Detroit Pistons @ New Orleans Hornets

23-38, 8-20 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Pistons DET	27	22	20	26	95
Hornets NO	23	24	27	26	100

New Orleans HornetsHornetsNO

21-39, 11-18 Home

100

21-39, 11-18 Home

Matchups

DET

NO wins season

2-0

Game 1@ DET

Final

105

Game 2@ NO

Final

100

Eastern Conference

Central	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Detroit	60	22	.732	-	W3
Cleveland	52	30	.634	8	W1
Milwaukee	32	50	.390	28	L1
Chicago	31	51	.378	29	L2
Indiana	19	63	.232	41	L2

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