After the curtain was lifted in the NBA regular season this season, the Hornets once played a good overall performance under the leadership of the three-goal Ball, but as the season progressed, several core players had different degrees of injuries, the team's record also declined significantly, and fell to the ninth place in the Eastern Conference standings, and the Eagles behind them bit very tightly under the leadership of Trae Young, if you want to keep the qualification for the playoff playoffs. They have to do even better in the next game! In this regular season, the Hornets encountered the Pistons, who ranked second from the bottom in the East, and the all-out victory was their only goal in this game, but the Pistons' performance in this game was extremely tenacious, and they had been clinging to the score, and in the last quarter, relying on Olynk's excellent play, they successfully dragged the game into the overtime war, and in the decisive moment of overtime, it was Olynic who stood up, his killer ball helped the Pistons to beat the Hornets 127-126, and the three-goal Ball's poor personal performance, It is the root cause of the team's upset loss!
The three-goal Ball who entered the NBA league as Tanhualang, although this season is only his second season, but shows the potential to grow into the league's top supergiant in the future, but the biggest problem of young players, that is, lack of stability, in the long season is prone to huge ups and downs, this campaign against the overall defense is not very good Pistons, Ball can not find the feeling of shooting in the whole game, in the 38 minutes of his appearance, 24 shots only hit 6 goals, Only contributed 17 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, and also had a team-high 4 turnovers, and even an empty basket in the decisive moment, which directly led to the team's defeat.
With three goals digging holes throughout the game, the Hornets were able to fight their opponents into overtime, with Bridges and Rozier playing a role, with Bridges hitting nine of 14 shots and one hitting a full profile of 29 points, 10 rebounds, five assists, one steal and three blocks, while Rozier hit six three-pointers and scored a game-high 33.
Cunningham, also a talented Pistons core, is better than Ball in terms of personal performance, contributing 19 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists in 32.4 minutes, and under his passing, the Pistons have scored in double figures for a total of five players in this campaign, including Sadik Bay, Grant and Olynik's personal scores of 20+, which is also the key to their upset victory.
Veteran Olynyk, who came off the bench, is undoubtedly the biggest contributor to the Pistons' victory in this game, in the fourth quarter of regular time, it is by relying on his standing up to score 13 points in a single quarter, the Pistons struggled to drag the score into the overtime war, and in the last moment of overtime, the Pistons fell behind by one point, Olynyk stepped forward and hit the killer ball to help the team laugh to the end!
After the defeat in overtime, the Hornets' position in the ninth place in the East became more precarious, as the absolute core of the team, the three-goal Ball must show his ability and responsibility in the next schedule, after all, only through the experience of the playoffs, young players and teams can grow faster!