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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pistons | 34 | 23 | 28 | 16 | 101 |
 Timberwolves | 25 | 31 | 24 | 31 | 111 |
DETTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 45-9348.4% | 8-3522.9% | 3-837.5% | 44 | 29 | 12 |
| MIN | 38-8843.2% | 11-4126.8% | 24-2885.7% | 48 | 25 | 11 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Minnesota Timberwolves111| 33 | 12 | 4-9 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | +17 | −4.4 | ||||||
| 30 | 22 | 6-10 | 2-4 | 8-8 | +11 | +9.7 | ||||||||
| 27 | 23 | 10-18 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0 | +12 | +3.8 | |||||||
| 25 | 3 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +17 | −4.6 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −6.0 | ||
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| 33 | 18 | 7-16 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −0.1 | |||||||
| 25 | 15 | 5-12 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +1.4 | ||||||
| 21 | 10 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 4-5 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +3.7 | ||||
| 18 | 8 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 4-6 | 0 | −1 | +2.9 | |||||
| 12 | 0 | 0-5 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −4.9 | |||
| Team | 111 | 38-8843.2% | 11-4126.8% | 48 | 25 | 11 | 16 | 24-2885.7% | 12 | 6 | 5 | |||
Bench 51 points on 17 for 44 shooting
Did not play: Jarred Vanderbilt, Jaden McDaniels and Ed Davis (coach’s decision).
Detroit Pistons101| 35 | 15 | 6-13 | 0-5 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −6.0 | |||||
| 32 | 14 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −9 | +5.0 | |||||
| 31 | 9 | 4-11 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −14 | −3.5 | |||||
| 21 | 7 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −6.1 | |||||
| 19 | 5 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −0.4 | |||||
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| 29 | 19 | 8-14 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | +0.1 | ||||||
| 27 | 15 | 7-13 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | −7 | +2.8 | |||||||
| 17 | 3 | 1-8 | 1-8 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −6.9 | ||||
| 15 | 8 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −0.4 | ||||||
| 14 | 6 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −0.5 | |||||
| Team | 101 | 45-9348.4% | 8-3522.9% | 44 | 29 | 12 | 20 | 3-837.5% | 7 | 5 | 2 | |||
Bench 51 points on 23 for 50 shooting
Did not play: Rodney McGruder, Saddiq Bey, Isaiah Stewart, Saben Lee and Wayne Ellington (coach’s decision).
Timberwolves111Pistons101ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Karl-Anthony Towns had 22 points (9 in the first quarter) and 11 rebounds, and the Minnesota Timberwolves went on an 11-0 run in the fourth quarter to beat the Detroit Pistons 111-101 in the season opener for both teams at Target Center.
The Pistons led 101-100 when D'Angelo Russell’s 3-pointer put the Timberwolves ahead for good with 2:05 left. They pulled away to a 111-101 lead with 36 seconds left.
During clutch time, the Timberwolves outscored the Pistons 12-6. Towns scored 6 of the Timberwolves’ 12 on 1 for 1 shooting and 3 for 3 at the line. Late in the fourth quarter, Ricky Rubio had 2 steals in 17 seconds, the first leading to Jarrett Culver’s dunk and the second to Malik Beasley’s driving layup that tied the game at 95.
Beasley scored 23 points, and Anthony Edwards added 15 points (8 in the paint) off the bench in his NBA debut.
For the Pistons, Josh Jackson scored 19 points off the bench in his first game with the Pistons, and Svi Mykhailiuk went 1 for 8 from 3. Mason Plumlee had 14 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists on 7 for 8 shooting.
The Timberwolves went 24 for 28 at the line to the Pistons’ 3 for 8. The Pistons outscored the Timberwolves 66-44 in the paint. The Timberwolves outscored the Pistons 26-12 in 8 minutes with Rubio, Russell, Towns, Beasley and Okogie on the floor together.
Minnesota TimberwolvesDetroit PistonsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Timberwolves’ chance bottomed out at 18% (4th quarter, 8:48 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
87 points from the field on 88 shots: 11.5 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 21-30 | 70.0% | 64% |
| In the paint | 1-9 | 11.1% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 5-8 | 62.5% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-14 | 21.4% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 8-27 | 29.6% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killian Hayes | 18 | 11 | 5-11 | +6 |
| Josh Jackson | 10 | 3 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Jerami Grant | 9 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Delon Wright | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 11 | 5-6 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 52 possessions. He usually scores about 13 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mason Plumlee | 39 | 16 | 4-6 | +2 |
| Blake Griffin | 8 | 5 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Jahlil Okafor | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Jerami Grant | 4 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Rose | 25 | 5 | 2-4 | −4 |
| Jerami Grant | 13 | 2 | 1-4 | −2 |
| Delon Wright | 11 | 2 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Josh Jackson | 6 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 3 | 1-4 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 70 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
MIN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Russell 25' 3PT Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Towns 5 AST)
Q4 2:05
32.4%
40→73
Towns 25' 3PT Jump Shot (18 PTS) (Rubio 3 AST)
Q4 3:38
22.6%
37→60
Beasley 3PT Jump Shot (23 PTS) (Towns 6 AST)
Q4 1:28
20.1%
73→93
Jackson 5' Driving Finger Roll Layup (19 PTS)
Q4 2:24
18.1%
59→40
Rose 1' Driving Layup (15 PTS) (Plumlee 6 AST)
Q4 3:51
17.6%
55→37
