HALFTIME: #Twolves and Bulls tied at 64. Ricky Rubio leads the team with 12 PTS on 5-6 FG. pic.twitter.com/FoHXKWuuPk
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) October 25, 2014
The Minnesota Timberwolves rallied in the final moments and escaped St. Louis with a one-point 113-112 victory over the Chicago Bulls in their final preseason game Friday night.
The Wolves trailed 104-94 with 5:22 to play, but went on a 9-0 run to cut it to a one-point game. Then with less than two minutes to play, Anthony Bennett put the Wolves in front.
#Twolves take the lead! Anthony Bennett knocks down the Jumper off the Barea assist. 107-106 Wolves with 1:59 remaining. Timeout Bulls.
— Minnesota Timberwolves (@Timberwolves) October 25, 2014
Ricky Rubio had 19 points to lead the way. He also had five assists and two steals in the win.
I have nothing to base this on but intuition & common sense, but I predict Wolves sign Ricky to a 4-yr deal worth $50-52M by Friday
— Jerry Zgoda (@JerryZgoda) October 25, 2014
Bennett and Thaddeus Young each scored 17 points. Young had a big first half. During one first quarter stretch he knocked down three consecutive three-pointers, helping the Wolves build a 35-31 lead.
Chicago evened up the score at 64 at the half, then took the lead 81-73 after three quarters.
But the fourth belonged to Minnesota. J.J. Barea had a big fourth quarter helping to lead the Wolves back. He finished with nine points and four assists.
Minnesota opens the regular season on Wednesday night in Memphis.
