NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 2 of the season

What does Pistons vs Hornets change in the NBA playoff race?

Pistons

Detroit Pistons

5-1

118:85

In progress

Hornets

Charlotte Hornets

3-4

Mon, Nov 2, 2026 · 7:30 PM ET (Nov 3, 09:30 KST)Spectrum Center, Charlotte

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Scoring by quarter

Scoring by quarter · Pistons vs Hornets
Team	1	2	3	4	T
Pistons	27	38	33	20	118
Hornets	24	30	21	10	85

What's at stake

Current standings (93 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 East teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Pistons win

PistonsEast #3→#1Magic 74→72Top-6 magic 74→73

9 more teams

76ersEast #1→#2Magic 73→72
CelticsEast #2→#3Magic 74→73
CavaliersMagic 75→74
RaptorsMagic 76→75
WizardsMagic 76→75
HawksMagic -→75
KnicksMagic -→76
HeatMagic -→76
MagicMagic -→76

Hornets win

HornetsEast #8→#7
HawksEast #7→#8

Both teams going in

Team	Magic	Tragic	Top-6 magic
PistonsEast #3 · 5-1	74	-	74
HornetsEast #8 · 3-4	-	-	-

Magic number = wins left to lock a top-10 (play-in) finish (top-6 magic: a direct berth); tragic number = losses left until elimination. Ties count against the team. How we calculate →

Season series

Meeting 2 of 4 this season

Pistons 1Hornets 0

Before this game

Team records

Pistons5-1
Hornets3-4

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Pistons

Jalen DurenOut
Isaiah JoeOut
Elijah HarklessOut
Isaac JonesAvailable
Ugonna OnyensoOut

Hornets

Kon KnueppelOut
Grant WilliamsOut

BALLDONTLIE injury report (status only). It can change before tip-off.

Box score

Game leaders

PointsCade Cunningham 33Brandon Miller 17
ReboundsAusar Thompson 6Moussa Diabate 9
AssistsCade Cunningham 7Brandon Miller 4

Team stats

Team stats
	Pistons	Hornets
Field goals	44-71 (62.0%)	30-79 (38.0%)
3-pointers	18-32 (56.3%)	12-41 (29.3%)
Free throws	12-15 (80.0%)	13-18 (72.2%)
Rebounds	32 (4 off.)	38 (18 off.)
Assists	30	17
Steals	14	8
Blocks	7	5
Turnovers	14	22
Fouls	17	16

Percentages are made ÷ attempted.

Pistons players

Pistons players
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
D. RobinsonF	32	24	2	3	3	0	1	8-11	6-9	2-2	+25
P. ReedF	28	11	5	4	2	2	1	5-6	0-0	1-2	+23
C. CunninghamG-F	27	33	5	7	5	0	3	13-20	4-7	3-4	+19
A. ThompsonG-F	26	14	6	4	0	1	2	5-7	0-0	4-5	+15
D. JenkinsG	21	2	1	7	0	0	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	+12
J. GreenG-F	20	5	2	0	1	0	0	2-3	1-2	0-0	+24
K. HuerterG	20	9	2	3	1	0	0	3-6	3-5	0-0	+20
J. CollinsF-C	19	4	3	1	1	1	2	1-4	0-1	2-2	0
R. Holland IIF	17	11	2	0	0	1	2	4-7	3-5	0-0	+15
T. SmithF	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
C. LanierG	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	1-1	0-0	+3
I. JonesF	2	0	4	0	0	2	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
E. OkorieG	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+3
T	222	118	32	30	14	7	14	44-71	18-32	12-15

Did not play: T. Prince

Hornets players

Hornets players
Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
B. MillerF	31	17	1	4	0	0	1	7-18	3-11	0-0	-14
N. ReidF-C	27	13	6	2	0	0	1	4-11	2-6	3-6	-15
M. DiabateF	24	7	9	2	3	1	0	3-6	0-0	1-1	-23
D. SchroderG	23	5	2	1	2	0	5	2-4	0-2	1-2	-30
S. JamesG	21	11	4	3	0	0	3	4-6	3-4	0-0	-8
G. AllenG	19	11	1	0	0	0	2	3-7	3-7	2-2	-26
C. WhiteG	16	7	0	3	0	0	3	3-9	1-5	0-0	+1
R. KalkbrennerC	16	4	6	0	0	2	2	1-3	0-0	2-2	-9
T. SalaunF	15	1	4	0	2	1	1	0-4	0-3	1-2	-11
R. O'NealeF	14	2	3	0	1	0	2	0-3	0-3	2-2	-18
C. AndersonG	5	2	1	2	0	1	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	-4
L. McNeeleyF	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-0	1-1	-4
H. SteinbachF	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	-4
T	221	85	38	17	8	5	22	30-79	12-41	13-18

MIN in minutes. +/- is the score difference while the player was on the court.

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Game data: BALLDONTLIE. Magic and tragic numbers are computed by this site.