Dec 31, 2015 - Minnesota Timberwolves at Detroit Pistons

12/31/2015 Detroit v. Minnesota Game Preview

	Minnesota Timberwolves	(12-21, 7-9 away)
	Detroit Pistons	(18-15, 11-5 home)

December 31, 2015 at 6:00 PM ET
Regular Season

The Palace of Auburn Hills
Auburn Hills, Michigan

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Season Series - Detroit won 2-0

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Nov 20, 2015	Detroit	Minnesota	96 - 86	Detroit	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 31, 2015	Minnesota	Detroit	90 - 115	Detroit	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills

2015-2016 Team Stats

	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
Minnesota	82	48.5	102.4	37.7	81.3	.464	5.5	16.4	.338	21.4	27.0	.792	10.0	31.5	41.6	23.4	8.0	4.6	15.0	20.7
Detroit	82	48.5	102.0	37.9	86.4	.439	9.0	26.2	.345	17.1	25.5	.668	12.5	33.9	46.3	19.4	7.0	3.7	13.5	19.0
MIN Opponents	82	48.5	106.0	40.0	84.9	.471	9.0	25.5	.355	17.0	22.5	.757	10.7	31.2	41.9	22.6	7.8	5.2	14.9	21.6
DET Opponents	82	48.5	101.4	38.8	84.2	.461	7.3	20.5	.355	16.5	21.0	.783	8.8	33.7	42.5	21.5	7.1	4.5	13.4	21.6

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date	Away Team	Home Team	Score	Winner	Game Type	Venue
Nov 20, 2015	Detroit	Minnesota	96 - 86	Detroit	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 8, 2015	Minnesota	Detroit	112 - 101	Minnesota	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Oct 30, 2014	Detroit	Minnesota	91 - 97	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 7, 2014	Detroit	Minnesota	101 - 114	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 10, 2013	Minnesota	Detroit	121 - 94	Minnesota	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Apr 6, 2013	Detroit	Minnesota	101 - 107	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 26, 2013	Minnesota	Detroit	105 - 82	Minnesota	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Apr 19, 2012	Minnesota	Detroit	91 - 80	Minnesota	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Jan 18, 2012	Detroit	Minnesota	85 - 93	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 2, 2011	Minnesota	Detroit	116 - 105	Minnesota	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Dec 10, 2010	Detroit	Minnesota	99 - 109	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Apr 14, 2010	Detroit	Minnesota	103 - 98	Detroit	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 16, 2010	Minnesota	Detroit	85 - 108	Detroit	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Jan 28, 2009	Detroit	Minnesota	98 - 89	Detroit	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 23, 2008	Minnesota	Detroit	106 - 80	Minnesota	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Apr 15, 2008	Minnesota	Detroit	103 - 115	Detroit	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Apr 1, 2008	Detroit	Minnesota	94 - 90	Detroit	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 19, 2007	Detroit	Minnesota	104 - 98	Detroit	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 15, 2007	Minnesota	Detroit	94 - 90	Minnesota	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Feb 1, 2006	Minnesota	Detroit	74 - 90	Detroit	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Jan 24, 2006	Detroit	Minnesota	107 - 83	Detroit	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 24, 2005	Detroit	Minnesota	83 - 86	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 17, 2004	Minnesota	Detroit	85 - 93	Detroit	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Feb 20, 2004	Minnesota	Detroit	88 - 87	Minnesota	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Jan 23, 2004	Detroit	Minnesota	79 - 80	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 21, 2003	Detroit	Minnesota	96 - 103	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 28, 2002	Minnesota	Detroit	82 - 106	Detroit	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Jan 23, 2002	Minnesota	Detroit	83 - 104	Detroit	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Jan 7, 2002	Detroit	Minnesota	93 - 109	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 28, 2001	Detroit	Minnesota	100 - 111	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 15, 2000	Minnesota	Detroit	99 - 90	Minnesota	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Apr 10, 2000	Detroit	Minnesota	100 - 102	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 8, 2000	Minnesota	Detroit	110 - 105	Minnesota	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Apr 11, 1999	Detroit	Minnesota	79 - 88	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Mar 1, 1998	Detroit	Minnesota	113 - 115	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Dec 28, 1997	Minnesota	Detroit	93 - 89	Minnesota	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Mar 21, 1997	Minnesota	Detroit	98 - 112	Detroit	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Mar 5, 1997	Detroit	Minnesota	92 - 88	Detroit	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 23, 1996	Detroit	Minnesota	93 - 94	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 19, 1996	Minnesota	Detroit	83 - 113	Detroit	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Jan 13, 1995	Detroit	Minnesota	92 - 104	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 8, 1994	Minnesota	Detroit	112 - 126	Detroit	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Dec 11, 1993	Detroit	Minnesota	92 - 80	Detroit	Regular Season	Target Center
Nov 5, 1993	Minnesota	Detroit	99 - 104	Detroit	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Jan 29, 1993	Minnesota	Detroit	103 - 112	Detroit	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Nov 28, 1992	Detroit	Minnesota	80 - 82	Minnesota	Regular Season	Target Center
Feb 13, 1992	Minnesota	Detroit	96 - 93	Minnesota	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Jan 23, 1992	Detroit	Minnesota	111 - 100	Detroit	Regular Season	Target Center
Apr 5, 1991	Minnesota	Detroit	82 - 101	Detroit	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills
Dec 28, 1990	Detroit	Minnesota	97 - 85	Detroit	Regular Season	Target Center
Jan 27, 1990	Detroit	Minnesota	85 - 83	Detroit	Regular Season	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Jan 12, 1990	Minnesota	Detroit	86 - 97	Detroit	Regular Season	The Palace of Auburn Hills

2015-2016 Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	R. Rubio	A. Wiggins	T. Prince	G. Dieng	K. Towns
Rotation	T. Jones	Z. LaVine	S. Muhammad	N. Bjelica	N. Pekovic
Rotation				K. Garnett	G. Smith
Rotation				A. Payne
Rotation				D. Rudez

2015-2016 Detroit Pistons Depth Chart

	PG	SG	SF	PF	C
Starters	R. Jackson	K. Caldwell-Pope	M. Morris	T. Harris	A. Drummond
Rotation	S. Blake	R. Bullock	S. Johnson	A. Tolliver	A. Baynes
Lim PT	S. Dinwiddie	J. Meeks			J. Anthony
Lim PT	L. Brown	D. Hilliard

Minnesota Timberwolves Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
88	Nemanja Bjelica	PF	60	17.9	5.1	1.8	3.9	.468	0.8	2.1	.384	0.7	0.9	.727	0.8	2.7	3.5	1.4	0.4	0.3	0.8	2.6
5	Gorgui Dieng	FC	82	27.1	10.1	3.8	7.1	.532	0.1	0.2	.300	2.5	3.0	.827	1.9	5.2	7.1	1.7	1.1	1.2	1.7	2.7
21	Kevin Garnett	PF	38	14.6	3.2	1.4	3.0	.470	0.0	0.0	.000	0.4	0.6	.667	0.4	3.6	3.9	1.6	0.7	0.3	0.4	1.8
1	Tyus Jones	PG	37	15.5	4.2	1.5	4.2	.359	0.4	1.4	.302	0.8	1.1	.718	0.2	1.1	1.3	2.9	0.8	0.1	0.9	0.9
8	Zach LaVine	SG	82	28.0	14.0	5.3	11.7	.452	1.5	3.9	.389	2.0	2.5	.793	0.3	2.5	2.8	3.1	0.8	0.2	1.9	2.4
23	Kevin Martin	SG	39	21.4	10.6	3.2	8.6	.377	1.0	2.6	.369	3.2	3.6	.880	0.3	1.8	2.1	1.2	0.4	0.0	1.1	1.7
24	Andre Miller	PG	26	10.8	3.4	1.4	2.2	.621	0.0	0.2	.250	0.6	0.7	.789	0.2	0.7	0.9	2.2	0.3	0.0	1.0	1.2
15	Shabazz Muhammad	GF	82	20.5	10.5	3.9	8.3	.465	0.5	1.9	.289	2.3	3.0	.764	1.2	2.0	3.3	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.9	1.1
33	Adreian Payne	C	52	9.3	2.5	1.0	2.8	.363	0.2	0.6	.281	0.3	0.5	.654	0.4	1.8	2.2	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.5
14	Nikola Pekovic	PF	12	13.0	4.5	1.6	4.2	.380	0.0	0.0	.000	1.3	1.7	.800	0.6	1.2	1.8	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.8	1.8
12	Tayshaun Prince	F	77	19.0	2.9	1.3	3.0	.445	0.1	0.3	.174	0.2	0.2	.684	0.4	1.5	1.9	0.9	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.8
9	Ricky Rubio	G	76	30.6	10.1	2.9	7.7	.374	0.8	2.5	.326	3.5	4.1	.847	0.5	3.8	4.3	8.7	2.1	0.1	2.5	2.6
10	Damjan Rudez	SF	33	8.4	2.3	0.8	1.9	.403	0.5	1.5	.340	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.0
32	Karl-Anthony Towns	C	82	32.0	18.3	7.6	14.0	.543	0.4	1.1	.341	2.7	3.4	.811	2.8	7.7	10.4	2.0	0.7	1.7	2.2	3.0
22	Andrew Wiggins	F	81	35.1	20.7	7.3	16.0	.459	0.7	2.3	.300	5.3	7.0	.761	1.3	2.3	3.6	2.0	1.0	0.6	2.2	2.0

Detroit Pistons Player Stats

#	Player	Pos	GP	MPG	PPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	APG	SPG	BPG	TOV	PF
50	Joel Anthony	C	19	5.0	0.9	0.3	0.5	.600	0.0	0.0	.000	0.3	0.4	.750	0.4	0.7	1.1	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.8
12	Aron Baynes	C	81	15.2	6.3	2.4	4.7	.505	0.0	0.0	.000	1.6	2.0	.764	1.7	3.0	4.7	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.8	1.9
22	Steve Blake	G	58	17.0	4.4	1.6	4.1	.388	0.9	2.6	.344	0.3	0.3	.800	0.2	1.4	1.5	3.4	0.4	0.1	1.4	1.2
25	Reggie Bullock	SG	37	11.6	3.3	1.2	2.6	.439	0.6	1.4	.415	0.4	0.4	.933	0.4	1.5	1.8	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.8
5	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	SG	76	36.7	14.5	5.3	12.6	.420	1.5	4.9	.309	2.4	3.0	.811	0.9	2.8	3.7	1.8	1.4	0.2	1.4	2.2
8	Spencer Dinwiddie	PG	12	13.3	4.8	1.6	4.5	.352	0.1	0.8	.100	1.6	2.8	.576	0.3	1.1	1.4	1.8	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.7
0	Andre Drummond	C	81	32.9	16.2	6.8	13.1	.521	0.0	0.1	.333	2.6	7.2	.355	4.9	9.9	14.8	0.8	1.5	1.4	1.9	3.0
6	Darrun Hilliard	SG	38	10.1	4.0	1.4	3.4	.397	0.5	1.3	.380	0.8	1.1	.725	0.1	1.1	1.2	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.7
23	Ersan Ilyasova	F	52	27.6	11.3	4.2	9.8	.425	1.5	4.1	.363	1.5	2.1	.725	1.9	3.5	5.4	1.1	0.7	0.5	1.1	2.3
1	Reggie Jackson	G	79	30.7	18.8	6.8	15.7	.434	1.5	4.2	.353	3.7	4.3	.864	0.7	2.5	3.2	6.2	0.7	0.1	2.8	2.4
7	Brandon Jennings	G	23	18.1	6.8	2.3	6.2	.371	1.0	3.3	.312	1.2	1.7	.711	0.2	1.8	2.0	3.0	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.0
7	Stanley Johnson	G	73	23.1	8.1	3.1	8.2	.375	0.9	2.8	.307	1.1	1.4	.784	0.8	3.4	4.2	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.6	2.4
20	Jodie Meeks	G	3	14.5	7.3	2.3	6.7	.350	1.3	3.0	.444	1.3	1.3	1.000	0.3	1.3	1.7	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.7
13	Marcus Morris	F	80	35.7	14.1	5.1	11.8	.434	1.4	3.7	.362	2.5	3.4	.749	1.1	3.9	5.0	2.5	0.8	0.3	1.8	2.1
43	Anthony Tolliver	PF	72	18.6	5.3	1.8	4.6	.386	1.4	3.8	.360	0.4	0.7	.617	0.5	2.6	3.2	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.4	1.2

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12/31/2015 Detroit v. Minnesota Game Preview

Season Series - Detroit won 2-0

2015-2016 Team Stats

Head to Head Since 1946-1947

2015-2016 Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

2015-2016 Detroit Pistons Depth Chart

Minnesota Timberwolves Player Stats

Detroit Pistons Player Stats

Minnesota Timberwolves Last 10 Games

Detroit Pistons Last 10 Games