The Detroit Pistons will travel to Charlotte, North Carolina to face the Charlotte Hornets at the Spectrum Center with the game tipping off on Friday evening at 7:00 PM ET.

Detroit enters this game with a record of 0-1 following a 102-103 loss on the road against the Miami Heat while covering the 9.5-point spread as a road underdog on Wednesday evening. Cade Cunningham led the team in scoring and assists with 30 points and 9 assists. Jalen Duren and Isaiah Stewart were tied for the team lead in rebounds with 14 rebounds apiece. Killian Hayes led the team in steals with two steals. Ausar Thompson led the team in blocks with five blocks. 

The Detroit Pistons are averaging 102 points per game this season which is the 4^th lowest average in the NBA while allowing an average of 103 points per game which ranks 5^th in the league. Cade Cunningham leads the team in scoring and assists with an average of 30 points and 9 assists per game this season. Jalen Duren and Isaiah Stewart are tied for the team lead in rebounds this season with an average of 14 rebounds per game apiece. Killian Hayes leads the team in steals this season with an average of two assists per game. Ausar Thompson leads the team in blocks with an average of 5 blocks per game on the year.

The Charlotte Hornets enter this game with a record of 1-0 following a 116-110 win at home against the Atlanta Hawks while covering the 4-point spread as a home underdog by winning the game outright on Wednesday. PJ Washington led the team in scoring with 25 points. Mark Williams led the team in rebounds and steals with 15 rebounds and three steals. LaMelo Ball led the team in assists with ten assists. Gordon Hayward, Nick Richards, and Mark Williams were tied for the team lead in blocks with a block apiece. 

Charlotte is averaging 116 points per game which is tied for 9^th in the NBA while allowing an average of 110 points per game which ranks 13^th in the league. PJ Washington leads the team in scoring this season with an average of 25 points per game. Mark Williams leads the team in rebounds and steals with 15 rebounds and three steals per game on the year. LaMelo Ball leads the team in assists with an average of 10 assists per game. Gordon Hayward, Nick RIchards, and Mark Williams are tied for the team lead in blocks this season with an average of 1 block per game apiece.

BookMaker has the Charlotte Hornets listed as 4-point favorites at home against the Detroit Pistons on Friday. Charlotte has won seven of the last ten and two of the last three meetings while winning by an average margin of 7.7 points per game over the last ten and 5 points per game over the last three games in the series. Both teams are 5-5 ATS in the last ten while the Hornets are 2-1 ATS in the last three matchups.

Charlotte is a high-scoring team while the Pistons like to slow the game down, however, that has favored the Hornets in the series as they have won seven of the last ten and two of the last three meetings while also going 2-1 ATS in the last three contests. I look for those trends to continue in this matchup which is why I am laying the 4 points with the Charlotte Hornets when they host the Detroit Pistons on Friday.