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Hornets Lose Goodwin, Okafor in Loss to Pistons

• Okafor went down in the first quarter with a severe ankle sprain - will miss 2-4 weeks
• Goodwin went down in the 3rd with back spasms - will miss 1-2 weeks
• These losses coupled with Amar'e already being out leave us in a really tough spot with a gauntlet of tough games coming up
  
• As far as this game, it's tough to really be too upset even though Detroit is a bottom feeder; once Okafor left the game we lacked any kind of quality in the front court as evidenced by the rebounding disparity
  
• The other area where this game was decided was from the 3 pt line, every time it felt like we could flip the momentum they got a timely 3 from either Ben Gordon or Lou Williams

NEXT GAME - vs Boston

Detroit Pistons (11-26) at New Orleans Hornets (22-19)
Jan 17, 2012 1 2 3 4 Final Detroit 28 32 20 27 107 New Orleans 29 19 33 16 97 Top Performers Detroit Pistons B. Gordon - 29 PTS, 5-7 3PT C. Villanueva - 18 PTS, 17 REBS New Orleans Hornets D. Gallinari - 21 PTS, 11 REBS J. Goodwin - 20 PTS, 12 ASTS	Team Stats Comparison DET NOR FG Made-Att 38-87 37-87 3PT Made-Att 12-27 8-24 FT Made-Att 19-22 15-22 Rebounds 55 45 Assists 22 25 Turnovers 12 11 Steals 7 9 Blocks 0 1