Timberwolves gameday: Pistons in town without 2021 No. 1 pick Cade Cunningham

The young guard is heading for season ending surgery as both teams play the second of a back-to-back.

December 31, 2022 at 2:52AM
Bojan Bogdanovic and the Pistons have the NBA’s worst record. (Duane Burleson, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

7 p.m. Saturday vs. Detroit, Target Center

TV: BSN Extra Radio: 830-AM

Game preview: Both teams lost on the road Friday night — the Timber­wolves 123-114 at Milwaukee and the Pistons 132-118 at Chicago. ... Detroit, which has the NBA's worst record at 9-29, was in an 11-player brawl in its victory over Orlando on Wednesday. G Killian Hayes drew a three-game suspension for punching Magic G Moe Wagner in the head. .. Pistons G Cade Cunningham, the No. 1 pick in the 2021 draft, is headed for season-ending shin surgery. He was averaging 19.9 points per game. ... The Wolves are without C Karl-Anthony Towns (calf), G Jordan McLaughlin (calf) and F Taurean Prince (shoulder).

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