Detroit Pistons 109, Minnesota Timberwolves 87 — Recap

March 28, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Detroit Pistons 109, Minnesota Timberwolves 87. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DET 33-24 MIN; Q2 DET 16-20 MIN; Q3 DET 25-16 MIN; Q4 DET 35-27 MIN.

Top performers (box score): Donte DiVincenzo (MIN) 22 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-18 shooting; Tobias Harris (DET) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; Rudy Gobert (MIN) 14 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists on 6-of-9 shooting; Daniss Jenkins (DET) 13 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-16 shooting; Ronald Holland II (DET) 13 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 threes on 4-of-7 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Donte DiVincenzo

22 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 5 3PM · 7-18 FG

Scoring · DET

Tobias Harris

18 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 2 3PM · 7-10 FG

Scoring · MIN

Rudy Gobert

14 PTS, 12 REB, 0 AST · 6-9 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

DET 24 largest lead Q4 1:47 (DET 107, MIN 83) · 10-0 run, Q1 2:14–Q2 9:40

MIN 4 largest lead Q1 9:16 (DET 3, MIN 7) · 9-0 run, Q2 6:03–Q2 2:22

Swings 3 lead changes Tied 2 times

Ahead for good: Paul Reed makes free throw 1 of 2 (Q1 7:15, DET 12, MIN 11).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DET	33	16	25	35		109
MIN	24	20	16	27		87

🧮 How They Scored

DETMIN

60Points in the paint32

21Fast-break points12

13Second-chance points12

11Points off turnovers7

52Bench points29

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.5%Effective FG%37.1%

17.5%Turnover %12.3%

28.6%Offensive rebound %23.6%

0.207Free-throw rate0.388

Box Score

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Duren C	29	10	13	5	0	1	3	4-7	0-0	2-2	+8
Tobias Harris F	28	18	4	4	1	3	2	7-10	2-4	2-3	+10
Daniss Jenkins G	28	13	8	4	0	0	3	6-16	1-4	0-0	+3
Duncan Robinson F	24	10	2	2	0	0	0	3-6	2-4	2-3	+12
Ausar Thompson G-F	24	6	6	0	4	0	1	3-6	0-0	0-0	+10
Kevin Huerter G	22	11	2	1	1	0	2	5-11	1-4	0-0	+9
Ronald Holland II F	20	13	2	0	2	2	4	4-7	2-4	3-5	+12
Caris LeVert G	20	8	2	4	1	2	2	4-7	0-2	0-0	+13
Paul Reed F	17	12	7	3	1	1	1	4-7	0-0	4-4	+13
Javonte Green G-F	13	6	5	1	1	0	0	2-4	2-4	0-0	+7
Marcus Sasser G	11	0	1	4	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+11
Chaz Lanier G	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Tolu Smith F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donte DiVincenzo G	33	22	3	2	0	2	1	7-18	5-14	3-4	-8
Rudy Gobert C	32	14	12	0	0	1	2	6-9	0-0	2-4	-11
Julius Randle F	31	11	8	4	0	1	4	2-13	0-3	7-7	-13
Nah'Shon Hyland G	26	6	1	0	2	0	2	2-10	2-9	0-0	-17
Terrence Shannon Jr. G-F	25	8	3	3	0	0	0	2-5	1-2	3-5	0
Naz Reid F-C	24	8	4	1	2	0	3	3-15	0-7	2-3	-22
Mike Conley G	22	3	1	6	1	0	0	1-5	1-5	0-0	-8
Jaylen Clark G	17	9	4	0	0	0	1	2-6	0-2	5-6	-16
Kyle Anderson F	16	2	2	1	2	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	-9
Julian Phillips F	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4
Joan Beringer F	4	4	0	0	1	0	0	1-1	0-0	2-4	-1
Joe Ingles F	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1

🔬 Advanced Stats

Detroit PistonsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Tobias Harris	Starter	28	18	79.5	19.7	+17.5	23.0
Daniss Jenkins	Starter	28	13	40.6	28.8	+5.3	7.7
Duncan Robinson	Starter	24	10	68.3	11.7	+21.4	9.1
Jalen Duren	Starter	29	10	63.5	15.9	+13.1	17.3
Ausar Thompson	Starter	24	6	50.0	11.9	+19.6	8.6
Ronald Holland II	Bench	20	13	70.7	28.3	+27.9	10.6
Paul Reed	Bench	17	12	68.5	26.3	+38.2	29.6
Kevin Huerter	Bench	22	11	50.0	26.5	+20.0	8.5
Caris LeVert	Bench	20	8	57.1	20.0	+33.6	12.6
Javonte Green	Bench	13	6	75.0	12.5	+20.5	21.5
Chaz Lanier	Bench	02	2	100.0	25.0	+25.0	33.3
Marcus Sasser	Bench	11	0	0.0	4.5	+52.4	7.7
Tolu Smith	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	+25.0	-33.3

Minnesota TimberwolvesTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	33	22	55.7	24.1	-13.1	13.4
Rudy Gobert	Starter	32	14	65.1	16.9	-13.7	13.5
Julius Randle	Starter	31	11	34.2	26.0	-18.6	4.6
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Starter	25	8	55.6	11.1	-8.3	7.6
Mike Conley	Starter	22	3	30.0	9.4	-15.1	4.8
Jaylen Clark	Bench	17	9	52.1	23.8	-42.1	5.8
Naz Reid	Bench	24	8	24.5	29.7	-44.5	-3.6
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	26	6	30.0	17.9	-32.8	-2.7
Joan Beringer	Bench	04	4	72.5	37.5	-33.9	15.0
Kyle Anderson	Bench	16	2	50.0	7.7	-28.1	14.5
Joe Ingles	Bench	04	0	0.0	0.0	-33.9	0.0
Julian Phillips	Bench	06	0	0.0	7.7	-42.3	0.0