Minnesota Timberwolves 126, Chicago Bulls 133 — Recap

February 24, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 126, Chicago Bulls 133 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 34-32 CHI; Q2 MIN 24-36 CHI; Q3 MIN 32-28 CHI; Q4 MIN 29-23 CHI; OT1 MIN 7-14 CHI.

Top performers (box score): Zach LaVine (CHI) 35 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 14-of-21 shooting; Malik Beasley (MIN) 25 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 threes on 9-of-20 shooting; Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) 24 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 21 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-20 shooting; Coby White (CHI) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists on 9-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CHI

Zach LaVine

35 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 5 3PM · 14-21 FG

Scoring · MIN

Malik Beasley

25 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 5 3PM · 9-20 FG

Scoring · MIN

Karl-Anthony Towns

24 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 10-20 FG

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	OT		T
MIN	34	24	32	29	7		126
CHI	32	36	28	23	14		133

🧮 How They Scored

MINCHI

60Points in the paint76

8Fast-break points13

23Second-chance points13

23Points off turnovers21

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.0%Effective FG%64.5%

13.1%Turnover %17.3%

26.5%Offensive rebound %20.0%

0.202Free-throw rate0.172

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Malik Beasley G	37	25	2	1	0	0	2	9-20	5-13	2-2	+5
Anthony Edwards G	37	21	9	6	2	0	3	7-20	3-9	4-4	+5
Jarred Vanderbilt F	34	16	6	1	4	0	1	5-5	0-0	6-7	-2
Ricky Rubio G	33	9	1	10	0	0	0	2-6	0-1	5-5	+1
Karl-Anthony Towns C	31	24	8	5	2	1	4	10-20	2-4	2-2	+12
Naz Reid F-C	22	13	4	0	1	3	4	6-14	1-4	0-0	-17
Jordan McLaughlin G	20	0	1	4	0	0	1	0-3	0-1	0-0	-8
Jaylen Nowell G	19	12	3	0	0	0	0	5-10	1-4	1-1	-7
Josh Okogie G	16	4	4	0	2	0	1	2-4	0-1	0-0	-12
Jaden McDaniels F	16	2	3	1	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	-12

Chicago Bulls

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Zach LaVine G	41	35	2	2	0	0	7	14-21	5-8	2-2	-4
Garrett Temple G-F	37	5	4	2	0	0	1	2-6	0-1	1-2	-4
Coby White G	33	20	8	6	0	0	7	9-17	0-6	2-2	+10
Wendell Carter Jr. F	32	17	10	2	2	2	1	6-8	1-2	4-4	-2
Thaddeus Young F	29	14	2	6	4	0	1	7-14	0-1	0-1	+3
Patrick Williams F	27	13	4	2	2	1	1	5-8	1-2	2-2	+2
Tomas Satoransky G-F	26	16	5	4	0	0	2	6-7	2-3	2-3	+10
Denzel Valentine G	20	10	5	3	3	0	0	5-10	0-0	0-0	+7
Luke Kornet F-C	12	0	0	1	0	2	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+10
Ryan Arcidiacono G	9	3	3	0	0	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Malik Beasley	Bench	37	25	59.9	23.7	+9.0	6.7
Karl-Anthony Towns	Bench	31	24	57.5	34.7	+21.2	12.2
Anthony Edwards	Bench	37	21	48.3	28.1	+9.4	10.9
Jarred Vanderbilt	Bench	34	16	99.0	9.5	-1.0	12.4
Naz Reid	Bench	22	13	46.4	31.6	-29.5	3.6
Jaylen Nowell	Bench	19	12	57.5	21.3	-17.1	13.2
Ricky Rubio	Bench	33	9	54.9	9.9	+3.2	8.7
Josh Okogie	Bench	16	4	50.0	12.8	-24.8	5.8
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	16	2	50.0	8.1	-38.7	4.1
Jordan McLaughlin	Bench	20	0	0.0	8.0	-20.6	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zach LaVine	Bench	41	35	80.0	30.9	-7.5	12.4
Coby White	Bench	33	20	55.9	32.9	+12.4	12.8
Wendell Carter Jr.	Bench	32	17	87.1	12.8	-7.5	16.3
Tomas Satoransky	Bench	26	16	96.2	16.9	+9.3	16.0
Thaddeus Young	Bench	29	14	48.5	24.6	-3.3	10.0
Patrick Williams	Bench	27	13	73.2	15.4	+3.3	12.8
Denzel Valentine	Bench	20	10	50.0	20.4	+16.3	18.5
Garrett Temple	Bench	37	5	36.3	9.4	-11.7	2.4
Ryan Arcidiacono	Bench	9	3	150.0	8.0	+19.5	10.7
Luke Kornet	Bench	12	0	0.0	3.8	+32.0	2.0