Detroit Pistons

The final seconds ticked down on Rick Adelman’s 1,000th career victory, and a season’s worth of hardship and heartache quickly evaporated. As his players surrounded him to celebrate, the 66-year-old basketball lifer quickly disengaged from the crowd, and everyone in the arena knew where he was headed.

The Minnesota Timberwolves, who came into Tuesday night's game shooting a league-worst 29 percent from behind the arc, hit 14 3-pointers in a 105-82 rout of the hapless Detroit Pistons.

Your vote counts! Choose between the DeAndre Jordan alley-oop or the slam on the seven-plus-footer by Chris Roberts.

At the end of the Detroit Pistons - Washington Wizards NBA game on Wednesday night, the shot went up from the corner and drew nothing but the outside of the net. So instead of a game-winning shot, it a game-losing air-ball.

Chase Budinger scored 21 points to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves past the Detroit Pistons 95-76 in a preseason game Wednesday night in Winnipeg.