NBA MINNESOTA Matchup 20161209

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NBA : ATS Matchup

Friday 12/9/2016

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DETROIT

MINNESOTA

-3.5

+3.5

-165

+145

202.5

117
Final
90

DETROIT (12 - 12) at MINNESOTA (6 - 16)

Friday, 12/9/2016 8:05 PM

Board		Open	Latest
709	DETROIT	-2	-3
710	MINNESOTA	204	203.5

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ADVANCED TEAM STATS

DETROIT - Current Season Performance
	Straight Up		Against Spread		Team				Opponent
	W-L	Units	W-L	O-U	Score	Half	FG Pct	Reb.	Score	Half	FG Pct	Reb.
All Games	12-12	-0.8	12-12	9-15	99.2	51.0	45.1%	53.7	96.3	50.1	43.0%	51.2
Road Games	4-9	-4.3	4-9	7-6	97.5	49.2	44.0%	51.3	101.5	53.3	44.9%	52.3
Last 5 Games	3-2	-0.2	3-2	2-3	102.6	51.4	47.4%	58.2	95.0	46.4	42.0%	48.0

DETROIT Team Statistics
			Shooting		3pt Shooting		Free Throws		Rebounding
	PPG	Half	FGM-A	Pct	FGM-A	PCT	FTM-A	Pct	Tot	Off	Ast	PF	Stl	TO	Bk
Team Stats (All Games)	99.2	51.0	39-87	45.1%	7-21	34.2%	13-18	75.0%	54	10	21	17	7	11	4
vs opponents surrendering	103.8	52.1	39-86	44.6%	9-26	35.0%	17-23	77.0%	53	10	22	21	8	13	5
Team Stats (Road Games)	97.5	49.2	38-87	44.0%	7-22	31.8%	14-18	78.5%	51	9	20	18	6	11	4
Stats Against (All Games)	96.3	50.1	36-83	43.0%	8-24	33.2%	16-21	76.7%	51	9	21	16	6	12	5
vs opponents averaging	104.7	52.4	39-86	44.8%	10-27	35.3%	18-24	75.6%	54	11	22	20	8	14	5
Stats Against (Road Games)	101.5	53.3	38-84	44.9%	9-25	36.7%	17-22	77.5%	52	9	22	16	7	11	4

MINNESOTA - Current Season Performance
	Straight Up		Against Spread		Team				Opponent
	W-L	Units	W-L	O-U	Score	Half	FG Pct	Reb.	Score	Half	FG Pct	Reb.
All Games	6-16	-12.2	6-16	12-10	104.4	55.2	45.1%	50.2	106.4	51.0	47.3%	50.6
Home Games	3-7	-5.4	3-7	4-6	105.4	55.4	45.9%	50.8	102.3	46.9	46.8%	47.4
Last 5 Games	1-4	-3	1-4	3-2	108.8	51.0	46.3%	50.6	114.6	54.8	47.4%	53.0

MINNESOTA Team Statistics
			Shooting		3pt Shooting		Free Throws		Rebounding
	PPG	Half	FGM-A	Pct	FGM-A	PCT	FTM-A	Pct	Tot	Off	Ast	PF	Stl	TO	Bk
Team Stats (All Games)	104.4	55.2	38-85	45.1%	8-24	35.0%	20-25	78.0%	50	12	22	22	8	14	5
vs opponents surrendering	103.7	52.1	38-85	44.6%	9-27	34.9%	18-24	76.2%	53	10	22	21	8	14	5
Team Stats (Home Games)	105.4	55.4	38-83	45.9%	8-23	36.3%	20-26	78.4%	51	12	23	21	8	15	4
Stats Against (All Games)	106.4	51.0	39-82	47.3%	9-26	35.5%	20-26	77.8%	51	10	21	21	8	15	5
vs opponents averaging	103.8	51.6	38-86	44.5%	9-27	35.0%	18-24	76.7%	53	10	22	21	8	14	5
Stats Against (Home Games)	102.3	46.9	37-79	46.8%	9-26	34.0%	19-24	78.7%	47	8	20	22	9	15	4

Average power rating of opponents played: DETROIT 96.4, MINNESOTA 93.9

SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

DETROIT - Season Results
								Team Stats				Opp Stats
Date	Opponent	Score	SU	Line	ATS	Tot.	O/U	Shots	Pct	REB	TO	Shots	Pct	REB	TO
10/30/2016	MILWAUKEE	98-83	W	-7	W	197.5	U	39-88	44.3%	66	15	34-87	39.1%	44	12
11/1/2016	NEW YORK	102-89	W	-4	W	202	U	41-89	46.1%	63	10	35-86	40.7%	48	11
11/2/2016	@ BROOKLYN	101-109	L	-4	L	205	O	37-88	42.0%	44	13	41-76	53.9%	48	19
11/5/2016	DENVER	103-86	W	-4.5	W	200	U	40-83	48.2%	55	13	31-94	33.0%	60	16
11/7/2016	@ LA CLIPPERS	82-114	L	8	L	196.5	U	30-82	36.6%	46	11	41-76	53.9%	52	10
11/9/2016	@ PHOENIX	100-107	L	-4.5	L	206	O	32-89	36.0%	54	11	38-84	45.2%	61	17
11/11/2016	@ SAN ANTONIO	86-96	L	8.5	L	194.5	U	32-76	42.1%	48	11	36-81	44.4%	49	8
11/12/2016	@ DENVER	106-95	W	5.5	W	203	U	46-90	51.1%	49	9	36-84	42.9%	52	15
11/14/2016	OKLAHOMA CITY	104-88	W	1	W	203	U	43-92	46.7%	57	9	33-88	37.5%	55	15
11/16/2016	@ NEW YORK	102-105	L	1.5	L	200.5	O	42-85	49.4%	45	10	42-93	45.2%	58	9
11/18/2016	@ CLEVELAND	81-104	L	8.5	L	203	U	29-93	31.2%	52	7	40-83	48.2%	59	13
11/19/2016	BOSTON	92-94	L	-2	L	199	U	37-86	43.0%	57	5	33-82	40.2%	47	8
11/21/2016	HOUSTON	96-99	L	2.5	L	209.5	U	36-87	41.4%	51	14	35-78	44.9%	58	15
11/23/2016	MIAMI	107-84	W	-5	W	188.5	O	40-81	49.4%	56	13	27-75	36.0%	44	14
11/25/2016	LA CLIPPERS	108-97	W	6.5	W	200	O	47-90	52.2%	47	10	35-73	47.9%	42	14
11/26/2016	@ OKLAHOMA CITY	88-106	L	4.5	L	203	U	37-82	45.1%	43	8	42-83	50.6%	59	10
11/29/2016	@ CHARLOTTE	112-89	W	4	W	200	O	45-92	48.9%	53	11	31-78	39.7%	45	13
11/30/2016	@ BOSTON	121-114	W	6.5	W	200.5	O	48-87	55.2%	58	11	40-91	44.0%	38	5
12/2/2016	@ ATLANTA	121-85	W	1.5	W	200	O	48-89	53.9%	65	15	32-88	36.4%	41	7
12/4/2016	ORLANDO	92-98	L	-7.5	L	195.5	U	38-86	44.2%	54	12	42-79	53.2%	45	10
12/6/2016	CHICAGO	102-91	W	-5.5	W	201	U	40-88	45.5%	53	9	33-75	44.0%	53	14
12/7/2016	@ CHARLOTTE	77-87	L	5.5	L	202.5	U	34-89	38.2%	61	12	30-88	34.1%	63	5
12/9/2016	@ MINNESOTA
12/11/2016	PHILADELPHIA
12/14/2016	@ DALLAS
12/16/2016	@ WASHINGTON
12/17/2016	INDIANA
12/19/2016	@ CHICAGO
12/21/2016	MEMPHIS
12/23/2016	GOLDEN STATE

MINNESOTA - Season Results
								Team Stats				Opp Stats
Date	Opponent	Score	SU	Line	ATS	Tot.	O/U	Shots	Pct	REB	TO	Shots	Pct	REB	TO
11/1/2016	MEMPHIS	116-80	W	-7.5	W	197.5	U	43-78	55.1%	53	21	27-74	36.5%	41	21
11/3/2016	DENVER	99-102	L	-3.5	L	204	U	35-88	39.8%	48	16	39-81	48.1%	59	20
11/5/2016	@ OKLAHOMA CITY	92-112	L	4.5	L	209.5	U	33-84	39.3%	56	17	45-86	52.3%	52	12
11/8/2016	@ BROOKLYN	110-119	L	-4	L	209.5	O	39-92	42.4%	52	16	42-76	55.3%	46	20
11/9/2016	@ ORLANDO	123-107	W	2.5	W	201	O	45-87	51.7%	55	6	38-85	44.7%	47	9
11/12/2016	LA CLIPPERS	105-119	L	5.5	L	209	O	40-89	44.9%	44	13	40-76	52.6%	54	14
11/13/2016	LA LAKERS	125-99	W	1	W	213	O	42-80	52.5%	54	10	33-71	46.5%	41	17
11/15/2016	CHARLOTTE	108-115	L	1	L	205.5	O	38-89	42.7%	52	18	43-80	53.7%	44	13
11/17/2016	PHILADELPHIA	110-86	W	-11.5	W	212	U	43-85	50.6%	53	13	31-83	37.3%	47	15
11/19/2016	@ MEMPHIS	71-93	L	-1	L	200	U	25-64	39.1%	42	16	29-76	38.2%	57	9
11/21/2016	BOSTON	93-99	L	2	L	207.5	U	36-86	41.9%	61	15	38-84	45.2%	46	11
11/23/2016	@ NEW ORLEANS	96-117	L	-2.5	L	209.5	O	33-86	38.4%	49	17	45-83	54.2%	53	17
11/25/2016	@ PHOENIX	98-85	W	-2	W	214.5	U	34-85	40.0%	49	17	32-79	40.5%	57	25
11/26/2016	@ GOLDEN STATE	102-115	L	12.5	L	223.5	U	41-89	46.1%	39	13	45-81	55.6%	50	18
11/28/2016	UTAH	103-112	L	3	L	193	O	36-81	44.4%	41	14	40-79	50.6%	50	12
11/30/2016	NEW YORK	104-106	L	-3.5	L	211.5	U	34-77	44.2%	54	15	41-91	45.1%	50	13
12/2/2016	@ NEW YORK	114-118	L	-2.5	L	211.5	O	41-88	46.6%	46	14	41-86	47.7%	54	15
12/3/2016	@ CHARLOTTE	125-120	W	6	W	210.5	O	48-106	45.3%	58	10	44-101	43.6%	68	14
12/6/2016	SAN ANTONIO	91-105	L	4	L	205.5	U	36-82	43.9%	48	15	39-74	52.7%	42	11
12/8/2016	@ TORONTO	110-124	L	9.5	L	214	O	45-88	51.1%	47	13	43-87	49.4%	51	8
12/9/2016	DETROIT
12/11/2016	GOLDEN STATE
12/13/2016	@ CHICAGO
12/17/2016	HOUSTON
12/19/2016	PHOENIX
12/21/2016	@ ATLANTA
12/23/2016	SACRAMENTO
12/25/2016	@ OKLAHOMA CITY

KEY GAME INFORMATION

DETROIT: BACKCOURT: Emotional leader Reggie Jackson is supposed to miss 15-20 games to start the season, and Ish Smith will start in his absence. Smith showed he could be a playmaker in Philadelphia, which, one assumes, means he can definitely do it here. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope put up 14.5 points per game while regularly guarding the opponent's best player, but only shot 30.9% from deep. . . . FRONTCOURT: Andre Drummond puts up 20-20 stat lines in a way that no one else in the NBA can. The biggest possible step forward for him after his first All-Star campaign would be to improve his free throw shooting. Hybrid F Tobias Harris looked energized in his 25 games as a Piston last season, and remains a unique young talent. SFs Marcus Morris and Stanley Johnson revel in jawing with opponents. PF/C Jon Leuer should contribute as a stretch big. . . . BOTTOM LINE: If anyone can guide a group as unusual as this one, it's probably Stan Van Gundy. The Eastern Conference's crowded middle class presents something of a crapshoot, but Detroit's depth and talent make the Pistons likely to succeed.

MINNESOTA: BACKCOURT: PG Ricky Rubio catches flak for his inability to shoot, but he's uniquely well-suited to this team. His savant-like court vision and highly underrated defense would be missed if he were moved. SG Zach LaVine appears to have improved in the offseason and may move up on the team's list of scoring options. Rookie PG Kris Dunn is NBA-ready, but he may have trouble getting minutes in a crowded backcourt. . . . FRONTCOURT: Many have C Karl-Anthony Towns among their top ten players in the league right now. That's a little much, but it seems like he's not that far away, either. SF Andrew Wiggins averaged 20 a game in his second season but still showed plenty of room for improvement, which says good things about his ceiling. PF Gorgui Dieng is a good role player alongside lots of guys who need the ball. . . . BOTTOM LINE: How much better can a young team get in a single season? Oozing with talent, Minnesota is a good candidate for a case study to answer that question. New coach Tom Thibodeau will keep the best players on the court plenty, but expectations are a bit too high.

PREVIEW

Short turnaround for Timberwolves with Pistons coming to town

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Timberwolves' inability to hold leads has caused a season that began with promise to fade away into another seemingly lost year waiting for further development of the team's young stars.

After another lead washed away in a hurry at Toronto on Thursday night, Minnesota has a short turnaround for Friday night's home game against the Detroit Pistons.

"The good teams are 48-minute teams," Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau said. "We're still not there...The fourth quarter is different. You have to understand that. The intensity of a fourth quarter is different. Your decision-making is different. We still have to figure that out."

Minnesota (6-16) lost 124-110 at Toronto on Thursday, its ninth loss in 11 games. Detroit traveled but had a day off after losing 87-77 at Charlotte on Wednesday.

The Pistons know trouble on the road. Detroit (12-12) has lost nine of its 13 road games this season. But the team had won three in a row on the road before the loss at Charlotte. The Pistons have also played more games on the road than at home this season.

Detroit has won six of its past nine games. But the loss to the Hornets came with a minus-21 differential in free throws attempted that was frustrating to accept.

"We got to keep growing as team and, as you grow as a team and grow in status maybe a little bit, the calls start to go your way a little better," coach Stan Van Gundy told the Detroit Free Press. "I thought Tobias (Harris) was doing a good job attacking and didn't get to the free-throw line a single time. That one's a little hard to stomach."

Harris has developed into a consistent scoring option for the Pistons. He had 14 points against Charlotte but shot 7 of 19 from the field. Harris has scored at least 20 points in four of his last seven games.

Andre Drummond had 26 points and 20 rebounds against the Hornets and point guard Reggie Jackson is working his way back into shape after missing the first 21 games while rehabbing a knee injury. Jackson, the team's leading scorer last season with 18.8 points per game, played in his first set of back-to-back games this season in Charlotte. He scored 10 points in 25 minutes.

"Just trying to find myself," Jackson told the team's website. "Getting downhill, I feel like my footing's off a little bit."

The Timberwolves haven't been able to find any footing. They haven't won back-to-back games yet this season. They've lost four home games in a row.

It's often been the third quarter that has let Minnesota down this season. The Timberwolves outscored Toronto in the third on Thursday only to be hammered 36-21 in the fourth.

Zach LaVine scored 29 points, Anthony Wiggins added 25 and Karl-Anthony Towns recorded 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Timberwolves. That trio of young stars combined with new coach Thibodeau provided optimism unseen in Minnesota in years.

Yet, the Timberwolves have allowed 105 or more points in six straight games. Toronto's 124 points were the most Minnesota has allowed this season and the Timberwolves entered the game 19th in the league in giving up 105.6 points per game.

"To me, the defense, we've got to correct it," Thibodeau said. "We've got to get it better. It's costing us right now. Until we get that straightened out, it's going to be a problem."

Last Updated: 5/1/2024 12:17:58 PM EST.