{"id":686641,"date":"2026-03-29T20:26:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T20:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/686641\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T20:26:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T20:26:21","slug":"harris-scores-18-pistons-tighten-grip-on-top-seed-in-the-east-with-a-109-87-win-over-minnesota-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/686641\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris scores 18, Pistons tighten grip on top seed in the East with a 109-87 win over Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p xmlns:ns0=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Tobias Harris led a balanced scoring attack with 18 points on Saturday as the Detroit Pistons strengthened their hold on the top seed in the Eastern Conference with a 109-87 victory over the injury-riddled Minnesota Timberwolves.<\/p>\n<p xmlns:ns0=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">Jalen Duren had 10 points and 13 rebounds for the Pistons, who have won nine of their last 11 games. They began the day with a four-game lead over Boston in the race for the Eastern Conference\u2019s top seed.<\/p>\n<p xmlns:ns0=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">Five other Pistons scored at least 10 points, led by Daniss Jenkins and Ronald Holland II with 13 apiece.<\/p>\n<p xmlns:ns0=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">Minnesota\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/timberwolves-edwards-injury-6137ba24e297e7da89a42305e6795da0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Edwards (right knee inflammation)<\/a> missed his sixth straight game. The Timberwolves also played without starting forward Jaden McDaniels (right knee soreness) and guard Ayo Dosunmu (right calf soreness).<\/p>\n<p xmlns:ns0=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">Pistons guard <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pistons-cade-cunningham-hurt-b3902c010af974a3a9f0693fc33f52a7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cade Cunningham (collapsed lung)<\/a> also missed his sixth straight game.<\/p>\n<p xmlns:ns0=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">Donte DiVincenzo hit five 3-pointers and led Minnesota with 22 points. Rudy Gobert had 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who shot a season-low 32% (27 for 85) from the floor and 21% (9 for 43) from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n<p xmlns:ns0=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">Paul Reed scored six quick points on two free throws and two dunks and Caris LaVert hit two fadeaway jumpers as the Pistons pulled out to 33-24 lead after the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p xmlns:ns0=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">DiVincenzo helped Minnesota rally in the second, scoring all of their points in a 10-2 run that helped the Timberwolves cut the deficit to 49-44 at the half.<\/p>\n<p>              Up next<\/p>\n<p xmlns:ns0=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">Pistons: At Oklahoma City on Monday.<\/p>\n<p xmlns:ns0=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">Timberwolves: At Dallas on Monday.<\/p>\n<p xmlns:ns0=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">___<\/p>\n<p xmlns:ns0=\"http:\/\/iptc.org\/std\/NITF\/2006-10-18\/\">AP NBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 Tobias Harris led a balanced scoring attack with 18 points on Saturday as the Detroit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3773],"tags":[7,296,188,3860,6,297,86925],"class_list":{"0":"post-686641","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-pistons","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-detroit","10":"tag-detroit-pistons","11":"tag-detroitpistons","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-pistons","14":"tag-pistons-timberwolves-score"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116314346875243650","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}