Banged-up Timberwolves lose to Pistons once more
The Minnesota Timberwolves’ record of damage considerations continued to develop as they fell to the Detroit Pistons 135-118 on Wednesday evening.
The Timberwolves got here into the sport with out Kyle Anderson, who was dominated out on account of an sickness, however issues received worse when Taurean Prince rolled his ankle within the first quarter.
Anthony Edwards took an prolonged halftime break and was even dominated out at one level within the second half with a lingering hip damage and Rudy Gobert shaken up after he took an elbow within the third quarter.
The Timberwolves had been considerably shorthanded even with all three gamers returning to the court docket and it confirmed because the Pistons went into halftime with a 65-64 lead.
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Detroit broke the sport open within the third quarter, taking pictures 60 p.c from the ground and utilizing 31 factors from Saddiq Bey to construct a 101-87 lead by means of three quarters.
There was no response from the Timberwolves, who had been led by Edwards’ 20 factors and 6 assists. D’Angelo Russell had 19 factors and 5 assists whereas Gobert had 16 factors and 14 rebounds. Jaden McDaniels additionally had 11 factors and 4 assists within the loss.
Bojan Bogdanovic had 27 factors and 5 3-pointers on the evening whereas Jaden Ivey had 18 factors and eight assists and Killian Hayes had 18 factors and 9 assists.
After their four-game profitable streak got here to an in depth, the Timberwolves (20-22) will look to start out a brand new one after they host Phoenix on Friday evening.
