Cade Cunningham Scores Career-High 52 With 11 Assists and Zero Turnovers as Pistons Edge Wizards 144-140 in Double Overtime
Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham delivered the game of his career, scoring 52 points with 11 assists and zero turnovers to carry Detroit past the Washington Wizards 144-140 in double overtime. The 52 points topped his previous career high of 46.
According to the NBA, Cunningham is the first player in league history with 50 or more points, 10 or more assists and no turnovers in a game since turnovers began being tracked in 1977-78. When Washington closed the game with an 11-2 run, he answered by leading an 11-2 Pistons response of his own, including a transition 3-pointer and an assist to Duncan Robinson for the go-ahead three.
For Washington, Trae Young had 37 points and 14 assists and sank a buzzer-beating 3-pointer at the end of regulation to force overtime. The Wizards closed regulation on an 11-5 run in a game full of buzzer-beating theatrics before falling in the second overtime.
The thriller also set the stage for Friday's Emirates NBA Cup night. The third Cup Night features nine games and 18 teams, with seven unbeaten teams and eleven still seeking their first win. The headline matchups are the Knicks visiting the Pacers and the Spurs, chasing an 11th straight win, hosting the Warriors.
The group-play stakes are already tight: in the tournament's first three years, no team with two losses has advanced to the knockout rounds, putting pressure on all eleven winless teams to avoid an 0-2 start.
(Source: NBA)
Source: NBA
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Photo: 图：底特律活塞后卫 Cade Cunningham 在比赛中持球突破的资料照片。 / Photo: Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham driving with the ball in an archival game photo. (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0)
