"It was a curious night at the Target Center on Wednesday night.

Somehow, the low-scoring Pistons ran to a 16-point lead over the Timberwolves with only 3:55 left in the first half. And somehow they did it with limited contributions from their best player, Greg Monroe, who was saddled with foul trouble.

But the curious part was that the big lead actually was a negative for the Pistons: The Timberwolves were playing so badly that the Pistons should have been leading by more."