Minnesota Timberwolves vs Detroit Pistons : TV channel, Start time, Injury report, starting lineups & game prediction (January 17)

Minnesota Timberwolves and Detroit Pistons face off at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI on Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 7:00 PM ET .

Who’s Playing

Minnesota Timberwolves @ Detroit Pistons

How To Watch ?

  • Date & time : Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 7:00 PM ET
  • Arena : Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI
  • TV & radio channel : BSDET Extra, Bally Sports North, SiriusXM, 950 AM
  • Live Stream: FuboTV

Minnesota Timberwolves – Detroit Pistons injury report :

Minnesota Timberwolves injury report :

Anthony Edwards: Questionable (Knee)
Jaylen Clark: Out (Achilles)

Detroit Pistons injury report :

Bojan Bogdanovic: Questionable (Calf)
Cade Cunningham: Out (Knee)
Monte Morris: Out (Quadricep)

Minnesota Timberwolves – Detroit Pistons starting lineups :

The following were the starters for both teams in their previous games:

Minnesota Timberwolves starting lineup :

M. Conley, PG #10 A. Edwards, SG #5 J. McDaniels, PF #3 K. Towns, PF #32 R. Gobert, C #27

Detroit Pistons starting lineup :

K. Hayes, PG #7 J. Ivey, SG #23 K. K. II, SF #24 I. Stewart, PF #28 J. Duren, C #0

Game prediction : Minnesota Timberwolves – Detroit Pistons

Spread : -11.5 (-110) (MIN)
Over/Under (Totals) : 223

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