In Game One of the 2017-2018 regular season, the Charlotte Hornets fell to the Detroit Pistons 102-90. For the third time in the last five years, the team has dropped their season opener. Here are the biggest things to take away from the game:
This isn’t the preseason
Yes, an obvious statement I know, but it’s true.
It’s not that older players don’t try at all in the preseason, they just haven’t kicked it into gear yet. All preseason, Malik Monk and Dwayne Bacon dominated, last night was not the case.