Chicago Bulls vs Minnesota Timberwolves — Win Probability
FINAL
Chicago Bulls
22-29
108
VS
Minnesota Timberwolves
27-23
127
Model expected score: Chicago Bulls 111.9 – Minnesota Timberwolves 119.2 (no market line posted for this game yet -- see Margin/Totals below)
Injury Report
Live ESPN injury status for both teams, polled fresh each run.
CHI
Norman PowellDay-To-Day
Zach CollinsDay-To-Day
MIN
Anthony EdwardsOut
Donte DiVincenzoOut
Prediction vs. Result
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PREGAME WIN PROBABILITY
Timberwolves 75%
ACTUAL RESULT
✓ Timberwolves won by 19
COMBINED SCORE
235
Margin of Victory — Minnesota Timberwolves (Home)
Pregame odds for every possible outcome, simulated before tipoff -- the highlighted bar is what actually happened.
Lost
30%
Won by 1-3
8%
Won by 4-7
11%
Won by 8-14
19%
Won by 15-21 ← actual result
15%
Won by 21+
17%
Total Score — Over / Under
Combined score across 100,000 simulated versions of this game, against six fixed lines (no market total posted for this game yet -- the highlighted line is this model's own pick, not a sportsbook number). The real combined score was 235.
O/U LINE 210
87% over ✓13% under
O/U LINE 220
72% over ✓28% under
O/U LINE 230 MODEL'S PICK
52% over ✓48% under
O/U LINE 240
32% over68% under ✓
O/U LINE 250
16% over84% under ✓
O/U LINE 260
6% over94% under ✓
Starter Grades
Season-to-date Basketball-Reference stats for each team's starters, minimum 25% of that team's games started.
CHI
Points Per GamePoints scored per game.
Player Efficiency RatingPlayer Efficiency Rating (John Hollinger) -- a per-minute rating summing a player's positive contributions and subtracting the negative, league-adjusted so 15.0 = average.
Win Shares Per 48 MinutesAn estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player per 48 minutes (league average is approximately .100).
Zach LaVineSF
24.0
Coby WhiteSG
20.4
Nikola VučevićC
18.5
Josh GiddeyPG
14.6
Kevin HuerterSG
13.2
MIN
Points Per GamePoints scored per game.
Player Efficiency RatingPlayer Efficiency Rating (John Hollinger) -- a per-minute rating summing a player's positive contributions and subtracting the negative, league-adjusted so 15.0 = average.
Win Shares Per 48 MinutesAn estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player per 48 minutes (league average is approximately .100).