It was a career-night kind of night at the Palace of Auburn Hills for the second consecutive game. Perhaps feeling left out following Kentavious Caldwell-Pope‘s career-high performance against the New Orleans Pelicans, both Marcus Morris and Jon Leuer scored career-highs and the Detroit Pistons (23-27) defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves (19-31).
The Pistons were full of energy early in the game and got out to an early ten point lead as a result. The Timberwolves slowly chipped away at the lead and closed to within one point by the end of the second quarter.
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At halftime, Morris and Leuer took over. Morris scored 21 of his career-high 36 points, while Leuer added 17 of his career-high 24 points in the second half.
At the end of the day, the Pistons’ two starting forwards were just too much for the Timberwolves, who dropped their second straight game and fell further out of the Western Conference playoff race.
For the Pistons, the win leaves them tied with the Charlotte Hornets for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot. And, with two straight wins, they have their eyes set on a strong finish to the season for the second consecutive year.
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