Detroit Pistons – Charlotte Hornets · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 6 November 2024

DET107–108CHA

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Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 94% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 40 times
· It stayed close for almost the whole game

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

↑ CHA winsDET wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when CHA leads and falls when DET does.

This is how the game was decided.

Miles Bridges decided it, the Charlotte Hornets player with the most points (27, with 7 rebounds and 2 assists; +6 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Grant Williams's (+9). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Charlotte Hornets 108-107 Detroit Pistons (November 6, 2024) was hit by Brandon Miller: a putback with 0.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Charlotte Hornets up 108-107. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Charlotte Hornets 108-107 Detroit Pistons (November 6, 2024) was a 10-0 run by the Charlotte Hornets in the first quarter (from 2:46 to 1:06), from 13-20 to 23-20. The Detroit Pistons' best was a 9-0 run between the first quarter and the second quarter, from 20-23 to 29-23.

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Play: Brandon Miller makes tip shot.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

Brandon Miller decided this game: his points put his team ahead at the buzzer of the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is the only game he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Miller decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

6 November 2024 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401704735:663; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · DET

Ivey · Harris · Hardaway · Beasley · Holland

Closing lineup · CHA

Bridges · Ball · Miller · Green · Williams

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DET

Cade Cunningham

38′ · -1

Jaden Ivey

34′ · -14

Tobias Harris

32′ · -8

Tim Hardaway Jr.

31′ · -8

Jalen Duren

8′ · +3

Malik Beasley

24′ · +12

Isaiah Stewart

26′ · -7

Simone Fontecchio

20′ · +6

Ronald Holland II

16′ · +12

Paul Reed

12′ · 0

CHA

Miles Bridges

35′ · +6

LaMelo Ball

32′ · -2

Brandon Miller

29′ · +1

Josh Green

24′ · -5

Taj Gibson

15′ · -4

Grant Williams

27′ · +9

Cody Martin

28′ · +3

Tre Mann

21′ · +4

Tidjane Salaun

12′ · -6

Seth Curry

11′ · +3

Moussa Diabate

7′ · -4

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. DET and CHA.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Detroit Pistons

Stewart, Cunningham, Ivey, Harris, and Hardaway played 9.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Cunningham, Ivey, Duren, Harris, and Hardaway played 5.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Beasley, Stewart, Cunningham, Fontecchio, and Holland played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.

Charlotte Hornets

Bridges, Ball, Green, Miller, and Gibson played 9.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Martin, Williams, Mann, Salaun, and Curry played 7.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Bridges, Martin, Williams, Mann, and Miller played 6.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 8 points.

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Detroit Pistons

Beasley, Stewart, Ivey, Fontecchio, and Holland played 5.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Reed, Cunningham, Ivey, Harris, and Hardaway played 3.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 7 points.
Beasley, Reed, Cunningham, Fontecchio, and Holland played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Beasley, Reed, Cunningham, Harris, and Hardaway played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Beasley, Stewart, Cunningham, Ivey, and Fontecchio played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Reed, Ivey, Fontecchio, Harris, and Hardaway played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Beasley, Cunningham, Ivey, Harris, and Hardaway played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Stewart, Ivey, Holland, Harris, and Hardaway played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Beasley, Cunningham, Duren, Harris, and Hardaway played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

Charlotte Hornets

Bridges, Martin, Williams, Ball, and Miller played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Bridges, Ball, Green, Diabate, and Miller played 3.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Bridges, Williams, Ball, Green, and Miller played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Bridges, Ball, Green, Gibson, and Curry played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Martin, Ball, Green, Salaun, and Gibson played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Williams, Ball, Mann, Salaun, and Curry played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Bridges, Martin, Ball, Mann, and Diabate played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Bridges, Martin, Williams, Ball, and Mann played 1.6 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Bridges, Martin, Ball, Green, and Gibson played 1.2 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Bridges, Williams, Green, Mann, and Miller played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Cade Cunningham covered 4.41 km, more than anyone in the game.

Cade Cunningham touched the ball 92 times, a game high.
LaMelo Ball made 62 passes, a game high.
Grant Williams defended 11 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 8.
Isaiah Stewart had 18 rebound chances, a game high.

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Detroit Pistons

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Cade Cunningham	4.41	7.0	92	61
Jaden Ivey	4.12	6.9	69	48
Tobias Harris	3.94	6.9	51	36
Tim Hardaway Jr.	3.57	6.5	33	21
Isaiah Stewart	3.07	6.6	34	26
Malik Beasley	2.94	6.8	30	19
Simone Fontecchio	2.40	6.9	29	24
Ronald Holland II	2.12	6.4	18	11
Paul Reed	1.58	7.1	19	11
Jalen Duren	0.92	7.2	10	8

Charlotte Hornets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Miles Bridges	4.25	6.9	59	40
LaMelo Ball	4.05	7.1	88	62
Cody Martin	3.56	7.2	31	22
Brandon Miller	3.52	6.9	59	36
Josh Green	3.20	7.5	37

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2024-25 regular season, not this game.

Detroit Pistons

Tim Hardaway Jr. drew 0.24 charges per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 6 of 388 in the league.
Jaden Ivey recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 30 games.
He ranks 9 of 388 in the league.
Isaiah Stewart contested 8.7 shots per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 18 of 388 in the league.

Charlotte Hornets

Cody Martin recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 52 games.
He ranks 7 of 388 in the league.
LaMelo Ball recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 47 games.
He ranks 16 of 388 in the league.
Miles Bridges contested 6.3 shots per game over his 64 games.
He ranks 42 of 388 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Charlotte Hornets have won 37 of their 78 games against the Detroit Pistons.

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Game context

Attendance

13.247

69.4% of capacity

Spectrum Center · Charlotte

Scoring

215

combined points

12.7 below the season average (227.7)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

24 calls reviewed3 errors admitted by the NBA

Turnover: 3 Second Violation · 00:45.0

Isaiah Stewart → Hornets

Stewart (DET) is in the lane for longer than three seconds.

Foul: Shooting · 01:14.3

Jaden Ivey → LaMelo Ball

Ivey (DET) reaches in and makes contact with Ball's (CHA) wrist after his gather, which affects his driving shot attempt in the paint.

Foul: Defense 3 Second · 01:27.8

Isaiah Stewart → Hornets

Stewart (DET) fails to the clear the lane and is in the paint for longer than three seconds without imminently actively guarding an opponent.