12/9/2016 Minnesota v. Detroit Game Preview

Detroit Pistons (13-12, 5-9 away)
Minnesota Timberwolves (6-17, 3-8 home)
December 9, 2016 at 8:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Target Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Season Series - Detroit won 2-0

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Dec 9, 2016 Detroit Minnesota 117 - 90 Detroit Regular Season Target Center
Feb 3, 2017 Minnesota Detroit 108 - 116 Detroit Regular Season The Palace of Auburn Hills

2016-2017 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Detroit8248.3101.339.988.8.4497.723.4.32913.919.3.71911.134.645.721.17.03.811.917.9
Minnesota8248.3105.639.584.4.4677.321.0.34919.324.2.79911.431.042.423.78.04.514.020.1
DET Opponents8248.3102.538.383.3.4609.425.6.36616.421.0.7808.034.942.923.56.74.112.617.5
MIN Opponents8248.3106.739.683.3.4759.927.0.36617.622.9.7689.830.640.423.17.75.014.420.5


Head to Head Since 1946-1947

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

2016-2017 Detroit Pistons Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters I. Smith K. Caldwell-Pope M. Morris J. Leuer A. Drummond
Rotation B. Udrih R. Bullock S. Johnson T. Harris B. Marjanovic
Rotation       H. Ellenson A. Baynes
Lim PT R. Jackson   M. Gbinije    

2016-2017 Minnesota Timberwolves Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters R. Rubio B. Rush A. Wiggins G. Dieng K. Towns
Rotation T. Jones   S. Muhammad O. Casspi C. Aldrich
Lim PT     J. Butler N. Bjelica A. Payne

Detroit Pistons Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
12 Aron Baynes C 75 15.5 4.9 1.9 3.7 .513 0.0 0.0 .000 1.1 1.3 .840 1.5 3.0 4.4 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.7 2.2
25 Reggie Bullock SG 31 15.1 4.5 1.7 4.1 .422 0.9 2.4 .384 0.2 0.2 .714 0.4 1.6 2.1 0.9 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.7
5 Kentavious Caldwell-Pope SG 76 33.3 13.8 4.9 12.2 .399 2.0 5.8 .350 2.0 2.4 .832 0.7 2.5 3.3 2.5 1.2 0.2 1.1 1.6
0 Andre Drummond C 81 29.7 13.6 6.0 11.2 .530 0.0 0.1 .286 1.7 4.4 .386 4.3 9.5 13.8 1.1 1.5 1.1 1.9 2.9
8 Henry Ellenson PF 19 7.7 3.2 1.2 3.4 .359 0.5 1.8 .286 0.2 0.4 .500 0.4 1.7 2.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.3
9 Michael Patrick Gbinije SF 9 3.5 0.4 0.1 1.1 .100 0.0 0.4 .000 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
34 Tobias Harris F 82 31.3 16.1 6.2 13.0 .480 1.3 3.8 .346 2.3 2.8 .841 0.8 4.3 5.1 1.7 0.7 0.5 1.2 1.6
6 Darrun Hilliard SG 39 9.8 3.3 1.2 3.2 .373 0.3 1.2 .261 0.5 0.7 .750 0.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.7 1.0
1 Reggie Jackson G 52 27.4 14.5 5.5 13.0 .419 1.3 3.5 .359 2.3 2.6 .868 0.4 1.8 2.2 5.2 0.7 0.1 2.2 2.5
7 Stanley Johnson G 77 17.8 4.4 1.7 4.7 .353 0.6 2.0 .292 0.5 0.7 .679 0.5 2.0 2.5 1.4 0.7 0.3 0.9 1.6
30 Jon Leuer PF 75 25.9 10.2 4.1 8.6 .480 0.7 2.2 .293 1.3 1.5 .867 1.4 4.0 5.4 1.5 0.4 0.3 0.9 1.9
51 Boban Marjanovic C 35 8.4 5.5 2.1 3.8 .545 0.0 0.0 .000 1.3 1.7 .810 1.3 2.4 3.7 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.7
13 Marcus Morris F 79 32.5 14.0 5.3 12.7 .418 1.5 4.5 .331 1.8 2.3 .784 1.0 3.7 4.6 2.0 0.7 0.3 1.1 2.1
14 Ish Smith PG 81 24.1 9.4 4.1 9.2 .439 0.3 1.3 .267 0.9 1.3 .706 0.3 2.6 2.9 5.2 0.8 0.4 1.4 1.6
19 Beno Udrih G 39 14.4 5.8 2.4 5.1 .467 0.3 0.8 .344 0.8 0.9 .941 0.2 1.3 1.5 3.4 0.3 0.0 0.9 0.7

Minnesota Timberwolves Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
45 Cole Aldrich C 62 8.6 1.7 0.7 1.4 .523 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.4 .682 0.8 1.7 2.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 1.4
88 Nemanja Bjelica PF 65 18.3 6.2 2.3 5.5 .424 0.9 2.7 .316 0.7 0.9 .738 0.9 2.9 3.8 1.2 0.6 0.3 0.9 2.4
5 Gorgui Dieng FC 82 32.4 10.0 4.0 8.1 .502 0.2 0.5 .372 1.7 2.0 .814 2.3 5.6 7.9 1.9 1.1 1.2 1.3 3.1
3 Kris Dunn SG 78 17.1 3.8 1.5 4.0 .377 0.3 0.9 .288 0.5 0.8 .610 0.3 1.8 2.1 2.4 1.0 0.5 1.1 2.3
27 Jordan Hill PF 7 6.7 1.7 0.7 1.9 .385 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.3 1.000 1.1 0.9 2.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.6 1.3
1 Tyus Jones PG 60 12.9 3.5 1.2 3.0 .414 0.4 1.2 .356 0.6 0.7 .767 0.2 0.9 1.1 2.6 0.8 0.1 0.6 0.8
8 Zach LaVine SG 47 37.2 18.9 6.9 15.1 .459 2.6 6.6 .387 2.5 3.0 .836 0.4 3.0 3.4 3.0 0.9 0.2 1.8 2.2
11 John Lucas PG 5 2.1 0.4 0.2 0.8 .250 0.0 0.2 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
15 Shabazz Muhammad GF 78 19.4 9.9 3.7 7.7 .482 0.6 1.9 .338 1.9 2.4 .774 1.1 1.7 2.8 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.7 1.1
33 Adreian Payne C 18 7.5 3.5 1.3 3.0 .426 0.2 0.8 .200 0.8 1.1 .737 0.5 1.3 1.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.8
14 Nikola Pekovic PF - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9 Ricky Rubio G 75 32.9 11.1 3.5 8.7 .402 0.8 2.6 .306 3.4 3.8 .891 0.9 3.2 4.1 9.1 1.7 0.1 2.6 2.7
4 Brandon Rush SG 47 21.9 4.2 1.5 4.0 .374 0.9 2.4 .386 0.3 0.4 .722 0.3 1.8 2.1 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.9
32 Karl-Anthony Towns C 82 37.0 25.1 9.8 18.0 .542 1.2 3.4 .367 4.3 5.2 .832 3.6 8.7 12.3 2.7 0.7 1.3 2.6 2.9
22 Andrew Wiggins F 82 37.2 23.6 8.6 19.1 .452 1.3 3.5 .356 5.0 6.6 .760 1.2 2.8 4.0 2.3 1.0 0.4 2.3 2.2

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