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Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Chicago Bulls

January 22, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Bulls beat the Timberwolves 120-115 on 2026-01-22 on the road against the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves started Rudy Gobert, Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo, Anthony Edwards, and Jaden McDaniels. The Bulls started Nikola Vučević, Coby White, Isaac Okoro, Jalen Smith, and Matas Buzelis. Coby White (Bulls) scored 8 points (3/9) in his matchups, with Donte DiVincenzo as his primary defender. Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves) scored 22 points (6/9) in his matchups, with Isaac Okoro as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves 115

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jaden McDaniels GS 35:41 16 5 5 0 1 2 2 6-9 2-2 2-2 +2
Donte DiVincenzo GS 35:22 11 3 4 2 1 1 3 4-10 3-8 0-0 +1
Anthony Edwards GS 34:40 20 6 3 0 1 1 5 9-25 1-8 1-1 +1
Rudy Gobert GS 33:42 10 11 2 1 2 1 3 3-5 0-0 4-5 -1
Julius Randle GS 30:32 30 7 6 0 0 5 6 10-17 3-5 7-7 -8
Naz Reid 28:37 20 6 5 2 3 3 4 8-12 4-7 0-0 +4
Mike Conley 14:16 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 1-5 1-4 0-0 -8
Jaylen Clark 12:19 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1-3 0-2 0-0 -7
Bones Hyland 11:46 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 1-6 1-5 0-0 -4
Joan Beringer 3:06 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -5
Totals 115 45 29 6 9 14 27 43-93 15-41 14-15

Did not play: Rob Dillingham (DNP - Coach's Decision), Enrique Freeman (DNP - Coach's Decision), Joe Ingles (DNP - Coach's Decision), Leonard Miller (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls 120

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Nikola Vučević GS 31:04 10 8 3 0 0 1 3 3-10 2-4 2-2 -6
Coby White GS 29:56 22 4 4 0 0 4 2 6-16 3-10 7-9 +6
Matas Buzelis GS 27:53 12 6 3 1 0 0 2 3-8 2-3 4-4 +1
Jalen Smith GS 26:53 17 4 0 1 0 1 5 6-9 3-4 2-2 +5
Isaac Okoro GS 26:17 10 5 1 1 0 0 2 3-7 2-4 2-2 -6
Tre Jones 26:55 12 3 7 1 0 2 1 5-7 1-2 1-2 +9
Josh Giddey 26:02 21 6 5 2 0 2 0 7-13 0-3 7-9 +2
Ayo Dosunmu 21:38 8 4 3 0 1 0 2 2-9 2-5 2-3 0
Patrick Williams 15:45 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 2-3 1-1 0-0 +9
Kevin Huerter 7:37 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1-4 1-3 0-0 +5
Totals 120 43 28 7 1 11 18 38-86 17-39 27-33

Did not play: Jevon Carter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Lachlan Olbrich (DNP - Coach's Decision), Julian Phillips (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dalen Terry (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIN
Minnesota Timberwolves
Minnesota Timberwolves

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CHI
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Bulls

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Timberwolves defense

Defender Guarded most
Donte DiVincenzo Coby White: 25 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Ayo Dosunmu: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaden McDaniels Josh Giddey: 31 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Matas Buzelis: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Anthony Edwards Isaac Okoro: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Tre Jones: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Rudy Gobert Nikola Vučević: 30 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Jalen Smith: 16 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Julius Randle Jalen Smith: 22 poss., 16 pts (5/9) · Matas Buzelis: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Naz Reid Patrick Williams: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Matas Buzelis: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Mike Conley Tre Jones: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Ayo Dosunmu: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bones Hyland Tre Jones: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Ayo Dosunmu: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaylen Clark Josh Giddey: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Coby White: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Joan Beringer Nikola Vučević: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Patrick Williams: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Bulls defense

Defender Guarded most
Nikola Vučević Rudy Gobert: 33 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Julius Randle: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Coby White Jaden McDaniels: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Donte DiVincenzo: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Matas Buzelis Donte DiVincenzo: 17 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Naz Reid: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Tre Jones Donte DiVincenzo: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Anthony Edwards: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jalen Smith Julius Randle: 16 poss., 7 pts (2/2) · Rudy Gobert: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Josh Giddey Jaden McDaniels: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Jaylen Clark: 6 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Isaac Okoro Anthony Edwards: 18 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Naz Reid: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ayo Dosunmu Anthony Edwards: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Donte DiVincenzo: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Patrick Williams Naz Reid: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Julius Randle: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kevin Huerter Naz Reid: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donte DiVincenzo: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)