The Detroit Pistons stayed with the Atlanta Hawks in a back-and-forth affair at Little Caesars Arena, but a tired Cade Cunningham and an inability to protect the paint late were too much to overcome and Detroit fell 118-113.
Cunningham wanted to put a slow start to the season behind him and put his stamp on a game, and he knew the best way to do that was to attack early and often. Cunningham ditched his unreliable 3-point stroke and instead aggressively knifed into the paint, and it led to a brilliant 22-point first half on 10-of-15 shooting.