ST. LOUIS - Zach LaVine tried not to think about guarding Derrick Rose.After starring late in the Minnesota Timberwolves rally from a 13-point deficit, the 19-year-old rookie didnt try hiding his admiration.That dudes good, LaVine said after Minnesota closed the preseason with a 113-112 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Friday night. Its crazy, but in the game you cant really be worried about it. That dudes good.LaVine played the final 6:14 and scored all six of his points in the final five minutes. Hed been wondering if coach Flip Saunders would put him in.I was looking down at coach like, Im ready, LaVine said. Im glad he trusted me.Rose certainly looked ready to go, leading Chicago (4-4) with 27 points and five assists while playing nearly 32 minutes. He totalled 57 points the last two preseason games for the Bulls, hoping to rejoin the contenders in the Eastern Conference.Im not concerned at all, Rose said. As long as everybodys focused and on the same page, thats all you can ask of your team.Ricky Rubio led the Timberwolves with 19 points, five assists and two steals. Minnesota (5-2) won its last four in the preseason.Anthony Bennett hit the go-ahead basket with 2:05 left, making it 107-106. Two free throws by LaVine made it 113-109 with 4.2 seconds to go and the Timberwolves survived when Thaddeus Young missed a pair with one second left and Mike Dunleavy missed a desperation heave.It was just a matter of time, getting some stops and execution, Saunders said. The guys are really starting to believe.Roses 3-pointer cut the gap to 111-109 with 22 seconds to go. He missed one with about 2 1/2 minutes left that would have put the Bulls back in front.I guess it was the college rims or something, he said.TIP-INSTimberwolves: Young and Bennett had 17 points apiece. Young was 4 for 5 from 3-point range. Rookie Andrew Wiggins and Shabazz Muhammad were held out nursing minor injuries. Wiggins was a flop in his final college game. Before Friday, Minnesota had won three straight by at least 18 points.Bulls: Rookie Doug McDermott got the biggest cheers playing on the floor where he starred for three seasons for Creighton in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament. McDermott struggled, though, missing seven of nine shots and blowing a pair of layups.UP NEXTTimberwolves: Open at Memphis on Wednesday.Bulls — Open at New York Knicks on Wednesday.PAYING OFFYoung, Bennett and Wiggins were acquired in a three-team trade on draft day.QUOTE OF THE NIGHTLaVine: A lot of veterans were saying this was the atmosphere of a regular-season game. Royals Jerseys 2020 . Team officials travelled to Los Angeles on Thursday night to meet with the free agent, a person with knowledge of the plans said. Royals Jerseys 2019 . Top-seeded Djokovic, who is making only his second appearance this year after reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, was a 6-3, 6-3 winner over 54th-ranked Istomin of Uzbekistan. "It wasnt as easy as the scoreline indicates," said Djokovic, who has won in Dubai on four occasions. https://www.cheaproyals.com/ . Signs of a turnaround have emerged in this series at Minnesota. Brian Roberts had three doubles and a triple for the first four-extra-base-hit game of his 14-year career, and the Yankees used their bullpen to preserve a 6-5 win over the Twins on Friday. Kansas City Royals Shirts . Louis, MO (SportsNetwork. Kansas City Royals Gear . Starting from pole, the 26-year-old Vettel turned in a trademark clinical performance to win the Indian Grand Prix on Sunday and join F1 greats Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher as just the third driver to win four consecutive championships.VANCOUVER -- The B.C. Lions signed centre Matt Norman to a contract extension Thursday. The native of Chateauguay, Que., is under contract to the CFL club through the 2016 season. The Lions selected Norman in the third round, No. 22 overall, in the 2012 CFL draft out of the University of Western Ontario. "Matt has shown tremendous progress and maturity in his first two seasons playingg one of the most important positions on the field," Wally Buono, the Lions vice-president of football operations, said in a statement.dddddddddddd "His extension along with our recent signing of Hunter Steward and the return of Kirby Fabien means the future of our offensive line is in good hands and its along the line of scrimmage where championships are won." ' ' '