Minnesota Timberwolves 105, Detroit Pistons 119 — Recap

January 4, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 105, Detroit Pistons 119. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 28-33 DET; Q2 MIN 15-22 DET; Q3 MIN 38-41 DET; Q4 MIN 24-23 DET.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Edwards (MIN) 53 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 10 threes on 16-of-31 shooting; Cade Cunningham (DET) 40 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 threes on 15-of-29 shooting; Julius Randle (MIN) 17 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists on 6-of-12 shooting; Tobias Harris (DET) 16 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-13 shooting; Ausar Thompson (DET) 10 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists on 5-of-5 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Anthony Edwards

53 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 10 3PM · 16-31 FG

Scoring · DET

Cade Cunningham

40 PTS, 6 REB, 9 AST, 4 3PM · 15-29 FG

Scoring · MIN

Julius Randle

17 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST · 6-12 FG

Season highs

Anthony Edwards · Season-high 53 pointsCade Cunningham · Season-high 40 pointsAnthony Edwards · Season-high 10 threesAusar Thompson · Season-high 10 rebounds

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

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIN	28	15	38	24		105
DET	33	22	41	23		119

🧮 How They Scored

MINDET

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.5%Effective FG%53.3%

15.7%Turnover %11.6%

17.9%Offensive rebound %33.3%

0.325Free-throw rate0.237

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	44	53	6	2	—	—	6	16-31	10-15	11-12	-3
Julius Randle F	36	17	7	6	—	—	3	6-12	0-4	5-5	-20
Rudy Gobert C	30	6	6	—	—	2	3	3-6	—	0-2	-2
Jaden McDaniels F	29	8	5	—	3	—	1	3-6	1-2	1-1	-2
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	28	7	2	3	—	2	—	2-8	2-7	1-2	-8
Donte DiVincenzo G	26	5	4	3	2	—	3	2-6	1-5	—	-10
Naz Reid F-C	25	9	3	1	—	—	—	2-7	2-4	3-4	-7
Mike Conley G	21	—	—	5	2	—	1	0-4	0-3	—	-18

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cade Cunningham G-F	38	40	6	9	1	—	3	15-29	4-8	6-7	+24
Tobias Harris F	34	16	11	4	—	—	4	5-13	2-5	4-4	+9
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	33	7	2	3	—	—	—	3-9	1-6	0-1	-2
Ausar Thompson G-F	26	10	10	2	6	—	1	5-5	—	—	+16
Isaiah Stewart F-C	25	8	6	3	—	1	—	4-8	0-1	—	+11
Jalen Duren C	23	5	7	3	2	1	—	2-4	—	1-2	+3
Ronald Holland II F	17	8	2	1	—	—	2	2-3	—	4-4	+16
Marcus Sasser G	11	2	1	—	—	—	1	1-5	0-4	—	-11

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Anthony Edwards	Bench	44	53	73.0	40.6	-3.3	19.7
Julius Randle	Bench	36	17	59.9	20.5	-21.4	11.1
Naz Reid	Bench	25	9	51.4	15.5	-15.1	4.4
Jaden McDaniels	Bench	29	8	62.1	10.6	-1.8	9.6
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	28	7	39.4	13.6	-11.1	2.4
Rudy Gobert	Bench	30	6	43.6	15.2	-5.1	2.0
Donte DiVincenzo	Bench	26	5	41.7	16.1	-14.2	4.6
Mike Conley	Bench	21	—	0.0	10.9	-40.0	1.4
Joe Ingles	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Leonard Miller	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tristen Newton	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Cade Cunningham	Bench	38	40	62.3	38.0	+32.5	22.8
Tobias Harris	Bench	34	16	54.2	24.4	+13.0	9.1
Ausar Thompson	Bench	26	10	100.0	8.6	+25.7	25.3
Isaiah Stewart	Bench	25	8	50.0	12.7	+13.0	12.0
Ronald Holland II	Bench	17	8	84.0	17.1	+47.1	10.5
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	33	7	37.1	10.2	-6.1	3.0
Jalen Duren	Bench	23	5	51.2	8.6	+8.6	7.5
Marcus Sasser	Bench	11	2	20.0	20.7	-40.5	-10.4
Paul Reed	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Daniss Jenkins	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0