Detroit Pistons 110, Charlotte Hornets 104 — Recap

February 9, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Detroit Pistons 110, Charlotte Hornets 104. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DET 29-33 CHA; Q2 DET 32-24 CHA; Q3 DET 27-21 CHA; Q4 DET 22-26 CHA.

Top performers (box score): Cade Cunningham (DET) 33 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 12-of-27 shooting; Brandon Miller (CHA) 24 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Kon Knueppel (CHA) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-22 shooting; Duncan Robinson (DET) 18 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DET

Cade Cunningham

33 PTS, 9 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 12-27 FG

Scoring · CHA

Brandon Miller

24 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 4 3PM · 8-18 FG

Scoring · CHA

Kon Knueppel

20 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 6-13 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

DET 16 largest lead Q3 4:31 (DET 85, CHA 69) · 10-0 run, Q3 10:32–Q3 7:09

CHA 8 largest lead Q2 4:56 (DET 47, CHA 55) · 9-0 run, Q1 0:22–Q2 11:42

Swings 6 lead changes Tied 3 times

Ahead for good: Jalen Duren makes driving layup (Ausar Thompson assists) (Q3 10:32, DET 63, CHA 62).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DET	29	32	27	22		110
CHA	33	24	21	26		104

🧮 How They Scored

DETCHA

60Points in the paint26

14Fast-break points8

14Second-chance points13

23Points off turnovers12

27Bench points34

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.0%Effective FG%53.0%

9.1%Turnover %16.7%

33.3%Offensive rebound %28.9%

0.322Free-throw rate0.207

Box Score

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cade Cunningham G-F	37	33	9	7	1	0	3	12-27	2-6	7-7	+14
Tobias Harris F	35	11	5	1	1	1	1	4-11	1-4	2-2	+15
Ausar Thompson G-F	25	6	8	2	2	0	1	3-8	0-0	0-0	+3
Duncan Robinson F	24	18	3	4	0	0	1	8-10	1-3	1-2	+27
Caris LeVert G	23	5	2	1	2	1	1	2-4	0-2	1-2	-19
Jalen Duren C	20	15	5	2	1	0	1	5-7	0-0	5-5	+14
Daniss Jenkins G	19	4	3	1	2	0	1	2-6	0-2	0-0	+4
Paul Reed F	18	12	3	1	2	1	1	3-5	1-1	5-8	-6
Javonte Green G-F	15	4	0	0	0	0	0	1-5	0-4	2-2	-6
Kevin Huerter G	13	0	3	1	1	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-4
Isaiah Stewart F-C	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-12

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller F	36	24	3	3	2	1	3	8-18	4-10	4-4	-5
Kon Knueppel G-F	34	20	5	3	0	1	0	6-13	5-11	3-3	-9
LaMelo Ball G	29	20	4	4	0	0	3	8-22	4-12	0-0	-12
Grant Williams F	25	12	2	5	1	1	1	3-6	2-3	4-4	+9
Sion James G	23	6	2	3	0	0	4	2-3	2-3	0-0	-3
Josh Green G	23	5	5	1	0	0	1	1-3	1-2	2-2	+12
Miles Bridges F	20	6	4	1	0	0	3	1-6	0-3	4-4	-21
Moussa Diabate F	19	0	6	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	-13
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	17	6	4	0	0	0	0	3-4	0-0	0-0	+2
Tre Mann G	14	5	4	2	1	0	1	2-6	1-3	0-0	+10

🔬 Advanced Stats

Detroit PistonsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Cade Cunningham	Starter	37	33	54.9	39.8	+21.4	23.4
Duncan Robinson	Starter	24	18	82.7	17.2	+51.4	24.0
Jalen Duren	Starter	20	15	81.5	20.4	+35.0	26.6
Tobias Harris	Starter	35	11	46.3	16.3	+23.6	8.2
Ausar Thompson	Starter	25	6	37.5	14.3	+12.0	6.0
Paul Reed	Bench	18	12	70.4	24.4	-10.7	15.4
Caris LeVert	Bench	23	5	51.2	12.8	-38.6	5.1
Javonte Green	Bench	15	4	34.0	19.4	-7.0	-1.8
Daniss Jenkins	Bench	19	4	33.3	17.1	+16.5	3.7
Isaiah Stewart	Bench	11	2	50.0	8.7	-42.7	0.0
Kevin Huerter	Bench	13	0	0.0	7.7	-29.4	5.7
Marcus Sasser	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Miller	Starter	36	24	60.7	27.7	-8.6	14.0
LaMelo Ball	Starter	29	20	45.5	35.2	-24.3	5.2
Kon Knueppel	Starter	34	20	69.8	17.1	-18.4	16.0
Miles Bridges	Starter	20	6	38.7	24.4	-52.5	3.2
Moussa Diabate	Starter	19	0	0.0	7.1	-42.4	1.5
Grant Williams	Bench	25	12	77.3	13.8	+7.6	10.6
Sion James	Bench	23	6	100.0	12.7	-2.0	3.7
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Bench	17	6	75.0	11.1	+17.6	10.2
Josh Green	Bench	23	5	64.4	10.0	+32.4	6.3
Tre Mann	Bench	14	5	41.7	24.1	+45.0	10.4
Pat Connaughton	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Xavier Tillman	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0