CHICAGO - In one 114-113 loss at Chicago, longtime teammates Jimmy Butler and Taj Gibson maybe proved you can’t go home again and the Timberwolves proved again they can’t beat one of the Eastern Conference worst teams on the road.
After losing games at Brooklyn, Orlando and Atlanta already this season, the Wolves lost to a Bulls team that had lost its last seven games and they did so with former Wolves guard Zach LaVine – the centerpiece in the trade package the Bulls received for Butler last summer – beating them.
Playing his 11th game back from season-ending knee surgery last February, LaVine scored his team’s final eight points after they trailed by five points but won by scoring eight of the game’s last 10 points.