Chicago Bulls 117, Minnesota Timberwolves 121 — Recap

April 11, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Chicago Bulls 117, Minnesota Timberwolves 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHI 26-29 MIN; Q2 CHI 29-37 MIN; Q3 CHI 32-25 MIN; Q4 CHI 30-30 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Zach LaVine (CHI) 30 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 threes on 13-of-28 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 27 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 27 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; Nikola Vucevic (CHI) 18 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Naz Reid (MIN) 18 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHI

Zach LaVine

30 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 4 3PM · 13-28 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

27 PTS, 12 REB, 8 AST, 3 3PM · 8-15 FG

Scoring · MIN

D'Angelo Russell

27 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 9-13 FG

Season highs

Ricky Rubio · Season-high 5 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHI	26	29	32	30		117
MIN	29	37	25	30		121

🧮 How They Scored

CHIMIN

54Points in the paint38

15Fast-break points6

13Second-chance points13

11Points off turnovers20

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.2%Effective FG%59.3%

11.7%Turnover %13.2%

19.5%Offensive rebound %9.1%

0.141Free-throw rate0.309

Box Score

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zach LaVine G	36	30	7	6	0	1	1	13-28	4-12	0-1	-3
Daniel Theis F	29	13	7	3	3	0	1	5-10	2-6	1-2	+3
Nikola Vucevic C	27	18	5	5	0	3	2	7-13	2-3	2-2	-14
Tomas Satoransky G-F	26	10	0	6	0	1	1	4-7	0-2	2-3	-11
Patrick Williams F	26	0	1	0	2	1	2	0-3	0-1	0-0	-13
Coby White G	23	11	0	2	3	0	3	4-8	1-4	2-2	+7
Troy Brown Jr. F	22	15	7	2	1	0	0	6-7	3-3	0-0	+7
Thaddeus Young F	20	9	8	3	1	2	3	4-7	0-0	1-2	-1
Lauri Markkanen F	19	8	2	1	0	0	0	3-4	2-3	0-1	+6
Denzel Valentine G	12	3	1	2	0	0	0	1-5	1-4	0-0	-1

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Karl-Anthony Towns C	37	27	12	8	0	2	4	8-15	3-7	8-8	+9
Anthony Edwards G	36	15	5	2	3	0	2	5-14	2-5	3-3	+4
Josh Okogie G	36	6	3	0	1	1	3	2-6	0-2	2-2	+1
Jaden McDaniels F	30	4	6	1	1	3	0	1-7	0-4	2-2	-3
Naz Reid F-C	28	18	1	2	0	0	1	6-9	2-4	4-4	-4
D'Angelo Russell G	26	27	2	4	0	0	2	9-13	3-6	6-6	+2
Ricky Rubio G	25	17	4	9	1	0	0	6-13	5-6	0-0	+13
Jordan McLaughlin G	8	2	2	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-4
Juancho Hernangomez F	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+3
Jarrett Culver G	7	5	0	0	1	0	1	2-2	1-1	0-0	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

Chicago BullsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zach LaVine	Bench	36	30	52.7	33.7	-5.7	13.6
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	27	18	64.8	25.0	-25.0	12.5
Troy Brown Jr.	Bench	22	15	107.1	13.5	+15.2	18.3
Daniel Theis	Bench	29	13	59.7	17.9	+1.3	13.5
Coby White	Bench	23	11	61.9	22.2	+16.4	4.8
Tomas Satoransky	Bench	26	10	60.1	14.8	-25.9	7.4
Thaddeus Young	Bench	20	9	57.1	20.4	-5.9	12.4
Lauri Markkanen	Bench	19	8	90.1	8.9	+14.6	9.1
Denzel Valentine	Bench	12	3	30.0	19.2	+0.7	3.7
Patrick Williams	Bench	26	0	0.0	8.1	-28.6	-2.6

Minnesota TimberwolvesTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	26	27	86.3	32.1	+8.1	20.5
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	37	27	72.9	27.7	+15.3	17.5
Naz Reid	Bench	28	18	83.6	17.7	-2.9	12.2
Ricky Rubio	Bench	25	17	65.4	21.7	+20.2	17.1
Anthony Edwards	Bench	36	15	49.0	20.2	+0.3	7.3
Josh Okogie	Bench	36	6	43.6	12.2	+4.6	0.8
Jarrett Culver	Bench	7	5	125.0	20.0	-7.1	14.7
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	30	4	25.4	11.6	-3.1	4.3
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	8	2	100.0	11.1	-23.5	6.6
Juancho Hernangomez	Bench	8	0	0.0	6.3	+18.8	0.0