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Jalen Duren had 22 points and 14 rebounds, Daniss Jenkins scored 26 points and the 

 113-108 on Thursday night as both teams were without a superstar.

, listing his right knee injury and an illness, about 90 minutes before tipoff. The Pistons announced earlier in the day that 

 would be out at least another week to recover from a collapsed left lung.

Edwards and Cunningham will be ineligible for NBA 

The Pistons went on an 11-0 run midway through the fourth quarter to take control and improved to 7-2 without Cunningham since March 17.

Minnesota's Julius Randle finished with 27 points, Ayo Dosunmu and Naz Reid scored 19 points each and Mike Conley scored all 14 of his points in the first half.

Detroit's Ausar Thompson, the Eastern Conference defensive player of the month, had a career-high nine assists to go along with nine rebounds and seven points.

, acquired two months ago from Chicago in a trade for 

The Central Division-champion Pistons are trying to stay ahead of Boston to earn top seeding in the Eastern Conference playoffs later this month when they will shoot to advance for the first time since 2008.

Detroit has also missing Isaiah Stewart with a calf injury and has to hope Tobias Harris' bruised left knee that limited him to six minutes against Minnesota isn't a long-term injury.

Late in the third quarter with Detroit ahead by two points, tempers flared. Minnesota's Bones Hyland was assessed a technical for elbowing Detroit's Marcus Sasser, who drew a technical for responding with a shove.

Timberwolves visit Philadelphia on Friday and th e Pistons visit Philadelphia on Saturday.

Edwards ineligible for NBA postseason awards 

Edwards has played in 59 games, but just 58 count toward the league's record of games and Minnesota has six games left in the regular season.

Edwards did not play in Detroit, one game after he scored 17 points in 23 minutes in a win over Dallas in his first game in two weeks. He returned against the Mavericks after missing six games due to his 

, Timberwolves coach Chris Finch said Edwards' illness is what kept him out of the game.

The four-time All-Star, and two-time all-league guard finished seventh in NBA MVP voting in each of the last two seasons.

Edwards is averaging a career high with 29.3 points per game, but won't play 70-plus games as he did in each of his first five seasons in the league.

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Jalen Duren had 22 points and 14 rebounds, Daniss Jenkins scored 26 and the Detroit Pistons beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 113-108 on Thursday night as both teams were without a superstar. Minnesota ruled out All-Star guard Anthony Edwards, listing his right knee injury and an illness.

Pistons past Timberwolves 113-108. Edwards ineligible for NBA postseason awards after ruled him out again

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