CHICAGO — With the Chicago Bulls missing star Derrick Rose and two starters going without a basket, the team’s revamped bench came through just like the old version did so many times over the past couple of years.

Nate Robinson scored 18 points off the bench and the Bulls beat Minnesota 87-80 Saturday night, Nov. 10, snapping the Timberwolves’ three-game winning streak.

Adding injury to insult, Minnesota guard Chase Budinger left the floor with a twisted left knee midway through the fourth quarter and didn’t return. After the game, the Wolves didn’t seem pleased with the Bulls’ physical style of play.

“They were fouling (Budinger) and just pushed him,” guard Luke Ridnour said. “Gave him a little extra shove. That’s how they play. Lot of pushing. Lot of fouling. You’ve just got to play through it. We did, and we had a chance to win the game in the fourth quarter.”

The severity of Budinger’s injury was unknown, but his left leg was wrapped in ice after the game. The team said X-rays of the knee were negative and that he would be re-evaluated Sunday.

“They’ve got big people who are very active, and they challenge you,” coach Rick Adelman said. “You’ve got to respond to it.”

Budinger joins a growing injury list for the Wolves, who had just 11 players available even before he was hurt.

Brandon Roy missed his first game because of a sore right knee, fellow guard J.J. Barea sat out his second straight because of a sprained left foot, and the team has been playing all season without injured stars Kevin Love and Ricky Rubio.

Even so, Minnesota stayed close until a flurry of three-pointers by Marco Belinelli gave Chicago a nine-point edge early in the fourth quarter.

Belinelli scored nine of his 11 points during the spree.

Nikola Pekovic led the short-handed Wolves (4-2) with 18 points and eight rebounds, and Andrei Kirilenko added 11 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists.

“We played good tonight,” Pekovic said. “Right to the end. But we had some bad moments.”