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04/10 20:50 CDT Jalen Duren scores 20 points and the Detroit Pistons beat the
Charlotte Hornets 118-100
Jalen Duren scores 20 points and the Detroit Pistons beat the Charlotte Hornets
118-100
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) --- Jalen Duren had 20 points, Duncan Robinson scored 19
and the Detroit Pistons beat Charlotte 118-100 on Friday night, locking the
Hornets into the play-in tournament.
Already assured of the top seed in the Eastern Conference, the Pistons played
their regular starters against the Hornets.
Cade Cunningham scored 14 points, Ronald Holland II had 13 and Ausar Thompson
added 12 for Detroit, which is one win shy of its first 60-win season in 20
years with one regular-season game remaining. Duren also had a game-high nine
rebounds.
LaMelo Ball had 27 points and eight assists and Brandon Miller had 22 points to
lead the Hornets.
Through late in the third quarter, the lead had changed hands 11 times with 13
ties and neither team led by more than eight.
But Charlotte held its last lead at 83-82 with 5:52 left in the third quarter
and after the teams were last tied at 87 with 2:46 left in that period, Detroit
went on a 24-8 burst for a 111-92 lead with 6:23 to play.
A sellout crowd of 19,623 for the Hornets' home finale saw the teams go at it
from the outset.
That included double technicals assessed to Charlotte's Miller and Detroit's
Robinson after Miller landed on Robinson and Robinson shoved him away after
Miller's dunk less than two minutes into the game.
Up next Pistons: Visit Indiana on Sunday. Hornets: Visit New York on Sunday for their regular-season finale. ___ AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba
Up next Pistons: Visit Indiana on Sunday. Hornets: Visit New York on Sunday for their regular-season finale. ___ AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba
