikola Vucevic 24 points, 6 rebounds and 4 blocks; Coby White 33 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists; Andre Drummond had 16 points, 16 rebounds and 4 blocks. On the Timberwolves' side, Anthony Edwards had 38 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals; Rudy Gobert 12 points and 16 rebounds; Karl Anthony Towns had 33 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks, and the duo had 71 points and 17 rebounds; Naz Reid 10 points and 4 rebounds; Mike Conley 9 points and 8 assists; Jayden McDaniels 13 points. Hundreds of spectators