Timberwolves 102, Bulls 93 (OT)
CHICAGO -- Guard Andrew Wiggins scored 31 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves outlasted the Chicago Bulls for a 102-93 overtime win on Saturday night.
Rookie center Karl-Anthony Towns scored 17 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to post his third double-double in five games. Forward Nemanja Bjelica added 17 points and 11 rebounds off the bench for Minnesota (3-2).
Center Pau Gasol scored 21 points and grabbed 14 rebounds for his third double-double of the season. Forward Tony Snell scored 14 points off the bench for Chicago (4-3).
After a back-and-forth game that featured 15 ties and 18 lead changes, Minnesota outscored Chicago 9-0 in overtime. The Bulls shot 0-for-9 during the extra session to lose at home for the first time this season.
Minnesota snapped a two-game losing streak and won despite a poor offensive performance from guard Ricky Rubio, who managed only seven points on 2-for-10 shooting.
Bulls guard Derrick Rose tallied 11 points on 3-for-13 shooting. Guard Jimmy Butler also struggled, finishing with 11 points while shooting 0-for-7 from beyond the arc.
The score was tied at 93 at the end of regulation.
Chicago built an 89-83 lead on a 3-pointer by Snell with 6:34 to go in the fourth quarter. Minnesota rallied with a 10-2 run to grab a 93-91 lead with 27.3 seconds remaining. Gasol answered with a tip-in to even the score with 21.5 seconds left and Wiggins fired an air ball on a last-second 3-pointer, prompting overtime.
Chicago held a 77-76 edge entering the fourth quarter. Rose opened the fourth with a 3-pointer from the left corner on a dish by Butler.
Minnesota led 58-57 at halftime behind 22 points from Wiggins.
Towns made a layup to cap a 19-4 run that gave the Timberwolves a 54-45 lead. Chicago sliced the deficit to one with a 12-4 run that included six points from Gasol.
Wiggins hit a trio of 3-pointers to help the Timberwolves grab a 30-28 lead at the end of the first quarter. The Bulls trailed by as many as seven points before responding with a 9-0 run that included consecutive 3-pointers from Snell and another 3-pointer from guard Aaron Brooks.
NOTES: Timberwolves G Kevin Martin missed the game because of personal reasons. ... Bulls G Kirk Hinrich (toe) missed his fourth straight game. ... Timberwolves G Tyus Jones was active for the first time this season but did not play. Jones, 19, was the No. 24 pick out of Duke in the 2015 NBA draft. ... Bulls F Doug McDermott started his second consecutive game in place of F Tony Snell, who came in off the bench. ... Timberwolves coach Sam Mitchell said he was not concerned by a lack of scoring from 39-year-old F Kevin Garnett. "K.G. is doing everything that we've asked him to do," Mitchell said. "At a certain point, Father Time gets us all. He can still defend, rebound the basketball and talk on defense."