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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Hornets | 30 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 102 |
 Pistons | 28 | 21 | 23 | 27 | 99 |
CHATeam statsDET| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHA | 38-9340.9% | 8-3125.8% | 18-2475.0% | 51 | 23 | 8 |
| DET | 39-8545.9% | 9-3228.1% | 12-2060.0% | 46 | 21 | 13 |
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Charlotte Hornets102| 39 | 18 | 8-23 | 2-9 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −6.3 | ||||||
| 39 | 10 | 4-11 | 1-3 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −0.5 | |||||||
| 34 | 17 | 6-14 | 2-8 | 3-4 | +2 | +0.5 | ||||||||
| 31 | 23 | 7-16 | 3-5 | 6-6 | 0 | +6 | +6.6 | |||||||
| 24 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | −7 | −5.3 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 15 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0 | +2 | +4.1 | |||||||
| 19 | 2 | 0-8 | 0-5 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −7.9 | ||||
| 17 | 11 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0 | +12 | +1.2 | |||||||
| 7 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +2.5 | ||||
| Team | 102 | 38-9340.9% | 8-3125.8% | 51 | 23 | 8 | 23 | 18-2475.0% | 16 | 8 | 5 | |||
Bench 32 points on 12 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Grant Riller, Nick Richards and Nate Darling (coach’s decision).
Detroit Pistons99| 40 | 35, Career high (his best before, 27) | 14-22 | 4-6, Ties his career high | 0 | 3-6 | 0 | −4 | +5.7 | ||||||
| 39 | 7 | 2-12 | 2-10 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −7.7 | |||||
| 34 | 20, Season high (his best before, 14) | 9-15 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | −8 | +4.3 | |||||||
| 29 | 4 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0 | −8 | −10.0 | |||||||
| 26 | 3 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −6.5 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 14 | 5-14 | 0-4 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −1.4 | |||||
| 22 | 12 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −3 | +2.5 | |||||
| 19 | 4 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −5.3 | |||||
| 3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −0.7 | |
| Team | 99 | 39-8545.9% | 9-3228.1% | 46 | 21 | 13 | 21 | 12-2060.0% | 10 | 3 | 3 | |||
Bench 30 points on 12 for 25 shooting
Did not play: Wayne Ellington and Cory Joseph (injury/illness); Deividas Sirvydis (coach’s decision).
Hornets102Pistons99ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
LaMelo Ball scored 23 points (11 in the fourth quarter), and the Charlotte Hornets beat the Detroit Pistons 102-99.
The Pistons had the ball down 3, but Killian Hayes missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Hornets outscored the Pistons 14-12. Terry Rozier (No. 7 in clutch wins added, 2020-21) scored 4 of the Hornets’ 14 on 2 for 4 shooting and 0 for 1 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Ball had 2 steals, and the Hornets scored 4 points off them.
For the Pistons, Hamidou Diallo scored a career-high 35 points (14 in the fourth quarter) on 14 for 22 shooting, and Sekou Doumbouya added a season-high 20 points and 8 rebounds.
The Hornets grabbed 16 offensive rebounds to the Pistons’ 10. The Pistons forced 8 turnovers, about 5 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Pistons’ starters were outscored 35-24 in 15 minutes together.
Charlotte HornetsDetroit PistonsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
84 points from the field on 93 shots: 17.2 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-33 | 54.5% | 64% |
| In the paint | 8-18 | 44.4% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 4-11 | 36.4% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-9 | 33.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-22 | 22.7% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killian Hayes | 22 | 7 | 2-5 | +1 |
| Saben Lee | 16 | 4 | 1-4 | 0 |
| Hamidou Diallo | 7 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Sekou Doumbouya | 5 | 5 | 2-2 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 6 | 2-6 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 60 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamidou Diallo | 36 | 8 | 4-12 | −3 |
| Frank Jackson | 14 | 0 | 0-1 | −4 |
| Saddiq Bey | 7 | 5 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Killian Hayes | 5 | 3 | 1-1 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 2 | 1-5 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saddiq Bey | 25 | 5 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Hamidou Diallo | 15 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Sekou Doumbouya | 5 | 3 | 1-2 | +2 |
| Frank Jackson | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 6 | 2-5 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 61 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DET win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
CHA
50/50
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Highest Leverage Moments
Diallo 25' 3PT Jump Shot (35 PTS) (Hayes 7 AST)
Q4 0:32
20.1%
4→24
Diallo 25' 3PT Jump Shot (28 PTS) (Lee 5 AST)
Q4 5:38
16.0%
21→37
Rozier 15' Pullup Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Ball 6 AST)
Q4 1:31
15.0%
29→14
Bey 25' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Jackson 4 AST)
Q4 2:52
13.7%
20→34
Ball 19' Floating Jump Shot (21 PTS)
Q4 2:28
13.2%
34→21
