What a weird game.
For nearly three quarters, the Detroit Pistons were comatose. Down three starters — Jaden Ivey (personal), Bojan Bogdanovic (achilles), and Isaiah Stewart (hip) — against the Charlotte Hornets, the Pistons’ effort couldn’t have been worse.
They couldn’t shoot. They wouldn’t defend. They were dead on arrival.
Then, everything changed in the fourth quarter. LaMelo Ball, the Hornets star guard, went down with an injury midway through the third and, slowly, all of the good plays the Hornets were making went south.
Detroit picked up its defense, and it got them back into the game.