108 - 113

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Little Caesars Arena

Officials: James Capers, Kevin Cutler, and Dedric Taylor

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Minnesota Timberwolves	31	23	26	28	108
Detroit Pistons	30	24	25	34	113

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Minnesota Timberwolves	108	38-86	44.2%	13-42	31.0%	19-25	76.0%	5	48	22	20	8	14	8
Detroit Pistons	113	41-86	47.7%	10-23	43.5%	21-29	72.4%	9	59	29	19	7	12	7

PLAYER STATS


Minnesota Timberwolves	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Julius Randle^SF	34:40	27	9-15	2-5	7-10	1	5	6	6	1	0	3	2	2
Ayo Dosunmu^PF	32:32	19	7-15	2-7	3-3	0	5	5	4	2	1	4	1	-11
Rudy Gobert^C	27:10	6	2-3	0-0	2-4	2	5	7	1	0	1	1	4	-10
Donte DiVincenzo^SG	29:52	5	2-8	1-7	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	3	-8
Mike Conley^PG	22:07	14	4-8	4-7	2-2	0	2	2	2	2	0	1	4	-12
Bones Hyland	19:10	6	3-12	0-6	0-0	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	2	9
Naz Reid	30:30	19	6-16	4-9	3-4	0	6	6	3	0	2	1	2	5
Kyle Anderson	25:31	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	5	7	2	2	3	2	0	-3
Terrence Shannon Jr.	18:26	10	4-7	0-1	2-2	0	3	3	1	1	0	0	2	3
Joan Beringer	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaylen Clark	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Ingles	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Julian Phillips	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Edwards	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Enrique Freeman	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jaden McDaniels	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Zyon Pullin	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rocco Zikarsky	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Detroit Pistons	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Ausar Thompson^SF	30:59	7	3-6	0-0	1-2	1	8	9	9	2	3	1	2	15
Tobias Harris^PF	06:07	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3
Jalen Duren^C	35:32	22	8-15	0-0	6-10	5	9	14	4	1	2	5	3	6
Duncan Robinson^SG	28:42	15	5-11	3-7	2-2	1	3	4	3	1	0	2	5	10
Daniss Jenkins^PG	36:50	26	9-19	2-2	6-7	1	4	5	8	0	0	1	0	13
Javonte Green	26:33	8	2-7	2-5	2-2	1	5	6	0	1	0	1	2	3
Caris LeVert	13:36	7	3-7	1-3	0-2	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	-11
Kevin Huerter	21:37	12	4-6	2-3	2-2	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	1	-7
Ronald Holland II	15:38	8	4-7	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1
Paul Reed	16:00	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	0	4	4	1	1	1	1	2	-4
Marcus Sasser	08:24	2	0-3	0-1	2-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-4
Wendell Moore Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tolu Smith	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cade Cunningham	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaac Jones	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobi Klintman	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chaz Lanier	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Isaiah Stewart	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

nugentismycenter | Pistons

90 | 8 hours ago

Magic number to clinch the number 1 seed in the East is one for the Pistons.

OkDonut4987 | Magic

31 | 8 hours ago

From 14-68 record including the NBA worst 28-game losing skid, to 44-38 and a playoff (not play-ins) seed, to no. 1 in the Conference. Ridiculous turnaround 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

SnepbeckSweg

3 | 5 hours ago

And just like Dan Campbell, no Coach of the Year awards

HeavenBeach777 | Celtics

27 | 8 hours ago

crazy impressive, especially without Cade for a good bit of time

Deadite_Scholar | Pistons

15 | 8 hours ago

Celtics fans know all too well what it’s like to excel without their star player.

mcolwander90 | Pistons

61 | 8 hours ago

Last time the Pistons won a 56th game: April 11, 2008 (56-23 record, Jason Maxiell scores 28 points in 28 minutes off the bench as the Pistons beat the Wizards 102-74)

Last time the Pistons won a 57th game: April 13, 2008 (57-23 record, Chris Bosh scores 30 of the Raptors’ 84 points in 43 minutes of play as the Pistons win 91-84)

bawanaal | Pistons

13 | 8 hours ago

Have to upvote any mention of The Baby Eater

Bichobi_

4 | 6 hours ago

Maxiell, that’s a name I haven’t heard in a looong time.

GeneralFederal5137

58 | 8 hours ago

ausar is the best perimeter defender and most versatile in the league.

mildly_anonymous

17 | 8 hours ago

His playmaking and confidence as ball handler has been really impressive with Cade’s absence as well. A three ball and he’d be God

imtheproof | Pistons

6 | 7 hours ago

He’s the main person I don’t want to see foul out. Becomes more and more important as the game goes on, as the opposing players on the perimeter get worn down. It’s gotta suck to play against him for an entire game.

EarthWarping | NBA

55 | 8 hours ago

the end of that game took way too long.

soilentgleem

11 | 8 hours ago

Yeah the only way I can think of to end the fouling at the end is to just play every game to a score target. People don’t love that idea though

BrotherSeamus | Thunder

11 | 8 hours ago

A side-out option for shooting fouls would solve so many problems.

soilentgleem

8 | 8 hours ago

Yeah that’s actually pretty simple and straight forward. Let the team decide that in the last minute of the game. Good idea, really good idea.

midnightsbane04 | Pistons

2 | 7 hours ago

The issue is that you could get a team continuously fouling and forcing side outs. Which just means instead of FTs and then change of possession you end up with just continuous 1-2 seconds coming off the clock.

To me they need to take a football rule, keep the FTs but add some sort of clock run-off. Live ball foul in the last minute? 10 seconds off the game clock and 2 FTs or a side out.

SnepbeckSweg

1 | 5 hours ago

Make the runoff scale with the point differential and I think it could work

Top-Noise-7375

3 | 7 hours ago

The problem with this is that teams will just keep fouling you if they have the bodies to spare because they have better odds at getting a steal off of an inbounds pass.

c0smichero

4 | 8 hours ago

Top comment of every close game post game thread 😭

Crafty_Substance_954 | Pistons

32 | 8 hours ago

Magic number is 1

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

30 | 8 hours ago

Pistons delivering the Rockets to my Nuggets on a silver platter thank you for winning

Rocky-Rocker

23 | 8 hours ago

Pistons also get a better draft pick if the Wolves lose more.

Mutually beneficial.

Ibo21 | Pistons

4 | 8 hours ago

That pick swap makes this W even better!

Neckbraced4fun | Pistons

20 | 8 hours ago

You’re welcome. We have their pick in this next draft via a swap. We were just making sure it’s a high a possible.

Aggressive-Ad-756 | Rockets

6 | 8 hours ago

Man it will be so funny

heat_fan_ | Raptors

28 | 8 hours ago

Pistons are loaded 4 guys in double digits and can still win the game

Randle tried his best

Top-Noise-7375

2 | 7 hours ago

They genuinely can go 13 deep any night. Idk who I would say that 13th man is, it’s either Paul Reed or Marcus sasser.

HarryPauler | Timberwolves

28 | 8 hours ago

That fucking sucked.

Big_Accountant369 | Pistons

31 | 8 hours ago

I disagree

HarryPauler | Timberwolves

17 | 8 hours ago

Fair but man I need some good things to go my way

Brinkster05 | Pistons

8 | 8 hours ago

Fair

mattosaur | Pistons

3 | 7 hours ago

Reasonable takes only in this thread.

dudewithchronicpain | Pistons

26 | 8 hours ago

#YKTPWA

OkFarm6873

18 | 8 hours ago

Magic number for the top seed is 1 with five games left. Feels good.

imtheproof | Pistons

2 | 7 hours ago

There’s absolutely no way the Pistons aren’t finishing #1.

Morezingis | Timberwolves

17 | 8 hours ago

I dont give a damn if we are 5th seed or 6th seed, so this was just a fun game to watch. But Finch’s rotations lost this game.

Jaerba | DET

17 | 8 hours ago

Y’all let us go on a run for way too long, while saving those TOs.

I know Reid is generally pretty good but Bball Paul had figured out his back shoulder fake in the 2nd half. Needed to go away from that.

jfkgoblue | Pistons

19 | 8 hours ago

The Pistons needing 1 win (or 1 Boston loss) in their last 5 is nice in that it allows for tinkering with playoff rotations, but it also means you’re coasting to the playoffs

BrotherSeamus | Thunder

5 | 8 hours ago

You’ll be rusty for a quarter. Much more important to get/keep everyone healthy.

Renzel0311

14 | 8 hours ago

Mannn the way the east is playing and if the wolves move to the east they’ll be stuck in the play in as well.

DrSwaggenheimer | Timberwolves

8 | 8 hours ago

No McDaniels and no Ant.

Yes they both have offensive impact on the team.

jfkgoblue | Pistons

25 | 8 hours ago

No Stewart and no Cade for the Pistons

mc_foucault | Pistons

24 | 8 hours ago

No tobias as well.

ResidentHighlight875 | Timberwolves

14 | 8 hours ago

I was surprised by how many people thought he played the whole game; he was ruled out 2 minutes after he got knee bumped and walked into the locker room

mc_foucault | Pistons

13 | 8 hours ago

Teams that can play well without their starters are the teams that win in the playoffs where everyone expends so much more energy. Bench depth definitely led to the separation tonight in The fourth.

ResidentHighlight875 | Timberwolves

5 | 8 hours ago

I’d say Ausar and Rudy were the key players here, Ausar has ramped up his confidence heavily over the past five games. He’s always made the right reads ever since he was a prospect with Amen but today he knew when to stop his screens, trust his passing and commit to deflections. Gobert had good ISO defense today, below average rim protection, but notably he was put into a couple odd situations like the barrage of bounce passes (historically not his forte) and accidentally playing defense on Ayo.

Brinkster05 | Pistons

4 | 8 hours ago

Overall great analysis my man. Jenkims has been big for us but I agree about Ausar, and his confidence (om offense particularly).

Good game, wish we got play eachother om full strength

SexyStyrofoamPuns | Timberwolves

2 | 6 hours ago

Jenkins is a demon. Kinda fun to watch both squads second, third options with more responsibility and some of the deeper bench guys these past two games against ya’ll, but I hope both teams are full strength in the playoffs. Hopefully we move east and get a lot of Ant/Jaden vs Cade/Ausar in the future!

Bard_Wannabe_ | Pistons

1 | 7 hours ago

I couldn’t watch the game. How did Gobert defend Ayo? Did he accidentally block the shot?

Rocky-Rocker

3 | 8 hours ago

Or Harris.

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jfkgoblue | Pistons

11 | 8 hours ago

I’m saying you can make this argument for both teams so it’s meaningless

DrSwaggenheimer | Timberwolves

2 | 8 hours ago

My original point wasn’t that we lost because of no Ant/Jaden.

It’s us “struggling” in the east from watching two games where we didn’t have Ant/Jaden (and Ayo). Some Detroit fans were acting like last game no Ant/Jaden/Ayo wouldn’t have made a difference. It would have. lol. It’s a different team with Ant on the floor during clutch.

Brinkster05 | Pistons

2 | 8 hours ago

Don’t know of that person was a Det fan or not. No flair and comments hidden.

DrSwaggenheimer | Timberwolves

1 | 8 hours ago

Yeah I’m just saying. Don’t sleep on the Wolves. We’ll fuck up the top 4 teams in either conference.

Then lose to team that just flat out sucks. There is no in between. How do we lose to the hospital Grizzlies this year but also put on an insane game vs Thunder with Ant getting a steal, block, dagger 3 all in the span of one minute IDEK.

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1 | 8 hours ago

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Rocky-Rocker

2 | 8 hours ago

Minnesota Sports Fans are used to bs/heartbreak from there teams.

DunnySay0 | Pistons

-2 | 8 hours ago

Ur dumb asf bro

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5 | 8 hours ago

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Denjoswu | Pistons

4 | 8 hours ago

yall turn it up in the playoffs tho

basch152 | Pistons

1 | 30 minutes ago

Pistons are missing 3 of their core 6 man rotation my man

thesagenibba

5 | 8 hours ago

istg we (lakers) are gonna have to play the wolves in the 1st round AGAIN and get dumpstered AGAIN. why can’t the wolves just win the games i want them to?

yatooooooooooo | Timberwolves

3 | 8 hours ago

Feeling is mutual pal pretty sure Luka will cook us

OnePieceAce | Timberwolves

4 | 8 hours ago

At this point I’m fine with the 6th seed. Get the players rest

HuruHara | MIN

3 | 8 hours ago

Yepppp, I just want everyone healthy and motivated for the play-offs, man.

SakeOfPete | Timberwolves

2 | 8 hours ago

We are gonna get cooked by the lakers and we will never hear the end of it

Morezingis | Timberwolves

20 | 8 hours ago

Don’t be a bitch. Playoff Wolves aren’t the same team.

Was literally a 3-6 matchup last year too.

Kiriegloom | Bulls

5 | 8 hours ago

Context for last season is you guys had a rough start, then turned it up towards this time of year. Ya’ll weren’t this shaky leading up to the playoffs. It’s also a different Lakers too. They upgraded at center and their stars have had time to gel together

Morezingis | Timberwolves

12 | 8 hours ago

We are missing our best player and our most efficient scorer/best perimeter defender.

Numerous_Car_8358

4 | 8 hours ago

yeah the end of season without their best offensive player and best defensive player has been too shaky these guys fuckin suck

SakeOfPete | Timberwolves

-1 | 8 hours ago

That’s what I’m saying!!!! Luka actually healthy and their roster has built a lot of chemistry. We are Donte divendonezo.

Zanad14 | LAL

5 | 8 hours ago

Completely different teams

SakeOfPete | Timberwolves

4 | 8 hours ago

Just cuz it’s the same seeding doesn’t mean it is the same matchup.

Fire_Demon-215

4 | 8 hours ago

Tripping because yall ain’t even healthy right now

donkeyinparadise | Nets

-1 | 8 hours ago

I could live with Randle’s random offense but him being so lackadaisical on the other end really irritates me. He and Paolo really are very similar, even the moodiness lol (I think they are both immature as players).

Pistons are a very good defensive team. But I still don’t understand them. I don’t know whether or not they are actually good—would like to see how their offense fares in the offs. Amazing I think they are the first team I can’t understand for a while lol.

A bit more on Wolves:

Shannon is super fun. I legit cracked up whenever he started sprinting.

Need a PG. Uncle Mike could play 10 minutes max and opened up the game.

Naz is still making his way back. I’m not too worried. More worried about playoff rotations. Bones won’t get too many minutes (hopefully he proves me wrong).

I watched lots of Ayo when he’s with Chicago. He good but gets lost/directionless at times. There’s a reason why he came off the bench for them.

I never get why people always mad at Finch. The offense being bad is mainly due to personnel. There were a few plays today that could turn into points but the players were too shook under Pistons ball pressure.

Kyle is great. So many little things you can’t see in the box score.

Top-Noise-7375

2 | 7 hours ago

What Exaclty isn’t there to understand about the pistons? Wild to say you don’t know if they’re good or not lol they might win 60 games. They have a six foot seven 3 level 2 way elite playmaking guard and a a freak of nature center who’s possibly the best paint finisher in basketball. And don’t sleep on their offense, not only are their 2 stars offensively slanted players but they’ve also shot >40% from 3 in 12 of their last 20 with another 4 games between 38-40%. They’ve got passers all throughout the lineup too.

vlad_the_impaler13 | Pistons

1 | 6 hours ago

Just have to get Cade back healthy next week

mudkip-yoshii | Timberwolves

-22 | 8 hours ago

Game was done but I’m appalled that they didn’t call anything on Ausar’s reckless close-out.

OkFarm6873

37 | 8 hours ago

I’m appalled they didn’t call anything on Ron Holland getting clotheslined in the face while in the air.

Jaerba | DET

15 | 8 hours ago

What broadcast were you watching? He was literally in the middle of tripping. Only Neo could’ve stopped his momentum there.

TeamRAF19

11 | 8 hours ago

Really?

-empoleon-

11 | 8 hours ago

i mean did you not watch him get pushed right into ayo

Crafty_Substance_954 | Pistons

8 | 8 hours ago

Damn I feel the same way about Sasser getting intentionally elbowed in the face and Holland getting clawed in the face by Randle on his dunk

The Detroit Pistons (56-21) defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves (46-30), 113-108.