1/8/2018 New Orleans v. Detroit Game Preview

Detroit Pistons (21-18, 8-13 away)
New Orleans Pelicans (20-19, 10-9 home)
January 8, 2018 at 8:00 PM ET
Regular Season

Smoothie King Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

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Season Series - New Orleans won 2-0

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Jan 8, 2018 Detroit New Orleans 109 - 112 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 12, 2018 New Orleans Detroit 118 - 103 New Orleans Regular Season Little Caesars Arena

2017-2018 Team Stats

GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
Detroit8248.3103.839.186.9.45010.828.9.37314.719.8.74510.133.643.722.87.73.913.618.4
New Orleans8248.7111.742.788.3.48310.228.2.36216.120.9.7728.735.744.426.88.05.915.219.1
DET Opponents8248.3103.939.185.2.45911.130.8.35914.618.9.7769.234.543.825.27.34.915.018.4
NOP Opponents8248.7110.441.791.9.45410.930.6.35516.120.5.78410.834.745.523.78.24.214.620.4


Head to Head Since 1946-1947

Date Away Team Home Team Score Winner Game Type Venue
Mar 1, 2017 Detroit New Orleans 86 - 109 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 1, 2017 New Orleans Detroit 98 - 118 Detroit Regular Season The Palace of Auburn Hills
Feb 21, 2016 New Orleans Detroit 111 - 106 New Orleans Regular Season The Palace of Auburn Hills
Jan 21, 2016 Detroit New Orleans 99 - 115 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 4, 2015 Detroit New Orleans 85 - 88 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 14, 2015 New Orleans Detroit 105 - 94 New Orleans Regular Season The Palace of Auburn Hills
Jan 24, 2014 New Orleans Detroit 103 - 101 New Orleans Regular Season The Palace of Auburn Hills
Dec 11, 2013 Detroit New Orleans 106 - 111 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 1, 2013 Detroit New Orleans 95 - 100 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 11, 2013 New Orleans Detroit 105 - 86 New Orleans Regular Season The Palace of Auburn Hills
Feb 4, 2012 New Orleans Detroit 87 - 89 Detroit Regular Season The Palace of Auburn Hills
Dec 19, 2010 New Orleans Detroit 108 - 111 Detroit Regular Season The Palace of Auburn Hills
Dec 8, 2010 Detroit New Orleans 74 - 93 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 15, 2010 New Orleans Detroit 104 - 110 Detroit Regular Season The Palace of Auburn Hills
Dec 16, 2009 Detroit New Orleans 87 - 95 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 25, 2009 Detroit New Orleans 87 - 90 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 17, 2009 New Orleans Detroit 91 - 85 New Orleans Regular Season The Palace of Auburn Hills
Mar 16, 2008 New Orleans Detroit 84 - 105 Detroit Regular Season The Palace of Auburn Hills
Dec 5, 2007 Detroit New Orleans 91 - 76 Detroit Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Jan 4, 2007 Detroit New Orleans 92 - 68 Detroit Regular Season Paycom Center
Nov 15, 2006 New Orleans Detroit 100 - 99 New Orleans Regular Season The Palace of Auburn Hills
Apr 4, 2006 New Orleans Detroit 93 - 101 Detroit Regular Season The Palace of Auburn Hills
Jan 10, 2006 Detroit New Orleans 96 - 86 Detroit Regular Season Paycom Center
Jan 12, 2005 New Orleans Detroit 76 - 90 Detroit Regular Season The Palace of Auburn Hills
Dec 4, 2004 Detroit New Orleans 92 - 69 Detroit Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Mar 23, 2004 Detroit New Orleans 81 - 82 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 6, 2004 Detroit New Orleans 81 - 92 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Dec 29, 2003 New Orleans Detroit 99 - 108 Detroit Regular Season The Palace of Auburn Hills
Nov 23, 2003 New Orleans Detroit 81 - 80 New Orleans Regular Season The Palace of Auburn Hills
Apr 11, 2003 Detroit New Orleans 89 - 93 New Orleans Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Feb 22, 2003 New Orleans Detroit 93 - 91 New Orleans Regular Season The Palace of Auburn Hills
Jan 10, 2003 Detroit New Orleans 101 - 99 Detroit Regular Season Smoothie King Center
Nov 12, 2002 New Orleans Detroit 87 - 93 Detroit Regular Season The Palace of Auburn Hills

2017-2018 Detroit Pistons Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters I. Smith R. Jackson R. Bullock S. Johnson A. Drummond
Rotation D. Buycks L. Kennard   J. Leuer E. Moreland
Rotation   L. Galloway      
Lim PT   R. Hearn   H. Ellenson  
Lim PT       B. Griffin  

2017-2018 New Orleans Pelicans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Holiday E. Moore D. Miller A. Davis E. Okafor
Rotation     S. Hill C. Diallo  
Lim PT   F. Jackson   N. Mirotic A. Ajinca
Lim PT   D. Liggins      

Detroit Pistons Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
22 Avery Bradley PG 40 31.7 15.0 5.8 14.2 .409 1.9 4.8 .381 1.5 2.0 .762 0.5 1.9 2.4 2.1 1.1 0.2 2.3 2.0
25 Reggie Bullock SG 62 27.9 11.3 4.3 8.8 .489 2.0 4.5 .445 0.6 0.8 .796 0.4 2.0 2.5 1.5 0.8 0.2 0.8 1.1
20 Dwight Buycks G 29 14.7 7.4 2.8 6.8 .414 0.5 1.6 .333 1.2 1.4 .878 0.4 1.0 1.4 2.0 0.7 0.1 1.3 1.3
0 Andre Drummond C 78 33.7 15.0 6.0 11.3 .529 0.0 0.1 .000 3.1 5.1 .605 5.1 10.9 16.0 3.0 1.5 1.6 2.6 3.2
8 Henry Ellenson PF 38 8.7 4.0 1.4 3.8 .363 0.5 1.6 .333 0.7 0.8 .862 0.3 1.9 2.1 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.6
9 Langston Galloway G 58 14.9 6.2 2.2 5.9 .371 1.3 3.8 .344 0.6 0.7 .805 0.2 1.4 1.6 1.0 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.7
34 Tobias Harris F 48 32.6 18.1 6.7 14.8 .451 2.4 5.8 .409 2.4 2.8 .846 0.8 4.3 5.1 2.0 0.7 0.3 1.1 1.9
1 Reggie Jackson G 45 26.7 14.6 5.5 12.8 .426 1.2 3.8 .308 2.5 3.0 .836 0.6 2.1 2.8 5.3 0.6 0.1 2.2 1.9
7 Stanley Johnson G 69 27.4 8.7 3.0 8.1 .375 1.0 3.4 .286 1.6 2.1 .772 0.5 3.2 3.7 1.6 1.4 0.2 1.1 2.4
5 Luke Kennard SG 73 20.0 7.6 2.8 6.4 .443 1.1 2.7 .415 0.9 1.0 .855 0.3 2.1 2.4 1.7 0.6 0.2 0.9 1.2
30 Jon Leuer PF 8 17.1 5.4 1.9 4.5 .417 0.0 0.4 .000 1.6 1.9 .867 0.9 3.1 4.0 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.9 2.0
51 Boban Marjanovic C 19 9.0 6.2 2.2 4.2 .519 0.0 0.0 .000 1.9 2.4 .800 0.8 2.2 3.0 0.7 0.2 0.3 1.2 1.5
44 Luis Montero SF 2 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0 .000 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
24 Eric Moreland FC 67 12.0 2.1 1.0 1.8 .541 0.0 0.0 .000 0.2 0.4 .379 1.2 2.9 4.1 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.6 1.7
14 Ish Smith PG 82 24.9 10.9 4.7 9.8 .486 0.4 1.2 .347 1.0 1.4 .698 0.3 2.4 2.7 4.4 0.8 0.2 1.3 1.7
43 Anthony Tolliver PF 79 22.2 8.9 2.8 6.0 .464 2.0 4.6 .436 1.3 1.7 .797 0.6 2.4 3.1 1.1 0.4 0.3 0.7 1.8

New Orleans Pelicans Player Stats

# Player Pos GPMPGPPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%ORBDRBTRBAPGSPGBPGTOVPF
42 Alexis Ajinca C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
25 Tony Allen SG 22 12.4 4.7 2.0 4.1 .484 0.2 0.5 .333 0.5 1.0 .524 0.9 1.2 2.1 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.9 2.2
3 Omer Asik C 14 8.6 1.3 0.5 1.1 .438 0.0 0.0 .000 0.3 0.9 .333 0.5 2.1 2.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 1.0
2 Ian Clark G 74 19.7 7.4 3.0 6.7 .448 0.8 2.6 .318 0.6 0.8 .763 0.1 1.6 1.7 1.5 0.4 0.1 0.8 1.6
4 Charles Cooke G 13 2.9 0.5 0.2 1.1 .143 0.1 0.6 .125 0.1 0.2 .500 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
0 DeMarcus Cousins C 48 36.2 25.2 8.5 18.0 .470 2.2 6.1 .354 6.1 8.2 .746 2.2 10.7 12.9 5.4 1.7 1.6 5.0 3.8
33 Dante Cunningham F 51 21.9 5.0 1.9 4.4 .440 0.7 2.1 .324 0.4 0.7 .556 1.0 2.8 3.8 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 1.5
23 Anthony Davis PF 75 36.4 28.1 10.4 19.5 .534 0.7 2.2 .340 6.6 8.0 .828 2.5 8.6 11.1 2.3 1.5 2.6 2.2 2.1
13 Cheick Diallo PF 52 11.2 4.9 2.0 3.4 .580 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.3 .758 0.9 3.2 4.1 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.5 1.6
44 Solomon Hill SF 12 15.6 2.4 0.9 3.4 .268 0.3 1.8 .190 0.2 0.5 .500 0.8 2.2 3.0 1.8 0.6 0.1 0.8 1.8
11 Jrue Holiday G 81 36.1 19.0 7.6 15.4 .494 1.5 4.4 .337 2.3 2.9 .786 0.8 3.7 4.5 6.0 1.5 0.8 2.6 2.5
15 Frank Jackson SG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
12 Jalen Jones SG 4 4.8 1.2 0.2 1.0 .250 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.5 0.5 1.000 0.0 0.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5
21 Darius Miller GF 82 23.7 7.8 2.6 5.9 .444 1.8 4.4 .411 0.7 0.8 .866 0.2 1.8 2.0 1.4 0.3 0.2 0.7 2.0
55 E'Twaun Moore SG 82 31.5 12.5 5.2 10.1 .508 1.6 3.7 .425 0.6 0.8 .706 0.7 2.2 2.9 2.3 1.0 0.1 1.2 2.2
14 Jameer Nelson G 43 20.9 5.1 2.0 4.8 .410 0.9 2.6 .364 0.3 0.4 .765 0.3 2.0 2.2 3.6 0.5 0.1 1.3 1.6
9 Rajon Rondo PG 65 26.2 8.3 3.6 7.6 .468 0.8 2.3 .333 0.4 0.7 .543 0.5 3.6 4.0 8.2 1.1 0.2 2.3 1.8

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