The Minnesota Timberwolves (16-20, 9-8 Home), one of the NBA’s top shooting teams, welcome the Detroit Pistons (9-29, 4-16 Away) on Saturday. Both teams will be playing the second of a back-to-back. The Pistons are 1-7 without rest, while the Timberwolves are 2-3.
Detroit lost to the Chicago Bulls 132-118 at United Center yesterday, their third consecutive loss away from home. Jaden Ivey was a top performer in defeat with 22 points and six assists. The Pistons are 15th in the Eastern Conference.
Minnesota dropped their fifth in a row yesterday at Fiserv Forum, falling to the Milwaukee Bucks 123-114. Anthony Edwards had 30 points and 10 rebounds in the loss to lead the team. The Timberwolves are the 11th seed in the Western Conference.
This marks the first meeting of the season between the teams. Minnesota won both games between the teams last season, the last of which was a 118-105 triumph at Target Center on February 6, their fifth straight head-to-head victory.
Karl-Anthony Towns led the Timberwolves with 24 points, while D’Angelo Russell played a key role with 22 points and eight assists. Saddiq Bey had 24 points and eight rebounds in defeat. The Pistons have been led this season by Bojan Bogdanovic, who is averaging 20.6 points per game.
Meanwhile, Jalen Duren is grabbing 8.6 rebounds per game, and Killian Hayes is dishing 5.3 assists. Edwards has supplied much of the T’Wolves’ offense, averaging 23.7 points per game. Rudy Gobert is posting 12.0 rebounds per game, second-most in the league, and Russell is doling out 6.5 assists.
The Timberwolves rank as one of the NBA’s most accurate field goal shooting teams, third-best at 49.0%.The Pistons are 4-6 in their last 10 visits to Target Center.
Detroit is 2-8 in the last 10 games with an average margin of -7.7 (117.1-124.8). Minnesota has a 3-7 record over the last 10, allowing 115.4 points per game on average while scoring only 112.8 (-2.6 margin).
PISTONS HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Jalen Duren: 22.6 | 17.1 | +5.5
Rebounds per game:
Jalen Duren: 10.8 | 8.6 | +2.2
Isaiah Stewart: 5.8 | 7.9 | -2.1
TIMBERWOLVES HOT/COLD
(Last Five | Season Average | Differential)
Points + Rebounds + Assists:
Naz Reid: 22.4 | 16.4 | +6.0
Rebounds per game:
Naz Reid: 6.4 | 4.7 | +1.7
SportsTips’ NBA Pick:
Minnesota Timberwolves -6.5 (-105)
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