Fact checked at 9:20 AM ET, Nov 14, 2026Odds as of 7:27 AM ET, Nov 14, 2026
The Bulls (2-9) visit the Timberwolves (9-3) for an 8:00 PM ET tip in Minneapolis. The Bulls beat Atlanta 125-117 in overtime at home last night, with Josh Giddey on the floor for 39 minutes and Isaac Okoro for 41, so this is the second night of a back-to-back. They give up 127.7 points a game, the most in the league, and they're without rookie Caleb Wilson, who broke his right hand and is out four to six weeks. Chicago had not filed its injury report for this game on the latest league report.
Minnesota has won five straight and is 6-2 since Anthony Edwards last played. He had knee surgery and is out, and so is Donte DiVincenzo. With Edwards out, the starting guards have taken over the scoring. Both picks back those two guards against the worst defense in the league.
Bulls vs. Timberwolves Predictions
Pick #1Ayo Dosunmu Over 17.5 Points−118
Dosunmu has started each of Minnesota's last five games and scored 19, 21, 26, 26 and 18. That is a different player from the one who came off the bench with Edwards healthy and scored 9 to 16 in those four games. Since Edwards went out, he has cleared 17.5 in six of eight, and the two misses (17 and 15) came in the first two games of the new setup.
Ten of Chicago's 11 opponents have scored at least 124. The exception, Atlanta, got to 117 last night, and that took an overtime period. Now the Bulls get on a plane and do it again.
The Over at -118 implies a 54.1% chance. Minutes are what could go wrong. He played 30 and 27 in the last two games, down from 37, 34 and 39, and Terrence Shannon Jr. returned off the bench for both. Those were Minnesota wins by 15 or more, though, and Dosunmu still scored 26 and 18. A rout that clears the bench early is how this one loses. He is projected to start, not confirmed.
Pick #2LaMelo Ball Over 21.5 Points−112
Ball is Minnesota's starting point guard and has led its scoring over the last five games with 34, 20, 22, 24 and 22. Against Dallas in the last one he hit six 3-pointers, scored 22 and added a season-high nine assists in just 25 minutes.
He has gone over 21.5 in five of eight games since Edwards went out. Two of the misses came early: 10 points at San Antonio, where he fouled out in 20 minutes, and 8 against Golden State on 3-of-11 shooting. The third was 20 at Houston. The margins haven't been wide, either, with four of the five Overs landing at 22 or 24.
Still, -112 only asks for 52.8%, and we want the lead guard against a defense that has allowed 124 or more to 10 of 11 opponents, with Chicago on the second night of a back-to-back. Ball is a projected starter, not a confirmed one, and an early blowout is the risk he shares with Dosunmu.
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