Minnesota Timberwolves at Chicago Bulls 2/24/21 - NBA Picks & Predictions

The Minnesota Timberwolves complete back to back on Wednesday when visiting the Chicago Bulls after playing on the road Tuesday against the Milwaukee Bucks. Minnesota is 7-24 and has lost each of its last four including a 103-99 loss to the New York Knicks on Sunday. Minnesota has fired head coach Ryan Saunders and replaced him with Chris Finch.

Karl-Anthony Towns is leading Minnesota in scoring and rebounding with averages of 22.0 points and 11.2 rebounds per game. Malik Beasley is the second-leading scorer with an average of 20.2 points per game and Ricky Rubio is the leader in assists with an average of 6.4 per game. Minnesota is scoring an average of 107.5 points per game while shooting 43.8% overall and 35.6% from 3-point territory.

Chicago looks for its third consecutive victory when hosting Minnesota on Wednesday. The Bulls improved to 14-16 following a 120-100 victory on Monday over the Houston Rockets. Coby White was the leading scorer for Chicago with 24 points. Chicago has won two straight and four of its last five and has moved into third, within 3 ½ games of first-place Milwaukee, in the Central Division.

Zach LaVine is the leading scorer for Chicago with an average of 28.6 points per game, while Thaddeus Young is the leading rebounder with an average of 5.9 per game and Coby White is the leader in assists with an average of 5.2 per game. Chicago has seven players averaging double-figures in scoring and as a team is scoring an average of 114.7 points per game while shooting 48.2% overall and 37.8% from 3-point territory.