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Minnesota Timberwolves at Detroit Pistons

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Minnesota Timberwolves
Detroit Pistons

Matchup preview

Last season: too early in this one to read much from it

Matchup odds

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Who wins?

MIN

Season leaders, per game

DET
The teams side by side: Minnesota Timberwolves and Detroit Pistons compared, with league ranks
MINStatDET
49–33Record60–22
Offense
3.3, 10th in the leagueNet rating3rd in the league, 8.0(better)
114.6, 12th in the leagueOffensive rating10th in the league, 115.4(better)
102.5, 10th in the leaguePace16th in the league, 101.4
55.9(better), 7th in the leagueeFG%16th in the league, 54.6
12.4, 18th in the leagueTOV%17th in the league, 12.3(better)
25.7, 15th in the leagueOREB%3rd in the league, 30.9(better)
0.285, 7th in the leagueFT rate5th in the league, 0.292(better)
Defense
111.3, 8th in the leagueDefensive rating2nd in the league, 107.4(better)
52.9, 5th in the leagueOpp. eFG%1st in the league, 51.7(better)
12.4, 15th in the leagueOpp. TOV%1st in the league, 14.1(better)
73.7, 20th in the leagueDREB%14th in the league, 74.2(better)
0.282(better), 25th in the leagueOpp. FT rate30th in the league, 0.319

This season's meetings

They have not met this season.

Injury report

Minnesota Timberwolves

  • Donte DiVincenzoOut· back Apr 1
    Report note

    DiVincenzo will have his surgery done by Dr. Martin O'Malley, the same surgeon who repaired the torn right Achilles of Jayson Tatum in May of 2025. The fact that the procedure is taking place within 24 hours of DiVincenzo's injury should help with the recovery, though it would be unfair to expect the veteran guard to return as quickly as Tatum did, which took approximately 10 months for the latter. It seems more likely that DiVincenzo will miss the entire 2026-27 season, though if he does progress enough to return, it wouldn't be until late in the regular season. The Timberwolves will also be without Anthony Edwards (knee) for multiple weeks, so the team will turn to Ayo Dosunmu, Mike Conley and Bones Hyland to carry more of the load for the rest of the postseason.

    Cost -3.6 per 100

Detroit Pistons

Nobody listed.

Key players · MIN: Minnesota Timberwolves key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Anthony Edwards35.028.85.03.721.6 / 4.0 / 4.02.5
Jaden McDaniels31.714.84.22.718.8 / 4.6 / 2.01.2
Rudy Gobert31.310.911.51.78.4 / 11.0 / 1.61.7
Donte DiVincenzo30.512.24.13.810.0 / 2.4 / 2.83.5
LaMelo Ball28.020.14.87.127.0 / 5.2 / 7.43.7
Key players · DET: Detroit Pistons key players: season averages and the last 5 games
PlayerMINPTSREBASTLast 5Impact
Cade Cunningham33.923.95.59.914.6 / 4.0 / 8.04.3
Jalen Duren28.219.510.52.019.4 / 9.6 / 3.63.6
Duncan Robinson27.412.22.72.114.8 / 2.4 / 2.22.3
John Collins27.113.65.31.013.4 / 6.2 / 1.2-0.8
Ausar Thompson26.09.95.73.110.2 / 4.4 / 4.44.1

Last five games

Minnesota Timberwolves: Minnesota Timberwolves: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
May 15 vs SASLost 109–139––
May 12 @ SASLost 97–126––
May 10 vs SASWon 114–109––
May 8 vs SASLost 108–115––
May 6 @ SASLost 95–133––
Detroit Pistons: Detroit Pistons: last five games
DateOpponentResultSpreadTotal
May 17 vs CLELost 94–125––
May 15 @ CLEWon 115–94––
May 13 vs CLELost 113–117––
May 11 @ CLELost 103–112––
May 9 @ CLELost 109–116––

Standings

Full standings
Eastern Conference
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1DET6022.732–8-2
2BOS5626.68348-2
3NYK5329.64676-4
Western Conference
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4LAL5329.646117-3
5HOU5230.634129-1
6MIN4933.598155-5
7PHX4537.549195-5
8POR4240.512227-3

Matchups by position

What each defense allows per game to guards, forwards and centers, against the league average. Rank 1 allows the most.

MIN attack against DET defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards50.1 (lg 49.8) , 15th in the league13.3 (lg 13.6) , 15th in the league12.9 (lg 14.2) , 28th in the league
Forwards34.4 (lg 37.4) , 29th in the league14.2 (lg 15.3) , 25th in the league6.0 (lg 7.0) , 29th in the league
Centers9.3 (lg 10.7) , 27th in the league7.1 (lg 7.5) , 22nd in the league1.6 (lg 1.9) , 23rd in the league
DET attack against MIN defense
PlayerPTSREBAST
Guards51.2 (lg 49.8) , 10th in the league14.0 (lg 13.6) , 9th in the league14.5 (lg 14.2) , 11th in the league
Forwards36.2 (lg 37.4) , 20th in the league15.2 (lg 15.3) , 15th in the league6.3 (lg 7.0) , 27th in the league
Centers11.3 (lg 10.7) , 11th in the league7.8 (lg 7.5) , 10th in the league2.5 (lg 1.9) , 2nd in the league

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