Overview
- Detroit edged Washington 137-135 in overtime to move to 9-2 with a seven-game winning streak and the East’s top record.
- Two-way guard Daniss Jenkins forced overtime with two threes in the final seconds of regulation and finished with a career-high 24 points plus eight rebounds.
- Cade Cunningham posted 46 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists and five steals, joining Michael Jordan in a rare statistical club while also missing 31 shots on 14-of-45 shooting, the most misses by any player since the 1976–77 merger.
- Cunningham briefly exited after a hard foul by Cam Whitmore, returned to close the game, and coach J.B. Bickerstaff criticized the officiating and drew a technical.
- Detroit played short-handed without Ausar Thompson, Tobias Harris, Jaden Ivey, Isaiah Stewart, Caris LeVert and Marcus Sasser, with Jalen Duren adding 19 points and 14 rebounds and Javonte Green contributing a double-double.