This Timberwolves team has been together for less and month, but already, as center Naz Reid said, "We're tired of losing."

Maybe they're finally starting to do something about that. The Wolves won a second consecutive game for the first time in nearly two months with a 115-108 win over the Bulls, coming a night after a victory in New Orleans.

When told of that accomplishment, coach Ryan Saunders had to suppress a smile during his media session.

"It's a steppingstone," Saunders said. "But hey, I mean it when I say we take every game like you're 0-0. That's the approach we have to have."

It speaks to how difficult this season has been for both iterations of this Wolves team pre and post-trade deadline. But perhaps this time is starting to turn a corner.

After a sloppy first quarter, the Wolves trailed 58-55 at the half, but pulled ahead in a third quarter in which they outscored the Bulls 33-21. Malik Beasley had eight of his 24 points in the third and finished 8 of 14 from the floor while D'Angelo Russell chipped in 19. Reid continued his strong play with another double-double, his second in as many nights, with 16 points and 11 rebounds. He also added three assists and took Russell by surprise with some of his passes.

"I didn't know he could pass like that, to be honest," Russell said. "I told him he's passing like Magic [Johnson]. He made the right pass like 15 out of the 15 times he got it in that short roll. Just showing that he's capable of that is something we could definitely build on."

That statement conveys just how much the Wolves are still getting to know each other. They're still figuring out tendencies and communication — it just makes it a little easier to do it while winning.

"We know what winning is in this league — it's little things," Beasley said. "In shootaround, if we're putting up shots, [James Johnson] is making sure we're getting back with nobody there. It's just habits of building a foundation, and that foundation is starting to show now and then."

It shows in shooting 50% from the floor and 44% from three-point range, which is what the Wolves did Wednesday. It helped that the Bulls were without former Wolves guard Zach LaVine. Rookie Coby White, who the Wolves passed on taking in the draft, went for 26 points and six assists, but the Wolves had too much firepower. Their lead grew to as big as 14 in the fourth quarter as six players scored in double figures.

"Us being a young team in the league, it's hard to win" Russell said. "When you're young, you find a way to lose at the end of the game, versus a veteran team, they just stay solid throughout the game and let that young team just mess up down the stretch. If we're capitalizing down the stretch and making the right play, that's growth right there."

There were some hairy moments in terms of taking care of the ball late (the Wolves did have 18 turnovers) and the Bulls cut it to five with 1 minute, 8 seconds to play, but what's a Wolves win without a little drama?

These things — the turnovers, end of game situations — will come in time. For now, it was nice just to have some good vibes around the locker room, to have Johnson blaring music postgame in celebration as he did in New Orleans.

"Whenever you get comfortable with losing, you kind of lose your edge, your willingness to get better," Johnson said. "I don't think anybody is feeling that."

Added Beasley: "It's scary how great we are. People don't see it yet."