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Chicago Bulls vs. Minnesota Timberwolves

December 29, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Timberwolves beat the Bulls 136-101 on 2025-12-29 on the road against the Bulls. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Coby White, Isaac Okoro, Josh Giddey, and Matas Buzelis. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 6 points (2/7) in his matchups, with Isaac Okoro as his primary defender. Josh Giddey (Bulls) scored 10 points (4/6) in his matchups, with Jaden McDaniels as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

CHI

Chicago Bulls 101

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Vučević GS	30:02	23	5	2	0	0	3	2	10-17	3-5	0-0	-8
Matas Buzelis GS	23:58	13	5	2	0	1	2	2	5-14	3-8	0-0	-26
Isaac Okoro GS	20:02	4	3	0	0	0	1	1	0-4	0-3	4-4	-13
Josh Giddey GS	17:52	11	4	3	0	0	1	0	3-10	1-4	4-4	-1
Coby White GS	6:35	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Ayo Dosunmu	31:37	10	6	7	1	0	2	2	4-12	0-4	2-2	-32
Jalen Smith	25:31	12	6	1	1	2	1	3	4-6	3-4	1-2	-14
Kevin Huerter	21:59	8	6	1	0	1	1	1	3-6	2-3	0-0	-13
Tre Jones	21:07	11	2	4	0	0	1	1	5-9	0-0	1-2	-28
Patrick Williams	19:38	7	3	2	0	2	2	3	3-8	1-3	0-0	-21
Dalen Terry	10:56	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-14
Julian Phillips	5:45	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	-2
Jevon Carter	4:58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-4
Totals		101	42	25	3	7	16	17	38-93	13-38	12-14

MIN

Minnesota Timberwolves 136

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards GS	32:15	23	2	4	1	1	0	0	9-13	2-5	3-4	+28
Rudy Gobert GS	29:37	9	10	1	1	4	0	2	4-5	0-0	1-4	+14
Julius Randle GS	28:01	17	5	14	1	0	0	2	6-11	0-2	5-6	+28
Donte DiVincenzo GS	26:32	12	6	3	0	0	0	2	4-10	4-9	0-0	+28
Jaden McDaniels GS	22:47	7	5	3	0	0	0	1	3-9	1-1	0-0	+12
Naz Reid	26:52	33	7	3	0	0	1	0	11-18	6-10	5-5	+24
Jaylen Clark	18:50	11	4	0	3	1	0	0	4-7	0-0	3-3	+11
Mike Conley	17:45	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	+10
Bones Hyland	14:22	12	0	1	1	1	0	2	5-8	1-4	1-1	+12
Johnny Juzang	5:45	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1-4	0-3	0-0	+2
Rob Dillingham	5:45	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2-3	1-1	0-0	+2
Joan Beringer	5:45	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	+2
Leonard Miller	5:45	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1-2	0-0	1-2	+2
Totals		136	46	32	9	9	3	12	51-95	15-37	19-25

Did not play: Joe Ingles (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CHI

Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Nikola Vučević · Coby White · Isaac Okoro · Josh Giddey · Matas Buzelis Starter 5.8 min
Jevon Carter · Patrick Williams · Ayo Dosunmu · Dalen Terry · Julian Phillips 5.0 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Patrick Williams · Tre Jones · Ayo Dosunmu 4.7 min
Nikola Vučević · Isaac Okoro · Jalen Smith · Ayo Dosunmu · Matas Buzelis 2.9 min
Nikola Vučević · Kevin Huerter · Jalen Smith · Ayo Dosunmu · Josh Giddey 2.6 min

MIN

Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Rudy Gobert · Julius Randle · Donte DiVincenzo · Anthony Edwards · Jaden McDaniels Starter 10.7 min
Johnny Juzang · Leonard Miller · Jaylen Clark · Rob Dillingham · Joan Beringer 5.8 min
Rudy Gobert · Julius Randle · Donte DiVincenzo · Anthony Edwards · Jaylen Clark 4.7 min
Mike Conley · Rudy Gobert · Naz Reid · Jaden McDaniels · Bones Hyland 4.3 min
Mike Conley · Julius Randle · Naz Reid · Anthony Edwards · Bones Hyland 3.3 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Bulls defense

Anthony Edwards 6 pts (2/7) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Isaac Okoro (26 %, 0 pts) · Ayo Dosunmu (19 %, 0 pts) · Kevin Huerter (12 %, 0 pts)
Julius Randle 8 pts (2/8) in 56 possessions

Guarded by: Matas Buzelis (26 %, 3 pts) · Patrick Williams (15 %, 0 pts) · Isaac Okoro (15 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Ayo Dosunmu	Anthony Edwards: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylen Clark: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Nikola Vučević	Rudy Gobert: 31 poss., 6 pts (3/7) · Naz Reid: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Matas Buzelis	Julius Randle: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Donte DiVincenzo: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Jalen Smith	Naz Reid: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rudy Gobert: 10 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Tre Jones	Donte DiVincenzo: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaylen Clark: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kevin Huerter	Mike Conley: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Anthony Edwards: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaac Okoro	Anthony Edwards: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Donte DiVincenzo: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Patrick Williams	Naz Reid: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Julius Randle: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Giddey	Jaden McDaniels: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Naz Reid: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Dalen Terry	Donte DiVincenzo: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaylen Clark: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Coby White	Donte DiVincenzo: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anthony Edwards: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Julian Phillips	Leonard Miller: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Joan Beringer: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jevon Carter	Rob Dillingham: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Johnny Juzang: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/2)

Timberwolves defense

Josh Giddey 10 pts (4/6) in 34 possessions

Guarded by: Jaden McDaniels (35 %, 2 pts) · Naz Reid (11 %, 3 pts) · Donte DiVincenzo (11 %, 0 pts)
Matas Buzelis 17 pts (7/11) in 51 possessions

Guarded by: Julius Randle (21 %, 8 pts) · Bones Hyland (17 %, 0 pts) · Jaden McDaniels (13 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Anthony Edwards	Isaac Okoro: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Tre Jones: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Julius Randle	Matas Buzelis: 11 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Isaac Okoro: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Naz Reid	Jalen Smith: 18 poss., 13 pts (3/5) · Patrick Williams: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Rudy Gobert	Nikola Vučević: 30 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Jalen Smith: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Donte DiVincenzo	Tre Jones: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Ayo Dosunmu: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jaden McDaniels	Josh Giddey: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Kevin Huerter: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Mike Conley	Kevin Huerter: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ayo Dosunmu: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylen Clark	Ayo Dosunmu: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Kevin Huerter: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Bones Hyland	Matas Buzelis: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ayo Dosunmu: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rob Dillingham	Jevon Carter: 4 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Ayo Dosunmu: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Joan Beringer	Dalen Terry: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Patrick Williams: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Leonard Miller	Patrick Williams: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Julian Phillips: 3 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Johnny Juzang	Ayo Dosunmu: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julian Phillips: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)