When bad teams get together, good basketball rarely follows.
But fun basketball? Ohhhh yeah, there’s fun basketball.
That’s what made Tuesday’s game between the Detroit Pistons and Charlotte Hornets so good. Neither team was at full-strength and neither team played any defense — but the final result was an offensive explosion and an overtime finish.
Killian Hayes did it all as Detroit, vulnerable at times in the fourth quarter, rallied in OT to come away with an exciting 141-134 win over the Hornets in a battle of Wemby Contenders.
Detroit wavered at times, but three late 3-pointers from Hayes in the fourth and overtime helped to keep them from wilting.