Overview
- Detroit edged Washington 137–135 in overtime to extend its winning streak to seven games and move to 9–2 atop the Eastern Conference.
- Cade Cunningham posted 46 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, five steals and two blocks, joining Michael Jordan in the 40-10-10-5 club and matching Isiah Thomas as the only Pistons with a 40-point triple-double.
- The star guard shot 14-for-45 (31.1%), with 31 misses marking the most by any player in a game since the 1976–77 merger, according to ESPN Stats & Information.
- Undrafted two-way guard Daniss Jenkins forced overtime with two three-pointers in the final three seconds of regulation and finished with a career-high 24 points, eight rebounds, four steals and three assists.
- Coach J. B. Bickerstaff criticized the officiating after Cam Whitmore’s foul that sent Cunningham to the floor, saying he may raise the sequence with the league; Cunningham returned and helped close the win.