The Detroit Pistons beat the Charlotte Hornets 112-86 on Dec 20, 2025 at Little Caesars Arena.
Final · Little Caesars Arena
Top performers
- Miles Bridges led the Hornets with 19 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.
- Cade Cunningham led the Pistons with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.
Charlotte Hornets box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Bridges | 30 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6-15 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 3 |
| Kon Knueppel | 34 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5-14 | 4-10 | 5-6 | 0 |
| Brandon Miller | 30 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4-16 | 1-6 | 5-5 | 3 |
| LaMelo Ball | 23 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3-14 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 6 |
| Tidjane Salaun | 18 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 4 |
| Josh Green | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Sion James | 22 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Ryan Kalkbrenner | 24 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Tre Mann | 18 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 3 |
| Moussa Diabate | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 |
| Pat Connaughton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Mason Plumlee | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 239 | 86 | 43 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 28-89 | 13-41 | 17-20 | 23 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Detroit Pistons box score
| MIN: Minutes on the floor. | PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | REB: Missed shots the player collected, at either end of the floor. | AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket. | STL: Possessions taken off the opponent by picking off a pass or a dribble. | BLK: Opponent shots swatted away before they reached the rim. | TO: Possessions handed to the opponent by a bad pass, a lost dribble or an offensive foul — lower is better. | FG: Shots from the floor made and attempted, written made-attempted. | 3PT: Three-pointers made and attempted, written made-attempted. | FT: Free throws made and attempted, written made-attempted. | PF: Fouls committed. Six in one game and the player is disqualified — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cade Cunningham | 36 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9-20 | 1-5 | 3-4 | 3 |
| Jalen Duren | 25 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9-16 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3 |
| Tobias Harris | 27 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 6-8 | 2 |
| Duncan Robinson | 25 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5-10 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 4 |
| Ausar Thompson | 26 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 3 |
| Ronald Holland II | 23 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3-11 | 0-4 | 3-4 | 1 |
| Isaiah Stewart | 24 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 5 |
| Jaden Ivey | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 3 |
| Caris LeVert | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 |
| Javonte Green | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Paul Reed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Marcus Sasser | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Daniss Jenkins | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Team | 239 | 112 | 61 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 41-93 | 6-28 | 24-32 | 25 |
What the columns mean: MIN · PTS · REB · AST · STL · BLK · TO · PF
Before and after
- Hornets · 2025-26 season · Previous Dec 18, 2025: ATL 126, CHA 133 · Next Dec 22, 2025: CHA 132, CLE 139
- Pistons · 2025-26 season · Previous Dec 18, 2025: DET 114, DAL 116 · Next Dec 22, 2025: DET 110, POR 102