Cade Cunningham carries Pistons past Jazz
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Pistons' stifling defense has them at top of the East
The banged-up Detroit Pistons don't have a lot of offense aside from Cade Cunningham. Thanks to their stifling defense, the Pistons have the Eastern Conference's second-best record anyway.
Cade Cunningham emerged from the tunnel at Little Caesars Arena and through the smoke machines lining the corner of the court to a Detroit crowd waiting months to see their star player return. Since the last time Cunningham played a non-preseason game at the Pistons’ home arena,
Ausar Thompson finishes top 2 in steals per game Thompson, a hyper-athletic wing, led the Pistons in steals by a wide margin last season — his 1.7 per game nearly doubled Cade Cunningham ... during Las Vegas Summer League play in July.
In the midst of the Detroit Pistons' historic turnaround last season, Cade Cunningham cemented himself as one of the NBA's top young talents. As he prepares to build off his breakout campaign, some league personnel think the best is still to come.
Cade Cunningham scored 21 points and made two free throws with 5.5 seconds left to help the Detroit Pistons hold on to beat the Houston Rockets 115-111 on Friday night. Detroit coach J.B. Bickerstaff got his 300th career win,