Hornets Gameday: at Detroit Pistons
7:30 p.m., Palace of Auburn Hills
TV: SportSouth. Radio: WFNZ-AM 610.
Projected Starters
Hornets | Pistons | |||||
Pos, Player | Ppg | Rpg | Pos, Player | Ppg | Rpg | |
F M. Kidd-Gilchrist | 9.0 | 7.5 | F M. Morris | 14.2 | 4.7 | |
F M. Williams | 11.0 | 5.6 | F J. Leuer | 11.2 | 5.7 | |
C F. Kaminsky | 10.8 | 4.6 | C A. Drummond | 14.6 | 13.8 | |
G N. Batum | 15.0 | 7.1 | G K. Caldwell-Pope | 14.2 | 3.3 | |
G K. Walker | 22.5 | 4.1 | G R. Jackson | 15.2 | 2.3 | |
Matchup to Watch
Kemba Walker vs. Reggie Jackson: Jackson will try to contain Walker, the Hornets’ All-Star who seemed to tire as the All-Star break approached.
Observations
▪ The Pistons’ 115-114 victory against the Hornets in January was marked by a potential game-winning 3-pointer that Charlotte’s Marco Belinelli made just after the clock expired. Belinelli got the ball after inbounding it off the backside of a Pistons player. But his shot went in a fraction of a second too late.
▪ Hornets center Cody Zeller, who has missed three games with quad soreness, is doubtful. Center Miles Plumlee (second-degree calf strain) and guard Ramon Sessions (knee surgery) are out.
Tap-ins
▪ The Hornets return after the All-Star break losers of 11 of their last 12 games. They continue on the road for five more games after Thursday, not returning home until March 6 against Indiana.
▪ The Pistons rallied from 16 points down to beat the Toronto Raptors 102-101 on Feb. 2. It was the Pistons’ largest fourth-quarter regular-season comeback since they moved to Detroit in 1957.
Did you know?
Detroit coach Stan Van Gundy’s 59.3 career winning percentage ranks fourth among active coaches with a minimum of 500 games.
David Scott
This story was originally published February 22, 2017 at 7:56 PM with the headline "Hornets Gameday: at Detroit Pistons."