Surprised they were complaining about the refs when it seemed like they were getting a lot of soft calls, especially when Lamelo flails when driving. And they shot more free throws.
Man I’d just point to Ausar getting the no call after he was clobbered.
Also, the Hornets are a bunch of ninnies. Welcome to Detroit basketball, where we play defense the right way.
Here’s the thing. The Pistons did/have played super physical but They will never call everything so if you yuck it up a bunch you will get away with more which is something Steve Clifford’s Hornets teams thrived on in the past.
They weren’t wrong. Refs were unreliable. Detroit definitely played more physical. Beef Stew is a walking off-ball foul. Ivey could have probably been called for 5-7 reach in fouls. But Detroit set the tone. Cade paid the price for everyone else.