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For an exciting Friday night NBA game at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Charlotte Hornets will travel to face the Detroit Pistons. The injury-plagued Charlotte Hornets finished the season with a 15-38 record, with two different eight-game losing streaks highlighting the terrible season for head coach Steve Clifford.
LaMelo Ball leads the club despite missing more than a month of play with 23.0 points, 8.2 assists, and is second on the team with 5.8 rebounds. Clearly, Charlotte’s poor performance this season is largely a result of Ball’s absence. The other two Hornets with averages of more than 20 points per game are Terry Rozier and Kelly Oubre Jr.
Having undergone surgery earlier this month, Oubre Jr. won’t be able to play until at least mid-February. With a team-best average of 12.3 points and 9.8 rebounds per game, Mason Plumlee is just shy of a double-double. With 14.9 points per game and a 34.5 percent 3-point shooting percentage, PJ Washington is fourth in the league.
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With a 13-39 record, Detroit has been terrible this year, finishing worst in the Eastern Conference. The Pistons have dropped six of their previous seven games while surrendering more than 110 points in each of those contests. The team of head coach Dwane Casey will be involved in this renovation for the long haul.
Scoring 21.4 points per game and a 41.6 percent 3-point shooting percentage, Bojan Bogdanovic leads the squad. Jaden Ivey, who was selected fifth overall last year, averages 15.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per contest. Alec Burks averages 13.5 points per game while playing nearly completely off the bench and shooting 44.6 percent from outside the arc.
This season, the defensive performances of both clubs have been dismal. This is the second of a back-to-back set for the Hornets. They have a terrible road record this year, and they haven’t had a lot of success in back-to-backs. The stress of the travel problems that resulted in the cancellation of Wednesday’s game will add to Detroit’s problems, which have been exacerbated by injuries this season.
Charlotte Hornets vs Detroit Pistons Game Information
- Date: 02/3/2023
- Time: 07:10 PM ET
- Location: Little Caesars Arena.
- How to Watch Hornets vs Pistons: NBC Sports Boston
- Live Stream: NBA Game Pass
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