Pistons vs Hornets Prediction, Player Props & Odds (Nov 2, 2026)

Final score by quarter

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Pistons	27	38	33	26	124
Hornets	24	30	21	16	91

How the bets settled

Closing line, DraftKings.

Game review

Detroit beat Charlotte 124-91, taking control with a 38-point second quarter and breaking the game open with a 33-21 third. After a tight first quarter, the Pistons’ efficiency and pressure turned the game into a rout.

Cade Cunningham led Detroit with 33 points and seven assists. Brandon Miller paced Charlotte with 17 points and four assists, and Moussa Diabate grabbed nine rebounds. Detroit shot 57% from the field and 49% from three against Charlotte’s 38% and 30%, and the Pistons turned turnovers into a 37-9 points-off-turnovers edge. Charlotte won the boards 44-37 and grabbed 18 offensive rebounds, but Detroit’s 30 assists and 27-4 fast-break advantage kept the game tilted.

For bettors, Detroit covered the 5.5-point spread by 27.5, and the 209.5 total went over by 5.5.

How the props finished

5 of 11 cleared

Player	Line	Price	Result
Daniss Jenkins	Over 0.5 threes made	-212 Kalshi	0 Missed
Royce O’Neale	Over 7.5 points + rebounds	-132 Cloudbet	6 Missed
Brandon Miller	Over 0.5 blocks	-159 BetRivers	0 Missed
Grayson Allen	Over 1.5 threes made	-167 BetParx	3 Cleared
Sion James	Over 1.5 assists	-175 BetRivers	3 Cleared
Duncan Robinson	Over 1.5 assists	-203 Kalshi	3 Cleared
John Collins	Over 7.5 rebounds + assists	+100 ESPN BET	4 Missed
Ausar Thompson	Over 6.5 rebounds	-101 prophetexchange	6 Missed
Coby White	Over 17.5 points + rebounds + assists	-112 prophetexchange	10 Missed
Cade Cunningham	Over 1.5 threes made	-170 Kalshi	4 Cleared
Naz Reid	Over 1.5 threes made	-203 Kalshi	2 Cleared

Each player’s top line by recent hit rate before the game, graded against the box score. These are research lines, not posted picks.

Against the spread, start to finish

Win probability

Top performers

Team stats

PistonsHornets

57%FG%38%

49%3P%30%

80%FT%74%

37Rebounds44

30Assists19

52Points in the paint36

27Fast break points4

15Turnovers27

15Steals8

7Blocks6

33Biggest lead3

Box score

Detroit PistonsCharlotte Hornets

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Duncan Robinson F	32	24	8-11	6-9	2-2	2	3	1	3	0	0	2	0	+25
John Collins F	19	4	1-4	0-1	2-2	3	1	2	1	1	1	2	4	0
Paul Reed F	28	11	5-6	0-0	1-2	5	4	1	2	2	1	4	3	+23
Cade Cunningham G	27	33	13-20	4-7	3-4	5	7	3	5	0	0	5	1	+19
Ausar Thompson G	26	14	5-7	0-0	4-5	6	4	2	0	1	1	5	3	+15
Bench
Tolu Smith F	8	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	+3
Ronald Holland II F	20	11	4-8	3-6	0-0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	+13
Isaac Jones C	6	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	5	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	+3
Javonte Green G	20	5	2-3	1-2	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	+24
Kevin Huerter G	20	9	3-6	3-5	0-0	2	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	+20
Chaz Lanier G	7	5	2-4	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	+3
Daniss Jenkins G	23	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	1	7	2	0	0	0	1	3	+14
Ebuka Okorie G	6	4	2-7	0-2	0-0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	+3
Taurean Prince	Did not play: Coach’s decision
Total		124	47-82	18-37	12-15	37	30	14	15	7	6	31	19

Team shooting: FG 57% · 3PT 49% · FT 80%

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Moussa Diabate F	24	7	3-6	0-0	1-1	9	2	0	3	1	6	3	1	-23
Brandon Miller F	31	17	7-18	3-11	0-0	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	-14
Naz Reid C	27	13	4-11	2-6	3-6	6	2	1	0	0	1	5	2	-15
Coby White G	16	7	3-9	1-5	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	+1
Sion James G	21	11	4-6	3-4	0-0	4	3	3	0	0	1	3	3	-8
Bench
Royce O’Neale F	18	2	0-3	0-3	2-2	4	0	2	1	0	1	3	1	-18
Tidjane Salaun F	19	1	0-5	0-4	1-2	7	0	1	2	2	1	6	2	-11
Hannes Steinbach F	9	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	-4
Ryan Kalkbrenner C	16	4	1-3	0-0	2-2	6	0	2	0	2	5	1	1	-9
Dennis Schroder G	23	5	2-4	0-2	1-2	2	1	5	2	0	1	1	1	-30
Grayson Allen G	19	11	3-7	3-7	2-2	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	-26
Christian Anderson G	9	8	3-5	1-1	1-1	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	-4
Liam McNeeley G	9	3	1-5	0-1	1-1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-4
Total		91	32-84	13-44	14-19	44	19	25	8	6	18	26	17

Team shooting: FG 38% · 3PT 30% · FT 74%

Attendance 18,760 · Officials: Gediminas Petraitis, Jonathan Sterling, JD Ralls

Recap: Cade Cunningham scores 33 points to help the Pistons rout the Hornets 124-91 (ESPN)

Highlights

• Ausar Thompson somehow gets the and-1 to fall (ESPN)

Play-by-play on ESPN

StatsBench picks

No StatsBench pick posted for this game. Today’s posted picks are graded live.

Betting trends

• The under has hit in 4 straight Pistons games.
• Pistons are 7-3 against the spread in their last 10.
• Hornets have failed to cover in 3 straight games.
• Hornets are 3-7 against the spread in their last 10.
• The over is 1-9 in Hornets’ last 10 games.
• Pistons are 8-2 in the last 10 meetings with the Hornets.

From each team’s last 10 games and recent meetings, against the closing line.

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Pistons vs Hornets pre-game preview

Monday’s Detroit Pistons at Charlotte Hornets game has Detroit as the moneyline favorite at -158, Charlotte at +145, Charlotte at +3.5 on the spread and a total of 209.5. The last meeting on October 28, 2026 went to Detroit 97-89 at home, and the Pistons are 8-2 straight up and 4-0 against the spread in the last 10 head-to-head meetings.

Recent form favors Detroit: the Pistons are 5-1 straight up and 5-1 ATS this season and 8-2 straight up with a 7-3 ATS mark over their last 10. Charlotte is 3-4 straight up and 3-4 ATS this season and 4-6 straight up with a 3-7 ATS mark over its last 10.

The useful angles are defensive and pace related. Detroit allows 101.8 points per game, rank 1 in the league, while Charlotte allows 106.4, rank 5. Both teams play slowly, with Detroit at 100.2 pace, rank 26, and Charlotte at 97.5, rank 30. Injury notes list Kon Knueppel and Grant Williams out for Charlotte and Jalen Duren out for Detroit, with Isaiah Joe questionable. Duncan Robinson’s over 12.5 points is -119 after clearing in 8 of last 10, and the StatsBench model projects 15.5.

Records

Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Home	Away
Pistons	5-1	5-1	2-4	2-0	3-1
Hornets	3-4	3-4	1-6	2-2	1-2

This season, regular season. ATS and O/U against each game’s closing line.

Pistons vs Hornets head-to-head

Pistons are 8-2, 4-0 ATS, O/U 0-4 in the last 10 meetings. Last time: Pistons won 97-89 on October 28, 2026.

Recent form

Detroit Pistons: last 10 (8-2, 7-3 ATS, O/U 5-5)

Charlotte Hornets: last 10 (4-6, 3-7 ATS, O/U 1-9)

Injury report

No injuries listed for either team in our data as of 9:03 AM ET.

Venue and weather

Pistons vs Hornets odds

Line movement from the open

DraftKings opening and closing numbers via ESPN.

Line movement chart