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Charlotte Hornets vs. Detroit Pistons

February 9, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pistons beat the Hornets 110-104 on 2026-02-09 on the road against the Hornets. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. The Pistons started Tobias Harris, Duncan Robinson, Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren, and Ausar Thompson. Cade Cunningham (Pistons) scored 17 points (6/9) in his matchups, with Brandon Miller as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 22 points (9/11) in his matchups, with Duncan Robinson as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 104

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller GS	35:59	24	3	3	2	1	3	3	8-18	4-10	4-4	-5
Kon Knueppel GS	34:10	20	5	3	0	1	0	0	6-13	5-11	3-3	-9
LaMelo Ball GS	29:29	20	4	4	0	0	3	5	8-22	4-12	0-0	-12
Miles Bridges GS	19:53	6	4	1	0	0	3	1	1-6	0-3	4-4	-21
Moussa Diabaté GS	18:42	0	6	0	0	0	2	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-13
Grant Williams	25:17	12	2	5	1	1	1	4	3-6	2-3	4-4	+9
Sion James	23:12	6	2	3	0	0	4	3	2-3	2-3	0-0	-3
Josh Green	22:36	5	5	1	0	0	1	3	1-3	1-2	2-2	+12
Ryan Kalkbrenner	17:12	6	4	0	0	0	0	1	3-4	0-0	0-0	+2
Tre Mann	13:30	5	4	2	1	0	1	3	2-6	1-3	0-0	+10
Totals		104	39	22	4	3	18	24	34-82	19-47	17-17

Did not play: Pat Connaughton (DNP - Coach's Decision), Xavier Tillman (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DET

Detroit Pistons 110

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cade Cunningham GS	36:39	33	9	7	1	0	3	4	12-27	2-6	7-7	+14
Tobias Harris GS	34:55	11	5	1	1	1	1	0	4-11	1-4	2-2	+15
Ausar Thompson GS	25:28	6	8	2	2	0	1	4	3-8	0-0	0-0	+3
Duncan Robinson GS	24:27	18	3	4	0	0	1	1	8-10	1-3	1-2	+27
Jalen Duren GS	20:07	15	5	2	1	0	1	2	5-7	0-0	5-5	+14
Caris LeVert	22:41	5	2	1	2	1	1	2	2-4	0-2	1-2	-19
Daniss Jenkins	18:47	4	3	1	2	0	1	2	2-6	0-2	0-0	+4
Paul Reed	18:06	12	3	1	2	1	1	3	3-5	1-1	5-8	-6
Javonte Green	14:44	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1-5	0-4	2-2	-6
Kevin Huerter	12:58	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-4
Isaiah Stewart	11:08	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	-12
Totals		110	41	20	12	3	10	20	41-87	5-25	23-28

Did not play: Marcus Sasser (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CHA

Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel Starter 11.9 min
Josh Green · Tre Mann · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Sion James 5.5 min
Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Josh Green · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel 5.1 min
Grant Williams · LaMelo Ball · Josh Green · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel 3.6 min
Grant Williams · Tre Mann · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James 2.7 min

DET

Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Tobias Harris · Duncan Robinson · Cade Cunningham · Jalen Duren · Ausar Thompson Starter 11.0 min
Caris LeVert · Kevin Huerter · Javonte Green · Isaiah Stewart · Cade Cunningham 5.2 min
Tobias Harris · Duncan Robinson · Cade Cunningham · Jalen Duren · Daniss Jenkins 3.5 min
Tobias Harris · Duncan Robinson · Paul Reed · Cade Cunningham · Ausar Thompson 3.5 min
Tobias Harris · Caris LeVert · Javonte Green · Isaiah Stewart · Daniss Jenkins 3.5 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Hornets defense

Cade Cunningham 17 pts (6/9) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Brandon Miller (34 %, 7 pts) · Sion James (15 %, 0 pts) · Kon Knueppel (13 %, 0 pts)
Jalen Duren 4 pts (1/7) in 37 possessions

Guarded by: Moussa Diabaté (53 %, 0 pts) · Ryan Kalkbrenner (16 %, 0 pts) · Brandon Miller (7 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Brandon Miller	Cade Cunningham: 23 poss., 7 pts (3/3) · Ausar Thompson: 16 poss., 8 pts (2/3)
Kon Knueppel	Duncan Robinson: 22 poss., 3 pts (0/2) · Caris LeVert: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
LaMelo Ball	Ausar Thompson: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Daniss Jenkins: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Grant Williams	Tobias Harris: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Paul Reed: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Sion James	Cade Cunningham: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Caris LeVert: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Josh Green	Caris LeVert: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Tobias Harris: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Miles Bridges	Tobias Harris: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Ausar Thompson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Moussa Diabaté	Jalen Duren: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Stewart: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Paul Reed: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Jalen Duren: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Daniss Jenkins: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kevin Huerter: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)

Pistons defense

LaMelo Ball 22 pts (9/11) in 48 possessions

Guarded by: Duncan Robinson (35 %, 11 pts) · Ausar Thompson (16 %, 2 pts) · Cade Cunningham (11 %, 6 pts)
Brandon Miller 11 pts (2/10) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Tobias Harris (43 %, 0 pts) · Ausar Thompson (19 %, 0 pts) · Cade Cunningham (13 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cade Cunningham	Kon Knueppel: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Josh Green: 10 poss., 7 pts (3/5)
Tobias Harris	Brandon Miller: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Miles Bridges: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Ausar Thompson	Miles Bridges: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Brandon Miller: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Duncan Robinson	LaMelo Ball: 17 poss., 11 pts (5/5) · Kon Knueppel: 11 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Jalen Duren	Moussa Diabaté: 18 poss., 9 pts (4/5) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Caris LeVert	Kon Knueppel: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Josh Green: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Paul Reed	Grant Williams: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Daniss Jenkins	Sion James: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Brandon Miller: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Javonte Green	Grant Williams: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · LaMelo Ball: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Stewart	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Moussa Diabaté: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kevin Huerter	LaMelo Ball: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tre Mann: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)