DETROIT – On Thursday, the Timberwolves entered a stretch of four games in which they can go undefeated. Two games apiece with the rebuilding Pistons and struggling Kings are on tap, and if the Wolves want fans and the league to take them seriously, sweeping these four would be a step in the right direction for a team that sill has tendencies to let winnable games slip.
The Wolves had more trouble with Detroit than they probably expected coming into the night, but they left Detroit with a 128-117 victory.
The Wolves were content to outscore the Pistons, who were without dynamic rookie Cade Cunningham. On other nights that strategy might backfire, but the Wolves had too much talent on the floor even as D'Angelo Russell missed his fourth consecutive game because of a left shin contusion.
