Chicago Bulls 126, Minnesota Timberwolves 150 — Recap

December 18, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Chicago Bulls 126, Minnesota Timberwolves 150. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHI 34-32 MIN; Q2 CHI 31-39 MIN; Q3 CHI 32-42 MIN; Q4 CHI 29-37 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Edwards (MIN) 37 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 threes on 13-of-24 shooting; DeMar DeRozan (CHI) 29 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; D'Angelo Russell (MIN) 28 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists, 7 threes on 10-of-14 shooting; Nikola Vucevic (CHI) 23 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-15 shooting; Zach LaVine (CHI) 22 points, 1 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Anthony Edwards

37 PTS, 7 REB, 11 AST, 4 3PM · 13-24 FG

Scoring · CHI

DeMar DeRozan

29 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 10-19 FG

Scoring · MIN

D'Angelo Russell

28 PTS, 2 REB, 8 AST, 7 3PM · 10-14 FG

Season highs

Anthony Edwards · Season-high 37 pointsAnthony Edwards · Season-high 11 assistsD'Angelo Russell · Season-high 7 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	34	31	32	29		126
MIN	32	39	42	37		150

🧮 How They Scored

CHIMIN

48Points in the paint62

2Fast-break points13

9Second-chance points8

9Points off turnovers20

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.4%Effective FG%78.7%

10.0%Turnover %11.3%

14.6%Offensive rebound %14.3%

0.273Free-throw rate0.184

Box Score

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
DeMar DeRozan G	39	29	4	6	2	0	1	10-19	2-4	7-9	-5
Nikola Vucevic C	32	23	9	5	2	1	4	10-15	3-6	0-0	-18
Patrick Williams F	32	13	2	4	0	0	0	4-9	2-5	3-3	-19
Zach LaVine G	31	22	1	6	0	0	2	8-16	3-6	3-4	-21
Alex Caruso G	26	5	3	2	1	0	2	2-5	1-3	0-0	-13
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	20	13	3	1	0	0	0	5-7	2-3	1-1	-9
Coby White G	19	10	2	0	1	0	0	3-5	2-4	2-3	-4
Goran Dragic G	19	6	3	5	0	0	1	2-4	1-3	1-2	-4
Ayo Dosunmu G	19	5	3	2	0	0	1	2-7	0-3	1-2	-21
Tony Bradley C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-6

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	38	37	7	11	2	0	4	13-24	4-10	7-7	+15
D'Angelo Russell G	37	28	2	8	0	0	3	10-14	7-10	1-1	+33
Jaden McDaniels F	34	15	8	5	0	3	3	6-8	2-3	1-1	+31
Nathan Knight F-C	26	16	2	3	0	0	1	6-8	1-2	3-3	+8
Austin Rivers G	26	14	4	1	0	0	0	5-7	4-6	0-0	-1
Jaylen Nowell G	22	9	4	3	1	0	0	4-6	1-3	0-0	+11
Kyle Anderson F	21	2	2	3	1	1	0	1-6	0-4	0-0	-17
Naz Reid F-C	12	10	3	0	1	0	0	4-4	2-2	0-2	+14
Luka Garza C	10	7	4	3	0	0	1	3-3	0-0	1-2	+2
Bryn Forbes G	9	10	2	0	0	0	0	4-6	2-3	0-0	+6
Josh Minott F	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+6
Matt Ryan F	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+6
Wendell Moore Jr. G	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+6

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
DeMar DeRozan	Bench	39	29	63.2	25.8	-7.9	11.5
Nikola Vucevic	Bench	32	23	76.7	25.3	-28.7	13.6
Zach LaVine	Bench	31	22	61.9	28.2	-30.5	8.9
Derrick Jones Jr.	Bench	20	13	87.4	15.2	-27.5	10.7
Patrick Williams	Bench	32	13	63.0	13.5	-27.5	6.5
Coby White	Bench	19	10	79.1	13.6	-12.9	7.4
Goran Dragic	Bench	19	6	61.5	14.3	-13.4	8.9
Alex Caruso	Bench	26	5	50.0	11.7	-21.6	2.5
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	19	5	31.7	18.8	-42.0	1.4
Tony Bradley	Bench	2	0	0.0	14.3	-100.0	-5.7
Andre Drummond	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Bench	38	37	68.3	36.5	+20.6	17.7
D'Angelo Russell	Bench	37	28	97.0	21.0	+40.4	13.8
Nathan Knight	Bench	26	16	85.8	16.7	+10.1	10.6
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	34	15	88.9	14.5	+39.3	10.9
Austin Rivers	Bench	26	14	100.0	11.7	+3.2	11.1
Naz Reid	Bench	12	10	102.5	20.0	+56.0	17.0
Bryn Forbes	Bench	9	10	83.3	24.0	+22.1	17.6
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	22	9	75.0	12.2	+30.5	9.2
Luka Garza	Bench	10	7	90.2	20.0	+8.7	12.9
Kyle Anderson	Bench	21	2	16.7	14.0	-38.7	-1.4
Josh Minott	Bench	2	2	100.0	16.7	+83.3	11.4
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+83.3	8.6
Matt Ryan	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	+83.3	5.7