DETROIT – Wednesday night's 124-117 Timberwolves win over the Detroit Pistons was as atypical of a game as the Wolves have played all season.
A team that has prided itself on taking care of business against the worst teams in the NBA suddenly adopted last season's problem of taking its opponent too lightly.
A team that has prided itself on defense allowed 40 points in the first quarter to this Pistons team, which set a record for the longest single-season losing streak and was without its leading scorer, Cade Cunningham.
But the Wolves of this season showed up just enough late in the third quarter and early in the fourth to prevent their most embarrassing loss of the season.