A wise man once said, “You don’t want to be that team.” Well, the Detroit Pistons were that team in a 129-125 loss to the visiting Washington Wizards.
Cade Cunningham scored 38 points, including a career 20-of-21 night from the free-throw line. It wasn’t enough for a Pistons team who played, slow, sluggish, and unfocused for the majority of the game.
The offense was slow, too many shots were forced, the help defense was late, and they played too far off of Washington’s shooters. The Wizards made 20 3-pointers and shot 44% from deep to offset Cunningham’s game, and it was enough to steal a win in Detroit.