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12/29 21:43 CST Reid scores 33 points, T-Wolves rout Bulls 136-101 after
Chicago loses White, Giddey to injuries
Reid scores 33 points, T-Wolves rout Bulls 136-101 after Chicago loses White,
Giddey to injuries
By MATT CARLSON
Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) --- Naz Reid scored a season-high 33 points off the bench, Anthony
Edwards added 23, and the Minnesota Timberwolves routed the Bulls 136-101 on
Monday night after Chicago lost top scorers Coby White and Josh Giddey to
injuries.
Julius Randle had 17 points as Minnesota pulled away in the third quarter in
the opener of a four-game trip. Donte DiVincenzo and Bones Hyland scored 12
each as Minnesota shot 53.7% after a cold start.
Nikola Vucevic led Chicago with 23 points, but the depleted Bulls couldn't keep
pace and lost a second straight following a five-game winning streak that had
lifted them back to .500. Chicago shot just 40.9%, and committed 16 turnovers
compared to three by Minnesota.
White, Chicago's leading scorer, exited with a right calf strain in the first
quarter.
Giddey, Chicago's second-leading scorer, walked off the court gingerly with an
apparent left hamstring injury in the first minute of the second half after
scoring 11 points.
White, who entered averaging 20.5 points, missed the first 11 games this season
with similar calf injury. Giddey entered averaging 19.5 points, 9.2 assists and
9.1 rebounds. He is second in the NBA with seven triple-doubles.
Before the game, Bulls coach Billy Donovan said Zach Collins will probably miss
several games with a sprained right big toe.
Minnesota's Mike Conley played in his 1,200th game.
The Timberwolves took charge in the third quarter after the Bulls tied it at 55
in the opening minute of the period. Minnesota outscored Chicago 40-28 in the
frame and took a 95-78 lead into the fourth.
The Timberwolves led 55-50 at the half after trailing by as much as nine midway
through the second quarter. Edwards led the comeback, scoring his first 11
points consecutively on three 3's and a pair of free throws.
Up next Timberwolves: At Atlanta on Wednesday night. Bulls: Host New Orleans on Wednesday night. ___ AP NBA: https://apnews.com/NBA |
