The Charlotte Hornets
(13-9) took down the Detroit Pistons (12-12) 87 to 77, with help of Kemba
Walker big fourth quarter Wednesday night. Getting back to a winning record at
home at 7-6. Marvin Williams was back in the starting lineup after missing 6
games due to a knee injury. Both teams didn’t shoot well at all, Detroit shot
38% while Charlotte only shot 34% from the field. The biggest the reason
Charlotte won was there defense, they forced 12 turnovers, switched off their
man easily and blocked out when shots went up. And Kemba scored his 14 of 25 in
the fourth quarter. The Hornets outscored the Pistons 49 to 38 in the second
half, after trailing by one at the half.
The
MVP for Hornets would be Marvin Williams with 12 points and 5 rebounds. More
importantly brought physicality on defense the Hornets was lacking when he was
out. Other leading scorers for Charlotte was Kemba Walker with 25 points, who has
scored in double digits in all 22 games this season. Nicolas Batum with 14
points and 15 rebounds. Detroit Pistons leading scores was Andre Drummond with
26 points and 20 points, his 11th 20-20 game since 2012-2013 most in
the NBA. Tobias Harris with 14 points and Reggie Jackson with 10 points. The Charlotte
Hornets play again at home this Friday against the Orlando Magic.
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