In one of the more impactful games for the Detroit Pistons’ long-term future in quite some time, the third-worst Minnesota Timberwolves come to the Motor City to face a Pistons roster that looks to be extremely short-handed.
Should Detroit lose, they will remain at least one game worse than the third-worst Oklahoma City Thunder and 1.5 games clear of a trio that contains Minnesota. With only two Pistons games remaining after this one, Detroit would clinch no better than the sixth-worst record and control their own lottery odds destiny, so to speak, with two tougher games against the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat remaining.