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Cade Cunningham’s triple-double lights up MSG as Pistons down Knicks https://imgur.com/cMjLfiL

By Hunter Patterson Dec 8, 2024 NEW YORK — The moment Cade Cunningham knew he had it going against the New York Knicks might have come later than expected by those watching him pick apart the home team. He was on his way to being the first Detroit Pistons player to have a triple-double in the current Madison Square Garden, which opened in 1968. With 15.5 seconds remaining in the first half, Cunningham came off an Isaiah Stewart screen and saw New York center Ariel Hukporti in drop coverage. Cunningham took one dribble and buried a pull-up 3-pointer. By the time the ball was through the net, Cunningham was up to 21 points on 5-of-7 shooting from 3, eight assists, five rebounds and no turnovers. He was well into his rhythm by then. Cunningham’s final triple of the half capped off a second quarter in which he went a perfect 4 of 4 from behind the arc and 5 of 6 overall for 16 of his 29 points. His only bucket inside the 3-point line in the second came on a layup over the outstretched arms of Hukporti and OG Anunoby. https://imgur.com/228fad9

Although Cunningham had just eight second-half points and did a majority of his work in the first 24 minutes of action, his fingerprints were all over the 120-111 win. He finished with 29 points on 9-of-17 shooting and 5 of 8 from long range, a career-high 15 assists and 10 rebounds. It was the Pistons ’ first time beating the Knicks since Nov. 6, 2019. Cunningham is amid the best stretch of his professional career, furthering a case for his first All-Star bid and making franchise history in the process. “I believe I am,” Cunningham said at his locker when asked if he thought was an All-Star. “Whenever I’m on the court every night, I feel like I’m the best player. I try to do whatever it takes to help my team win, and my teammates have made me look great this year. I’m just trying to help my team win and we’ll see what happens with it.” Cunningham also was sure to credit his teammates. The bond he shares with them is apparent. Despite Cunningham having one of the best games of his young career, he was just another guy in the locker room after the win. Pistons players enjoyed pizza over music provided by Jalen Duren. It was much less about Cunningham in the confines of the Detroit locker room and more about the road win over a top-five team in the Eastern Conference to move to 10-15. Cunningham entered the season with two triple-doubles and through the first 25 games this season, he already has five triple-doubles. Before Saturday’s performance, his 23.7 points on 45.2 percent from the field and 37.8 percent from 3-point range, 9.1 assists and 7.2 rebounds were well on pace to be career bests. In his last 10 games, Cunningham is posting 24.5 points on 40.8 percent from 3, 10.0 assists and 7.1 rebounds. Aside from back-to-back career highs in assists, his five triple-doubles are the third most in a season in franchise history (Grant Hill had 13 and 10) and the third most in the NBA this season behind former MVPs Nikola Joki and LeBron James. https://x.com/Pistons_PR/status/1865595536184635609 https://imgur.com/QDyjR56

To put Cunningham’s level of play in perspective, Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton, who started in the 2024 All-Star Game, averaged 20.1 points on 47.7 percent shooting and 36.4 percent from distance, 10.9 assists and 3.9 rebounds last season. Damian Lillard was the other starter in the East backcourt. Lillard averaged 24.3 points on 35.4 percent shooting from 3, 7.0 assists and 4.4 rebounds. Cunningham’s numbers are on par with both of the guards who started in the East last season and his numbers are producing wins, too. While Detroit’s record might not jump off the page, the Pistons were only 2-23 through their first 25 last season. This is the best start Cunningham has seen through 25 games in his four NBA seasons, and it’s the best start Detroit has had through 25 games since 2019-20. “(Cade) set the tone for the game,” Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff said postgame. “Defensively we asked him to guard (Jalen) Brunson. I thought he did a really good job of keeping him in front of him and containing him. He played a complete game tonight and I was proud of his effort, but to see the growth from game to game and the things we talked about in Boston. “And to be able to carry it over to tonight, I thought, was really good.” The 23-year-old guard is also maximizing the potential of those around him. Malik Beasley is on pace to average the second-most points of his career on 39.9 percent from behind the arc. Cunningham’s backcourt mate, Jaden Ivey, is on pace for career-highs in points, field-goal percentage and 3-point percentage. “He’s definitely up there with some of the best guards and players,” Beasley said of Cunningham in comparison to other players he’s played with. “For him to get these assists – 15? It’s easy for him. I don’t think he’ s ever had this much space before.” Beasley, Tobias Harris, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Simone Fontecchio do offer Cunningham more space than he’s had in his career. In particular, Beasley has been a huge asset for Cunningham. In Detroit’s loss to the Boston Celtics on Wednesday, Beasley moved to 100th on the NBA’s all-time 3-pointers made list. He’s second in the league with 92 total made 3s this season, the most by any player through 25 games in franchise history. Against Boston, Cunningham was only a rebound short of another triple-double. But he wasn’t too impressed with his 27-point, 14-assist, nine-rebound outing. “To be honest, I didn’t really feel like I got in the zone like I wanted to tonight,” Cunningham told The Athletic from his TD Garden locker after a 130-120 loss to the Celtics. Heading into the locker room Saturday, that question was front of mind considering how he had just played. This time, Cunningham had a different answer. “It felt a little different,” Cunningham said. “The 3-ball was falling, too. I felt like I could make whatever reads, I was making all of the reads on time and on target. I definitely felt like I was in that zone, for sure.” https://x.com/HuntPatterson_/status/1865605711209673073 https://imgur.com/eqNBcov

It remains to be seen how long Cunningham can sustain these performances and how far it’ll take the Pistons, but he is showing signs that he’s just beginning to scratch the surface of the player he can become. --- 給我100P -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 220.141.211.31 (臺灣) ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/NBAEasyChat/M.1733817289.A.D38.html