Minnesota Timberwolves (2-2)at Detroit Pistons (2-2), October 25, 2017

Tonight’s Matchup

  • The Wolveslead in the all-time series 28-27 and are 16-12 at home. The Pistons have won the past fourmeetings. Prior to that, the Wolves had won 10 straight in the series.

Wolves Notes

  • Karl-Anthony Towns has recorded a double-double in three games this season (117 career) and has two 20/10 games (76 career). He is shooting 62.3% (38-for-61) from the field this season, ranking 11th in the NBA. Towns is one of six players averaging 20+ points and 10 rebounds this season (Antetokounmpo, Cousins, M. Gasol, A. Davis, Vucevic).
  • Andrew Wiggins has scored 20+ points in three of the Wolves’ four games.He has tallied 20+ points in 139 games, one behind Tony Campbell (140) for third on the Wolves all-time list (Garnett 534, Love 167). Tonight will be the 250th game of his career.
  • Taj Gibson is scheduled to start his 250th game tonight. He is shooting 8-for-11 (72.7%) from the field over the last two games.
  • Jamal Crawford needs eight points to reach the 10,000 mark in career bench scoring. In the past 35 years, only Dell Curry (11,147) has scored more points in a reserve role.
  • Crawford enters tonight tied for fifth with Cleveland’s Kyle Korver (2057) on the all-time three-pointers made list. Crawford also ranks fifth among active players in games played (1186), seventh in minutes played (36,212), 11th in points scored (18,132) and 11th in free throw percentage (86.13%).
  • NemanjaBjelicaranks eighth in the league in three-point accuracy at 61.5% (8-for-13).
  • Gorgui Dieng (2157) needs six rebounds to pass Al Jefferson (2162) for fifth place on the Wolves’ all-time list and seven blocks to overtake Rasho Nesterovic (373) for second in team history.
  • The Wolves have made 34 three-pointers this season, matching last year's total for the most prolific four-game start in franchise history.

Pistons Notes

  • Tonight is Detroit’s first game against a Western Conference team this season. The Pistons were 16-14 versus the West in 2016-17.
  • The Pistons 21-point comeback-victory at New York on Saturday was just the second 20-plus point comeback for the Pistons in the last 10 years (the other a 21-point comeback-win against Boston, Nov. 18, 2013).
  • Andre Drummond needs four rebounds to reach the 5000-rebound mark for his career. He ranks sixth on the Pistons all-time rebounding list. Drummond ranks first among active players in games with double-digit offensive rebounds with 16.

Wolves LeadersPistonsLeaders

Karl-Anthony Towns23.3 ppgTobias Harris21.0 ppg

Karl-Anthony Towns10.5 rpgAndre Drummond12.8 rpg

Jeff Teague 6.5 apgReggie Jackson 6.8 apg