Overview
- Detroit rolled 109-87 in Minneapolis on Saturday as Tobias Harris scored 18 and the Pistons held the Wolves to 31.8% shooting.
- The win moved Detroit to 54-20 and widened its lead for the East's No. 1 seed to about 4.5 games with a playoff berth and first-round home court already secured.
- Minnesota played without Anthony Edwards (right knee patellofemoral pain), Ayo Dosunmu (calf) and Jaden McDaniels (knee), while Detroit stayed without Cade Cunningham (collapsed lung) and Isaiah Stewart (calf).
- Cunningham's layoff raises the risk he misses the NBA's 65-game threshold for awards, and Detroit could better its draft position through a top-19-protected first-round pick swap with Minnesota.
- Detroit visits Oklahoma City on Monday and Minnesota goes to Dallas as both teams navigate late-season seeding with key stars still on uncertain return timelines.