Charlotte Hornets vs Detroit Pistons 89-97 — Oct 28, 2026 Box Score & Stats

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Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026Little Caesars ArenaAttendance 19,023

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Charlotte Hornets	22	29	19	19	89
HornetsCHA aheadPistonsDET ahead	+12+10
Detroit Pistons	21	23	32	21	97

Regular season · Pistons 4-1, Hornets 3-2

Cunningham scores 30 as Pistons beat Hornets 97-89

Cade Cunningham scored 30 points, and the Detroit Pistons beat the Charlotte Hornets 97-89.

Cunningham’s 3-pointer put the Pistons ahead for good with 7:04 left in the third quarter.

The Hornets got within 82-79 on Brandon Miller’s driving layup with 7:13 to play, but Daniss Jenkins answered with a corner 3-pointer, and the Hornets got no closer than 91-86.

During clutch time, the Pistons outscored the Hornets 6-0. Cunningham (No. 7 in clutch points, 2025-26) scored all six of the Pistons’ points on 2-of-2 shooting. Late in the fourth quarter, Jenkins had two steals.

For the Hornets, Miller had 31 points and 12 rebounds.

The Hornets committed 25 turnovers to the Pistons’ 14.

Best performances

Detroit Pistons

Cade Cunningham+6.2 PS

30 PTS5 REB7 AST2 STL

10-22 FG, 4-9 3P, 6-8 FTTop 9% since 2015-16+0.20 wins

Paul Reed+0.8 PS

16 PTS4 REB0 AST3 STL

5-7 FG, 2-2 3P, 4-4 FT+0.04 wins

Daniss Jenkins


	39	30	10-22	4-9					6-8	0		0	0	+6.2
	38	16	5-7	2-2		0			4-4				+6	+0.8
	32	13	4-13	3-8					2-2	0			+6	−2.5
	29	7	3-5	0-0					1-2		0		+5	+0.3
	18	4	2-8	0-3		0	0		0-0		0	0	−10	−7.6
Bench
	24	14	6-10	2-4			0		0-0	0		0	+11	+3.6
	21	7	2-5	1-3			0		2-2	0		0	+23	−1.0
	19	3	1-3	1-3			0	0	0-0			0	−4	+0.2
	12	0	0-2	0-1					0-0		0	0	+2	−8.7
	6	1	0-0	0-0		0	0	0	1-2	0	0	0	−1	−0.7
	1	2	1-1	0-0		0	0	0	0-0		0	0	+2	+1.9
Team		97	34-7644.7%	13-3339.4%	33	26	13	24	16-2080.0%	7	13	3


	38	31	12-26	3-10					4-5			0	+1	+2.7
	35	9	3-4	0-0					3-4		0		−9	−3.7
	34	14	6-10	2-3					0-0		0	0	+3	−4.0
	23	5	1-6	1-6			0		2-2	0		0	−11	−3.2
	13	7	2-6	1-1		0			2-2		0		−4	−0.2
Bench
	34	9	3-8	3-8		0	0		0-0	0		0	−14	−3.7
	30	9	2-8	2-6					3-4	0			−14	−6.6
	13	1	0-0	0-0					1-2	0			+1	−3.5
	12	2	1-1	0-0		0	0		0-0	0	0	0	+9	−1.5
	9	2	1-2	0-1	0				0-0	0	0	0	−2	−4.1
Team		89	31-7143.7%	12-3534.3%	45	17	23	23	15-1978.9%	9	7	5

Zone	FG	%	League
At the rim	14-24	58.3%	67%
In the paint	4-11	36.4%	45%
Mid-range	3-8	37.5%	42%
Corner 3	2-11	18.2%	39%
Above-the-break 3	11-22	50.0%	35%

Cunningham scores 30 as Pistons beat Hornets 97-89

Best performances

Box score

Detroit Pistons97

Charlotte Hornets89

Team stats

Shooting

Rebounds and the ball

Where the points came from

The lead

Shot chart

Game flow

Game Flow

Charlotte Hornets 89 @ Detroit Pistons 97 — October 28, 2026 Box Score

Cunningham scores 30 as Pistons beat Hornets 97-89

Best performances

Box score

Detroit Pistons97

Charlotte Hornets89

Shooting

Rebounds and the ball

Where the points came from

The lead

Shot chart

Game flow

Game Flow