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Detroit Pistons beat Washington Wizards 144-140 in double overtime as Cade Cunningham scores career-high 52
Cade Cunningham scored a career-high 52 and Ausar Thompson had a triple-double as the Pistons outlasted the Wizards in two overtimes after Trae Young and AJ Dybantsa forced the extra periods.
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Cade Cunningham scored a career-high 52 points, Ausar Thompson had a triple-double, and the Detroit Pistons beat the Washington Wizards 144-140 in double overtime at Capital One Arena on Thursday, November 12. Detroit improved to 8-3 and has won two games in a row, both against Washington. The Wizards lost their fifth straight and fell to 4-9.
Cunningham went 16-of-25 from the field, 3-of-5 from three and 17-of-18 at the free throw line, with 11 assists and 5 rebounds in 48 minutes. His previous career high was 46. Thompson finished with 17 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks.
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Two threes to force overtime
Paul Reed’s reverse layup from Cunningham made it 116-110 Detroit with 2:38 left in regulation. Alex Sarr answered with a three, Trae Young made two free throws, and Kyshawn George’s 30-foot three from Sarr gave Washington a 118-117 lead with 32.5 seconds left.
Cunningham made two free throws to put Detroit back in front, then two more with 1.8 seconds left for a 121-118 lead. Young took the inbounds pass from George and hit a 29-foot three with 1.1 seconds left to tie it 121-121.
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Dybantsa’s answer in the first overtime
Washington opened the first overtime with seven straight points on a George three, an Anthony Davis floater and a Sarr alley-oop dunk, and led 128-121. Cunningham scored the next four points and Thompson added a tip-in. After a Davis dunk, Cunningham’s 26-foot pull-up three tied it 130-130 with 33.1 seconds left, and Duncan Robinson’s jumper from Cunningham put Detroit ahead with 9.6 seconds to go. Rookie AJ Dybantsa answered with a pull-up jumper with 2.8 seconds left to tie it 132-132.
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Cunningham closes it
Cunningham opened the second overtime with a three from Thompson, and Thompson’s tip-in made it 137-132. Washington got within 140-138 on Bilal Coulibaly’s dunk with 1:14 left. Cunningham’s 12-foot jumper with 25.3 seconds left made it 142-138, his 51st and 52nd points, and Kevin Huerter’s two free throws with 11.4 seconds left sealed it.
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Around the box
Daniss Jenkins scored 21 points for Detroit, Robinson had 13, Reed had 13 points and 11 rebounds off the bench and was +25, and John Collins scored 10. The Pistons made 33 of 39 free throws and had 26 fast break points.
Young scored 37 points with 14 assists and made all 17 of his free throws, though he shot 8-of-23 from the field. Davis had 30 points and 15 rebounds, and Sarr scored 30 on 12-of-14 shooting with 4 threes and 9 rebounds. George scored 14 and went 3-of-3 from deep, Tre Johnson had 13, and Dybantsa had 5 points and 8 rebounds on 2-of-10 shooting. Washington scored 62 points in the paint. Attendance was 17,443.
What’s next
The Pistons visit the Miami Heat on Saturday, November 14, at 8 p.m. ET (3 a.m. Sunday Cairo time). The Wizards host the Houston Rockets on Sunday, November 15, at 7 p.m. ET (2 a.m. Monday Cairo time).
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