Monday night's dominant 136-101 win over the Chicago Bulls was a bounce-back win for the Minnesota Timberwolves after two straight losses. 

Naz Reid led the way with a season-high 33 points while Anthony Edwards and Julius Randle followed him with 23 and 17 points respectively while the Timberwolves as a team shot a stellar 54% from the field. 

The Timberwolves had worked out a slight 51-44 lead going into the half, but a massive 40 point third quarter is what really made the difference for Minnesota, which they followed up with a 41 point fourth quarter to shut the door in one of their highest scoring games of the season.

The third quarter may have been an explosion for the Timberwolves and somewhat of a collapse for the Bulls, who only scored 28 points in the third, but Julius Randle didn't think that Minnesota had any kind of outstanding difference in the second, just consistently better play that let them pull away as the Bulls faltered from the field. 

"They [Chicago] missed a lot of open shots... It's not like we went on a crazy run or they didn't get stops, they just missed a lot of open shots and we played better," Randle said (via Timberwolves).

Randle was most impressed by the fact that his team held the Bulls to just over 100 points. The Bulls typically average 118.3 points per game, 12th in the NBA, while shooting 47.3% from the field as a team. But on Monday night, in addition to the 101 points, Chicago shot just 41% from the field, 38-93.

Chicago's stunted scoring was most apparent in the fourth quarter. The Timberwolves outscored the Bulls by 18 points in the final quarter of the game and managed to score just 23 points, tied with the first for their lowest-scoring quarters of the game. 

"Holding a team like that, that plays with such great pace and offensive flow, holding them to 100 point is not easy. Great all around performance for us," Randle said. 

It was a tragic game for the Bulls even without the blowout loss. Chicago lost both of their starting guards, Colby White and Josh Giddey, to injuries throughout the game. White exited with a calf strain in the first quarter while Giddey left the game in the beginning of the third quarter with a hamstring injury.

Both White and Giddey have been listed as out for the Bull's next game on Wednesday against the New Orleans Pelicans, leaving the Bulls without their top-two scorers. 

Losing the starting back court with close to a full second half to play certainly didn't help Chicago's chances of making a comeback. 

"The guys that they've lot do a lot for them and create a lot of offensive plays. So, it was tough for them, but injuries are part of the game, I hope they get better. It was still important for us to take care of our business and do what we need to do," Randle said.