Winners of two straight, the Minnesota Timberwolves (25-24) travel to Detroit to take on the Pistons (12-38) looking to extend the win streak to three.
Minnesota is coming off a dominant win over their Northwest Division rivals, the Denver Nuggets, 130-115. The Wolves netted 68 points from their bench in the victory, marking the second time in franchise history that the Wolves bench has scored 50+ points in three straight games. Taurean Prince led the bench unit with a season-high showing of 23 points and six three pointers. Meanwhile, Karl-Anthony Towns dropped a near triple-double with 24 points, 10 rebounds, and seven assists in just 28 minutes of action.