The Minnesota Timberwolves and the Chicago Bulls are playing an NBA game on Monday night at 8 pm at the United Center and both of these teams are playing well despite dealing with some injuries and this will be a nice matchup for Kevin Love and Joakim Noah as two of the best big men in the league and it will be streaming from NBA TV as well.
The game has the Bulls coming in with a 22-21 record, while the Wolves are 21-22 after losing to the Portland Trail Blazers and that saw Kevin Martin have one of his best games with 30 points, while Love had 13 rebounds and Ricky Rubio finished with 11 assists. The Wolves have been playing very well on offense this season and they are ranked second in the league in points per game with over 106, but they are allowing over 102 and that could be an issue against one of the top defensive teams in the NBA.
Love has been an All-Star player for the team and he has developed into one of the best big men in the league and they will play against the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday after this game and that will be back home at the Target Center. The team is ranked fifth in the league in assist per game and fourth in rebounding behind Love and now they will have to figure out the Bulls as they play on the road at the United Center. The Bulls pulled out a close game against the Charlotte Bobcats and they have the Spurs next and that game is on the road in Texas.
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The Bulls come into the game without Derrick Rose in the lineup again after he injured his knee earlier in the season and now he could be out for the rest of the year and that puts more pressure on Noah, Jimmy Butler and Carlos Boozer as well as Kirk Hinrich and Mike Dunleavy now that he is out. The Bulls are hanging around in the east and they should be a playoff team despite losing Rose and they are second in the central division behind the east leading Indiana Pacers and they have a tough matchup with San Antonio coming next.
The Bulls are ranked second in the NBA in points allowed and that will be an interesting matchup to watch with the Wolves offense and the Chicago defense, as they are allowing just 92 points per game. The team is scoring that much as well to rank 29th in the league, so they will have to play their style against the Wolves to hold them back and it should be a good battle on the boards between Love and Boozer along with Noah. The team is ranked sixth in the NBA in rebounds per game and with both in the top 10 it should be a close matchup.