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Cade Cunningham’s 46-Point Triple-Double, JenkinsBuzzer 3 Push Pistons to 7th Straight in OT

Short-handed Detroit moved to 9-2 atop the East by leaning on depth after Cunningham’s award-winning week set the tone.

Overview

  • Detroit edged Washington 137-135 in overtime after Daniss Jenkins hit a game-tying corner three at the buzzer, capping 16 fourth-quarter points and finishing with 24 points and eight rebounds.
  • Cunningham delivered a career-best 46 points on 14-of-45 shooting with 12 rebounds, 11 assists and five steals, going 16-for-18 at the line in his 12th career triple-double.
  • Jalen Duren added 19 points and 14 rebounds, Duncan Robinson drilled the go-ahead three with 1:04 left in OT, and Javonte Green’s late dunk helped seal it.
  • CJ McCollum scored 42 for the Wizards, who slipped to 1-10 with their ninth straight loss, as Detroit secured its sixth double-digit fourth-quarter comeback of the season.
  • The Pistons won despite absences that included Ausar Thompson, Caris LeVert, Tobias Harris and Isaiah Stewart; earlier in the day, the NBA named Cunningham Eastern Conference Player of the Week after a 4-0 stretch and a second-half takeover in Philadelphia.