National Basketball Association

Playoff-chasing Pistons win again, 112-105 over Hornets

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 2:29 p.m. ET

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) Andre Drummond had 18 points and 14 rebounds and the Detroit Pistons overwhelmed Charlotte with their highest-scoring first half of the season en route to a 112-105 win over the Hornets on Friday night.

Detroit led 72-56 after two quarters and won its fifth straight game, taking a two-game lead over Chicago for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. The Pistons also pulled within a percentage point of seventh-place Indiana.

Kemba Walker scored 25 of his 29 points in the first half for Charlotte.

Detroit's lead reached 26 points in the fourth quarter before the Hornets went on a 25-4 run to cut the margin to five with less than a minute left, but the Pistons held on.