Pistons Rally For Lopsided NBA Victory

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Published on November 30 2016 6:14 am
Last Updated on November 30 2016 6:15 am

By ESPN

The Detroit Pistons could have folded when center Andre Drummond was ejected in the second quarter.

Instead, they rallied for a lopsided win with their talented big man in the locker room, routing the tired-looking Charlotte Hornets 112-89 on Tuesday night.

Harris scored 24 points and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Marcus Morris each had 18 points to lead the Pistons. Ish Smith added 13 points, including two coast-to-coast layups to ignite his team in the third quarter.

The Pistons outscored the Hornets by 23 after Drummond was ejected for a flagrant-2 foul when officials ruled he elbowed Roy Hibbert in the head. Drummond laughed and shook his head as he walked off the floor, flabbergasted that he had been ejected.

"I thought that was a key part of the game right there," Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said. "We were down after the play so to come back and be up three at the half was good."

Drummond said he didn't do it on purpose.

"I don't make the rules," Drummond said. "I just play the game. They felt that I had done something maliciously. Everybody who knows me knows that's the type player I am. At the end of the day, it wasn't my call so I took the consequences and walked off the floor."

Said Harris: "It says a lot about our team, but most importantly about guys like Aron (Baynes) and Jon (Leuer) to fill in for that role and be productive and bring the energy that he had when he was playing when he was out there."


Tuesday, November 29 Scoreboard

Detroit 112, Charlotte 89

Brooklyn 127, Los Angeles Clippers 122 (2OT)

Milwaukee 118, Cleveland 101

New Orleans 105, Los Angeles Lakers 88

Orlando 95, San Antonio 83

Utah 120, Houston 101


Wednesday, November 30 Schedule (All Times Central)

Sacramento at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Memphis at  Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Los Angeles Lakers at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Washington at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

New York at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Miami at Denver, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Indiana at Portland, 9 p.m.