Minnesota Timberwolves 108, Detroit Pistons 113 — Recap

April 2, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 108, Detroit Pistons 113. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 31-30 DET; Q2 MIN 23-24 DET; Q3 MIN 26-25 DET; Q4 MIN 28-34 DET.

Top performers (box score): Julius Randle (MIN) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-15 shooting; Daniss Jenkins (DET) 26 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Jalen Duren (DET) 22 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists on 8-of-15 shooting; Naz Reid (MIN) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-16 shooting; Ayo Dosunmu (MIN) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Julius Randle

27 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 2 3PM · 9-15 FG

Scoring · DET

Daniss Jenkins

26 PTS, 5 REB, 8 AST, 2 3PM · 9-19 FG

Scoring · DET

Jalen Duren

22 PTS, 14 REB, 4 AST · 8-15 FG

Season highs

Ausar Thompson · Season-high 9 assistsMike Conley · Season-high 4 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

MIN 7 largest lead Q2 4:12 (MIN 52, DET 45) · 7-0 run, Q2 5:11–Q2 4:12

DET 11 largest lead Q4 2:59 (MIN 92, DET 103) · 11-0 run, Q4 8:05–Q4 6:00

Swings 12 lead changes Tied 10 times

Ahead for good: Ausar Thompson makes 5-foot two point shot (Duncan Robinson assists) (Q4 7:46, MIN 89, DET 90).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIN	31	23	26	28		108
DET	30	24	25	34		113

🧮 How They Scored

MINDET

46Points in the paint54

20Fast-break points11

6Second-chance points11

16Points off turnovers18

37Bench points41

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

51.7%Effective FG%53.5%

12.6%Turnover %10.8%

11.4%Offensive rebound %20.5%

0.291Free-throw rate0.337

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Julius Randle F	35	27	6	6	1	0	3	9-15	2-5	7-10	+2
Ayo Dosunmu G	33	19	5	4	2	1	4	7-15	2-7	3-3	-11
Naz Reid F-C	30	19	6	3	0	2	1	6-16	4-9	3-4	+5
Donte DiVincenzo G	30	5	1	1	0	1	1	2-8	1-7	0-0	-8
Rudy Gobert C	27	6	7	1	0	1	1	2-3	0-0	2-4	-10
Kyle Anderson F	26	2	7	2	2	3	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	-3
Mike Conley G	22	14	2	2	2	0	1	4-8	4-7	2-2	-12
Nah'Shon Hyland G	19	6	3	2	0	0	1	3-12	0-6	0-0	+9
Terrence Shannon Jr. G-F	18	10	3	1	1	0	0	4-7	0-1	2-2	+3

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Daniss Jenkins G	37	26	5	8	0	0	1	9-19	2-2	6-7	+13
Jalen Duren C	35	22	14	4	1	2	5	8-15	0-0	6-10	+6
Ausar Thompson G-F	31	7	9	9	2	3	1	3-6	0-0	1-2	+15
Duncan Robinson F	29	15	4	3	1	0	2	5-11	3-7	2-2	+10
Javonte Green G-F	26	8	6	0	1	0	1	2-7	2-5	2-2	+3
Kevin Huerter G	22	12	4	2	0	0	0	4-6	2-3	2-2	-7
Ronald Holland II F	16	8	0	0	1	0	0	4-7	0-2	0-0	+1
Paul Reed F	16	4	4	1	1	1	1	2-4	0-0	0-0	-4
Caris LeVert G	14	7	2	0	0	1	1	3-7	1-3	0-2	-11
Marcus Sasser G	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	0-3	0-1	2-2	-4
Tobias Harris F	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Julius Randle	Starter	35	27	69.6	25.9	+3.9	16.5
Ayo Dosunmu	Starter	33	19	58.2	26.3	-19.2	13.2
Mike Conley	Starter	22	14	78.8	21.3	-21.5	11.5
Rudy Gobert	Starter	27	6	63.0	10.2	-20.8	5.2
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	30	5	31.3	13.0	-12.5	-2.0
Naz Reid	Bench	30	19	53.5	25.0	+4.2	11.2
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Bench	18	10	63.5	17.8	+7.3	12.3
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	19	6	25.0	27.1	+22.0	-1.3
Kyle Anderson	Bench	26	2	50.0	6.0	-5.1	10.9
Joe Ingles	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jaylen Clark	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Julian Phillips	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Joan Beringer	Bench	00	0	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
Daniss Jenkins	Starter	37	26	58.9	25.6	+20.0	18.5
Jalen Duren	Starter	35	22	56.7	29.1	+10.7	14.0
Duncan Robinson	Starter	29	15	63.1	19.7	+11.1	7.8
Ausar Thompson	Starter	31	7	50.9	10.5	+20.7	16.7
Tobias Harris	Starter	06	2	100.0	7.1	+12.2	5.3
Kevin Huerter	Bench	22	12	87.2	13.2	-7.5	14.9
Javonte Green	Bench	26	8	50.8	13.8	+6.7	6.4
Ronald Holland II	Bench	16	8	57.1	17.9	+5.7	6.5
Caris LeVert	Bench	14	7	44.4	28.1	-31.2	2.8
Paul Reed	Bench	16	4	50.0	12.8	-8.3	8.3
Marcus Sasser	Bench	08	2	25.8	21.1	-16.3	0.0
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tolu Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0