The Detroit Pistons lost to the Charlotte Hornets by 20 points, 104-84. It was the Pistons' fourth-worst shooting performance of the season (based on True Shooting Percentage). However, they have already won a game when shooting worse than Monday night. Instead, the loss on Monday can be attributed to bad reffing too many untimely fouls.
Considering it was the second night of a back-to-back, the Pistons first-quarter stat line of 7-for-21 for 20 points and outrebounding the Hornets is somewhat acceptable despite being down by eight points. The worst part of the first quarter were the five turnovers and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope getting called for two fouls: both while fighting over screens to chase the recently red-hot Nicolas Batum.