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Sixth Man of the Year and Coach of the Year are still up for grabs as TSN's Wesley Chang breaks down the betting odds for some of tight races for NBA awards.

Naz Reid had 21 points and 10 rebounds and Jaden McDaniels added 20 points to help the Minnesota Timberwolves overcome a sluggish start Wednesday night to beat the NBA-worst Detroit Pistons 106-91. Kyle Anderson scored 14 points off the bench to help offset a quiet nine points by All-Star Anthony Edwards for the Wolves (50-22), who entered the night in third place in the Western Conference with one more loss than Denver and Oklahoma City. The Wolves hit the 50-win mark for just the fifth time in their 35 seasons, matching the franchise's third-highest total with 10 games to go.

It's not every game the man with the moniker "Slo-Mo" excites a crowd with his moves around the basket. That happened Wednesday night in the Timberwolves' 106-91 victory over the Detroit Pistons during the fourth quarter, when Kyle Anderson pulled off a couple of typically methodical, but sharp, changes of direction on his way to a layup that gave the Wolves a 14-point lead with 7 minutes, 34 ...

Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves look to cap off a four-game homestand with a win over Jaden Ivey and a Pistons squad currently riding a seven-game losing streak.

Early in Friday's fourth quarter against Cleveland, Timberwolves point guard Mike Conley and big man Naz Reid exchanged three-point shots, followed by Conley's field goal and blocked shot on 6-7 Georges Niang. Backup guard Jordan McLaughlin picked up the bouncing ball, pushed it down the floor and passed it to Reid, whose run to the rim with the ball ended with a stretching, one-handed dunk. ...