Live stream: Hornets 97, Pistons 114

The Charlotte Hornets (16-49) play against the Detroit Pistons (11-53) at Little Caesars Arena

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Game Time: 7:00 PM EDT on Monday March 11, 2024

Charlotte Hornets 97, Detroit Pistons 114 (Final)

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Jalen Duren on James Wiseman: “Big Wise is a great talent. He’s here for a reason and I’m just so happy to see he’s coming along…I’ve never not seen him in (the gym) early.” –

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Duren on Wiseman: “He’s a great talent. He’s here for a reason and I’m just so happy to see how he’s coming along. He’s a guy who’s in the gym every day, getting extra shots and extra reps. I’ve never not seen him in there early.” –

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Duren on Wiseman: “He’s a great talent. He’s here for a reason. I never not see him (in the gym) early.” –

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Duren on his chemistry with Cade: “Pretty good, I’d say. I said before, playing with a guy like that makes the game way simpler, for me, for the team, for the offense. He gets it done every night.” –

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Jalen Duren on chemistry with Cade tonight: “Playing with a guy like that, it makes the game way simpler – for me, for our offense.” –

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Duren on chemistry with Cade: “Pretty good, I’d say. Playing with a guy like that makes the game way simpler for me, the team and our offense.” –

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Hornets go 0-3 against the Detroit Pistons –

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Monty on Wiseman: “His approach is tremendous and I think that allows for him to have these kinds of nights. If he were a guy who’s emotionally unstable, it would be harder for him because he didn’t get the consistent minutes early this season … you’re seeing that work pay off” –

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Monty Williams on James Wiseman: “I think his approach is tremendous. I think that allows for him to have these kind of nights. If he was a guy that was emotionally unstable, it would be tough for him to have these type of nights.” –

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Monty on how Cade has handled defensive pressure: “I think he has great balance. They blitz from the jump and he just got off of it, hit JD or the guy on the other side and let them make plays.” –

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This has been one of the most frequent play options for Brandon Miller all season.
Double screen action which is a decoy for Miller off the screen. Lovely set –

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Williams on Cunningham handling different coverages: “I think he has great balance.” –

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Monty said the Pistons did a good job of sustaining fundamentals tonight –

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Final: 114, 97.
Detroit improves to 11-53 and completes a season sweep of the Hornets.
Cade Cunningham had 22 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists. Jalen Duren had a double-double of 20 points and 10 rebounds. –

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Pistons tonight:
Cade — Duren —
22 PTS 20 PTS
6 REB 10 REB
8 AST 8-10 FG
Top __ under 25 duo this season. –

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FINAL: Pistons 114, Hornets 97. Detroit (11-53 overall) gets its second win in three games.
Cunningham: 22 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds
Duren: 20 points, 10 rebounds
Fontecchio: 17 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals –

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FINAL: Pistons 114, Hornets 97.
Cade Cunningham: 22p, 8a and 6r
Duren: 20p and 10r
Tek: 17p and 8r
Stewart: 12p and 6r
Ivey: 12p, 4a and 3r –

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Weak from Miles Bridges to try and shift the blame onto Micic for that careless turnover. Own the mistake, don’t blame others. –

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Grant Williams took his frustrations with Stew out on Ivey with an illegal screen –

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Pistons 110, Hornets 97 with just under two minutes left. –

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That should do it. Hornets miss two straight shots, while Duren gets a putback to extend Detroit’s lead to 13 with 1:51 left. –

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Not sure about Brandon Miller’s decision to leave Duren under the rim on that possession. I understand wanting to switch back onto the perimeter, but poor choice of timing. –

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Grant Williams 20-point games this season:
3 — As a Hornet
2 — As a Maverick
He’s only played 14 games for the Hornets — he played 47 for the Mavs. –

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Cade scored his fourth straight point but Duren got whistled for a foul after the basket. Something with Micic. Refs are reviewing it.
Pistons up 11 with 3:45 left. –

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Bridges hits a finger roll and 3 back-to-back. Suddenly the Pistons are up just seven –

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Taj Gibson very much enjoyed that stretch by James Wiseman. Wrote about how the 38-year-old is embracing helping the young bigs develop –

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No one is happier for Wiseman than Taj Gibson –

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It’s become a Wiseman dunk party all of a sudden –

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Pistons center James Wiseman made an incredibly athletic and powerful move to dunk over Charlotte’s 7-footer Nick Richards, showing a glimpse of why he was drafted No. 2 overall in 2020 by Golden State … but he obviously hasn’t been able to consistently make plays like that. –

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James Wiseman poster alert. He just threw it down all over Richards. –

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Wiseman just euro stepped and dunked all over Richards. OMG.
Entire Pistons bench shot up. –

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That might’ve been Wiseman’s best offensive move all season, wow –

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Grimes gets a Flagrant-1 for the foul while Miller shoots a 3. He’ll get 3 free throws and Charlotte will get the ball.
A 16-point lead could be down to 10 in about 15 seconds. –

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Grant Williams had an advanced post game at Tennessee. Never really had chance to show it in the NBA, but flashed it there on that baseline spin –

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End of 3: Pistons 86, Hornets 67.
Cunningham: 16 points, 7 assists
Duren: 14 points, 8 rebounds
Fontecchio: 13 points, 7 rebounds.
The Hornets are shooting 38.8% overall. Pistons are shooting 49.2% despite being just 10-35 (28.6%) from 3. They just need to not melt down. –

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END OF 3Q: Pistons 86, Hornets 67.
I was going to put the ‘game, blouses’ meme here but y’all have been through enough and I’ve covered this team long enough to know that, well, you never know. –

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End of the 3rd quarter: 86, 67.
Cunningham: 16 pts, 4 rebs, 7 asts
Duren: 14 pts, 8 rebs (6-8 FG)
Fontecchio: 13 pts, 7 rebs, 3 asts
Stewart: 12 pts, 6 rebs
Ivey: 10 pts, 2 rebs, 3 asts –

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The Pistons lead 81-65 with 54.8 seconds left in the third quarter.
Obviously, there’s a quarter left and anything can happen, but the Pistons should win this game. If they don’t, it’ll be their own doing because Charlotte just doesn’t have enough firepower tonight. –

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Detroit have 23 fast break points to Charlotte’s 2
That’s the game –

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#⃣2⃣3⃣ makin’ it look easy –

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Cunningham beats the shot clock buzzer with his second 3 of the night. Pistons lead 79-62. –

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I hate that we haven’t been able to see Miles Bridges in a role as a third option this year. This high usage, primary option role has it’s moments, but often feels like he’s trying to do too much. –

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Jalen Duren has 12 points and 7 rebounds after that putback. But most importantly, no fouls tonight. –

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Pistons’ ball movement has been crisp and shots are going in.
Detroit is up by 18 again in less than four minutes.
Every starter except JI with double-digit scoring so far. –

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Heads up play by Ivey to find Tek in the corner for that open 3. He had a lane, but passed out to a more efficient shot.
Pistons lead 68-50 with 8:02 left in the third quarter. –

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Pistons are up 18, 68-50, and are on a 20-4 run. 8:02 left in the 3rd –

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The Pistons have started the third quarter on a 7-0 run before that last bucket by Miller.
Miller taunted after the fact and got hit with a tech. –

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Pistons open the second half with a 7-0 run, pushing their run to 12-0 since the end of the first half. Back up 14, 60-46 –

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Pistons get their lead back out to double digits with a Stew 3 and Ivey layup to begin the half.
Up 12. –

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HALFTIME: Pistons 53, Hornets 46.
CHA got back into the game with a 15-0 run in the 2Q. Detroit couldn’t buy a shot for about 5 min.
Cunningham: 12p and 5a
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Halftime: Pistons 53, Hornets 46. Charlotte used a 15-0 run to cut a 17-point Pistons lead to two. Cade checked in and assisted a Tek 3 and Stew layup to stop the bleeding.
Cunningham: 12 points, 5 assists
Fontecchio: 8 points, 6 rebounds
Duren: 8 points, 4 rebounds –

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Halftime: 53, 46.
Cunningham: 12 pts, 3 rebs, 5 asts
Fontecchio: 8 pts, 6 rebs, 2 asts
Duren: 8 pts, 4 rebs
Brandon Miller: 13 pts, 3 rebs, 2 asts –

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Fontecchio stops a 15-0 run by the Hornets with that last 3. He gets a block on Miller on the other end. He has 8 pts and 5 rebs. –

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Williams is adamant that Cade fouled him, screaming “And one! And one!” –

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Pistons keep turning the ball over or missing shots.
Two-point game just like that. –

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Hornets have scored 10 in a row, cutting Detroit’s 17-point lead to 48-41. Cade checked back in with just over five minutes remaining in the half after logging 10 in the first quarter –

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The Pistons have a 48-31 lead over the Hornets with 6:39 left in the first half. –

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Pistons 48, Hornets 31
It hasn’t even felt that close for the last six minutes –

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The Pistons are cruising. Up 17 after the middy from Ivey. This might be the most pain-free first half they’ve had all season –

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Accuracy of the pass might be a little off, but I like this read from Nick Smith Jr. Richards should do a better job of establishing position to stop the smaller Fournier being able to reach and disrupt the play. –

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Fournier is in a bad shooting slump. He’s made 6 of his last 24 3-point attempts (25%) since Feb. 27. –

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Brandon Miller is good at basketball –

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Grimes’ shot hasn’t been falling since getting to Detroit/the injury but I do like how he moves the ball.
Maybe the most .5 player on the roster. –

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End of 1: Pistons 34, Hornets 23. Cunningham (12 points, 3 assists) has been the best player on the floor by a wide margin.
Duren: 8 points –

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END OF 1Q: Pistons 34, Hornets 23.
Cade Cunningham: 12 points and 3 assists –

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End of the 1st quarter: 34, 23.
Cunningham: 12 pts, 1 reb, 3 asts (5-8 FG)
Duren: 8 pts, 2 rebs (3-4 FG)
Stewart: 5 pts, 3 rebs –

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Cade Cunningham 3 point shooting jump 👀 –

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No stagger for Cade and Ivey in the 1st. Tek checked back in alongside Fournier, who just hit a 3 to push the lead to 13. Sass-Grimes-Fournier-Tek-Wiseman to close the 1st –

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Pistons up 13 with Sasser, Fournier, Grimes, Tek and Wiseman in to close the 1Q. –

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Cade Cunningham’s first quarter: 12 pts (5-8 FG), 1 reb, 3 asts –

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Looks like Cade and Stew will play the entire first quarter, or at least close to it. –

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Pistons are up 27-19 after a Cade 3.
He’s got 10 points in less than 7 minutes, continuing his ridiculous play.
Duren with 8 and Stewart with 5 –

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Cade’s been in full control so far. He has 10 points and three assists with a few minutes left in the 1st –

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Pistons lead 27-19 with 3:28 left in the first quarter. –

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Sasser and Grimes checked in for Ivey and Tek. Monty’s going with a three-guard lineup with Cade, Sasser, Grimes, Stew and Duren –

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Marcus Sasser is joining Quentin Grimes at the scorer’s table. They’ll play together for the first time as pros. –

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Looks like Grimes will be the first off the bench for the Pistons –

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With his third point tonight against Charlotte, Cade Cunningham became the fastest player in franchise history to reach 1200 points and 400 assists in a single season (54 games played). The previous record was held by Isiah Thomas, reaching the benchmarks in 55 games in 1984-85. –

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Pistons 16, Hornets 14 midway through the 1st. Stew already three 3-point attempts, and he got the third one to fall after missing the first two. –

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The Pistons take an early 16-14 lead over the Hornets with 6:35 left in the first quarter. –

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Love the passion Brandon Miller plays with. Not afraid to call out teammates. Dude is going to be a star. –

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Brandon Miller shot that 3 with no hesitation. –

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Grant Williams spun right off of Jaden Ivey for an easy layup. –

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Cade just crossed over Micic and he touched Earth. –

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Fontecchio turns down the 3 and drives inside for a floater to open scoring for the Pistons. –

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We Ready.
Noches Éne•Bé•A.
Los Pistons. –

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Tip-off time
📍 Detroit, MI
🆚 @DetroitPistons
📺 @HornetsOnBally
📻 @wfnz 92.7 FM –

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Tonight’s five
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Tonight’s starters for the @DetroitPistons and Charlotte Hornets. –

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Tonight’s injury report by
@HenryFordHealth –

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These 5⃣ are up first!
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Monday hoops loading…
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starters: Cade Cunningham, Jaden Ivey, Simone Fontecchio, Isaiah Stewart and Jalen Duren. –

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Quentin Grimes (right knee injury management) is available. –

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rookie Ausar Thompson is out tonight against the Hornets due to illness (asthma). –

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On Today’s @lockedonlions Podcast: The Detroit Lions playing it safe on Day One.
Audio: …
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No Tre Mann in Detroit tonight. He’s out against the Pistons. Will be his third straight game missed. –

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Monty Williams on how Wiseman has handled his role: “The best of anyboy on our team…He has the best attitude. He comes in and works hard. He’s not happy when he doesn’t play, but I like that…I just love his approach with everything that has been said about him at that pick.” –

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Details from Detroit.
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Injury report for tonight’s game between the Pistons and Hornets:
Ausar Thompson is now listed as questionable. Quentin Grimes remains probable. –

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Before reflecting on last night’s loss to the Rockets, Kings coach Mike Brown acknowledges the Sac State Hornets (10-23), led by coach David Patrick, advancing to the Big Sky Tournament semifinals on Sunday, taking down No. 1 Eastern Washington. @CoachDPatrick @SacHornetsMBB –

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The story for tonight 👇

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For those that keep this city on their back…
Our @TyMopkins x 313 Day @Starter jacket is coming this Wednesday, stay tuned for more info –

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Grimes is probable to return for the Pistons and Ausar is questionable with an illness/asthma.
Hornets are without a ton of folks, including LaMelo Ball –

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Bill Simmons “If I was a Hornets fan, I would be so more excited about Brandon Miller than I was about LaMelo.
Brandon Miller is like a real guy, kudos to KOC, he crushed that one. I think that he’s going to be a potential all-NBA guy someday. I like how he carries himself too,… –

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The story on tonight 👇

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