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Detroit Pistons vs. Charlotte Hornets

December 20, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Pistons beat the Hornets 112-86 on 2025-12-20 at home. The Pistons started Tobias Harris, Duncan Robinson, Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren, and Ausar Thompson. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, Ryan Kalkbrenner, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 13 points (4/7) in his matchups, with Duncan Robinson as his primary defender. Cade Cunningham (Pistons) scored 11 points (4/13) in his matchups, with Brandon Miller as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DET

Detroit Pistons 112

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cade Cunningham GS	35:38	22	10	10	2	0	2	3	9-20	1-5	3-4	+33
Tobias Harris GS	27:15	16	5	3	1	1	1	2	5-8	0-1	6-8	+22
Ausar Thompson GS	25:58	14	4	2	3	4	4	3	5-8	0-0	4-6	+25
Duncan Robinson GS	24:55	15	3	1	1	0	0	4	5-10	4-9	1-1	+22
Jalen Duren GS	24:39	19	11	2	1	0	1	3	9-16	0-0	1-2	+13
Isaiah Stewart	24:22	8	11	0	1	3	5	5	2-7	1-3	3-4	+11
Ronald Holland II	23:08	9	9	1	1	0	1	1	3-11	0-4	3-4	+16
Caris LeVert	17:34	2	2	0	2	1	2	0	0-2	0-2	2-2	0
Javonte Green	14:16	2	3	1	3	0	0	0	1-4	0-1	0-0	+3
Jaden Ivey	13:16	5	1	2	1	0	1	3	2-6	0-3	1-1	-14
Daniss Jenkins	4:09	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Marcus Sasser	2:25	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Paul Reed	2:25	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		112	61	23	16	10	20	25	41-93	6-28	24-32

Did not play: Wendell Moore Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 86

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kon Knueppel GS	34:27	19	7	5	0	1	4	0	5-14	4-10	5-6	-23
Miles Bridges GS	30:23	19	2	2	0	0	4	3	6-15	3-6	4-4	-19
Brandon Miller GS	30:02	14	7	0	1	2	5	3	4-16	1-6	5-5	-24
Ryan Kalkbrenner GS	24:09	4	7	2	0	1	0	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	-13
LaMelo Ball GS	23:04	8	1	6	2	2	4	6	3-14	2-7	0-0	-27
Sion James	22:03	5	5	0	1	1	1	1	2-6	1-3	0-0	-22
Tre Mann	17:50	3	4	3	2	0	2	3	1-6	0-2	1-2	+5
Tidjane Salaün	17:37	8	3	0	1	0	1	4	3-8	1-3	1-1	-7
Moussa Diabaté	16:41	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	0-2	0-0	1-2	-1
Josh Green	14:09	5	3	2	3	0	2	2	2-5	1-4	0-0	+12
Mason Plumlee	7:10	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-12
Pat Connaughton	2:25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Totals		86	43	21	12	7	23	23	28-89	13-41	17-20

Lineups

DET

Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Tobias Harris · Duncan Robinson · Cade Cunningham · Jalen Duren · Ausar Thompson Starter 11.3 min
Duncan Robinson · Javonte Green · Cade Cunningham · Jalen Duren · Ronald Holland II 5.5 min
Caris LeVert · Isaiah Stewart · Cade Cunningham · Jaden Ivey · Jalen Duren 3.4 min
Tobias Harris · Caris LeVert · Isaiah Stewart · Cade Cunningham · Ausar Thompson 3.0 min
Caris LeVert · Duncan Robinson · Isaiah Stewart · Ausar Thompson · Ronald Holland II 2.9 min

CHA

Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel Starter 9.0 min
Tre Mann · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Tidjane Salaün · Sion James 3.7 min
Miles Bridges · Josh Green · Tre Mann · Moussa Diabaté · Kon Knueppel 3.6 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Josh Green · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel 3.3 min
LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Tidjane Salaün · Sion James 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pistons defense

LaMelo Ball 13 pts (4/7) in 49 possessions

Guarded by: Duncan Robinson (39 %, 9 pts) · Ausar Thompson (14 %, 0 pts) · Ronald Holland II (11 %, 1 pts)
Brandon Miller 10 pts (3/8) in 64 possessions

Guarded by: Cade Cunningham (28 %, 0 pts) · Ronald Holland II (19 %, 2 pts) · Ausar Thompson (10 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cade Cunningham	Brandon Miller: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Miles Bridges: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Tobias Harris	Kon Knueppel: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Miles Bridges: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Ausar Thompson	Miles Bridges: 14 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · LaMelo Ball: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Duren	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 25 poss., 12 pts (6/9) · Moussa Diabaté: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Duncan Robinson	LaMelo Ball: 19 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Tre Mann: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Stewart	Moussa Diabaté: 15 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ronald Holland II	Brandon Miller: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Tidjane Salaün: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Caris LeVert	Kon Knueppel: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Green: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jaden Ivey	Kon Knueppel: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Miles Bridges: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Javonte Green	Brandon Miller: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kon Knueppel: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Daniss Jenkins	Sion James: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brandon Miller: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marcus Sasser	Tre Mann: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pat Connaughton: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Paul Reed	Moussa Diabaté: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tidjane Salaün: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hornets defense

Cade Cunningham 11 pts (4/13) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Brandon Miller (21 %, 2 pts) · Josh Green (15 %, 0 pts) · Kon Knueppel (14 %, 6 pts)
Jalen Duren 4 pts (1/7) in 52 possessions

Guarded by: Ryan Kalkbrenner (56 %, 2 pts) · Moussa Diabaté (18 %, 0 pts) · Kon Knueppel (7 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Kon Knueppel	Duncan Robinson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tobias Harris: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Brandon Miller	Cade Cunningham: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Ausar Thompson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Miles Bridges	Tobias Harris: 28 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Cade Cunningham: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Jalen Duren: 29 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Isaiah Stewart: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sion James	Ronald Holland II: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Cade Cunningham: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
LaMelo Ball	Ausar Thompson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Duncan Robinson: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tre Mann	Jaden Ivey: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Ronald Holland II: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Moussa Diabaté	Isaiah Stewart: 14 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Jalen Duren: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tidjane Salaün	Ronald Holland II: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Duncan Robinson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Josh Green	Cade Cunningham: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Caris LeVert: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Mason Plumlee	Isaiah Stewart: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tobias Harris: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pat Connaughton	Marcus Sasser: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Daniss Jenkins: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)