Zeller, Hornets snap Pistons’ 4-game win streak, 104-84

The young core of stars with Andre Drummond, Reggie Jackson and company have looked unsafe at certain times and if they can click on all cylinders, the Pistons can be one of the more risky teams to face.

Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan smiles as he watches his team in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Detroit Pistons in Charlotte, N.C., Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. 500 at one point in the season but have won their last four games to be where they are at the moment.

Zeller started at center for the Hornets (12-8) with Jefferson still out due to a strained left calf.

Beyond that, travel difficulties because of the heavy fog back home in MI forced the Pistons to stay here tonight, so Van Gundy and his players will have plenty of time here to ponder the loss.

Detroit rode the hot hands of (22 points) and (20), while scored 18 points with 15 rebounds. Huertas scored eight points with four assists. Marvin Williams had a double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds while three other Hornets finished in double-figure scoring.

Ersan Ilyasova posted 15 points (4-14 FG, 3-10 3Pt, 4-8 FT) with a season-high 13 rebounds over 28 minutes in Monday’s 104-84 loss to the Hornets.

Drummond picked up his fourth foul early in the second half and got his fifth moments later when Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy failed to take him out of the game.

For each of the first three years of his career, Drummond played alongside Greg Monroe in a crowded Pistons’ frontcourt. “We got crushed when Andre was out there”.

“We’re pretty much a pick-and-roll and catch-and-shoot team and we’re passing up open looks and running into the defense and they’re running out in transition, which puts us in bad position all the time”, Jackson said after the Pistons’ 36.8% shooting performance from the field. But Carmelo Anthony was called for an offensive foul as the Knicks were trying to get the ball to Porzingis for another shot, and Nowitzki followed with a free throw before Williams made two more to close it out.

The Hornets led by 11 at halftime but stretched that to 26 late in the third behind an uncontested dunk in the lane by Spencer Hawes off an over-the-shoulder feed from Jeremy Lin. However the Hornets stormed back & left little question. Bryant was questionable to play because of an illness.

Clifford had said if the Hornets were more mindful of rebounds, they would have lost to the Warriors by four or five points, not that 17-point blowout.

Drummond also leads the league in rebounding percentage (the percentage of total rebounds a player collects while on the court) at 25.4%, according to NBA.com. “That’s my game (energy) and I have to bring it every night”, Zeller said.