Gameday preview: Wolves welcome Chicago to Target Center

The Wolves on Sunday play host to a Bulls team that swept them last season but enters on a slide.

December 17, 2022 at 11:13PM
Chicago Bulls' DeMar DeRozan (11) and Zach LaVine (8) talk during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Saturday, March 26, 2022, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)
Bulls stars DeMar DeRozan and Zach Lavine last season. (Ron Schwane, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

6 p.m. Sunday vs. Chicago * Target Center (BSN, 830-AM)

Wolves update: The Timberwolves won Friday in Oklahoma City — ending a three-game losing streak — despite playing without starters Karl-Anthony Towns, Rudy Gobert (ankle) and D'Angelo Russell (knee) and top reserves Jordan McLaughlin and Taurean Prince. Gobert and Russell were listed as questionable for that game. Of the two, Russell was the final player to be scratched after trying to warm up pregame. G Anthony Edwards responded with a 19-point, 11-rebound, seven-assist game. C Naz Reid, in his first start this season, scored 28 points – one off his career high — with three steals. G Austin Rivers had his best game as a member of the Wolves, with 20 points — including a game-sealing three — and a career-high five steals.

Chicago update: The 11-17 Bulls have lost three in a row and six of eight. That includes back-to-back home losses to New York; in Friday's loss, the Bulls allowed the Knicks to make 17 of 44 three-pointers. Chicago is led by G/F DeMar DeRozan (25.8 points per game), former Wolves G Zach LaVine (21.8) and C Nikola Vucevic (12.7 points and 10.5 rebounds). This is the first meeting between the teams this season; Chicago won both games in 2021-22.

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