Saturday night, your Chicago Bulls hope to keep cooking as they host the lottery-bound Oklahoma City Thunder. Friday night, spurred by great offensive turns from five of their healthy (ish) top six players, the Bulls beat the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves 134-122 to claim their second consecutive victory and move to a 35-21 record in the crowded East.
With four key rotation players still sidelined (more on this in a bit) and no reinforcements arriving via trade, head coach Billy Donovan kept his rotation to just nine players. As a result, All-Stars DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine, center Nikola Vucevic and rookie guard Ayo Dosunmu all played 35 minutes or more.