Pistols Firing · Nov 5, 2021
Cade Cunningham Logs First NBA Double-Double in Third Career Appearance
[Photo via: Bruce Waterfield, OSU Athletics]The NBA’s first overall pick had to wait until his team’s eighth overall game to reach double digits in scoring.
Cade Cunningham recorded his first double-double (of many to come, no doubt) on Thursday night, scoring 18 points and grabbing 11 boards during his Detroit Pistons’ 109-98 loss at home to the Philadelphia 76ers.
This hasn’t exactly been the storybook opening to Cade’s career but such is the start for No. 1 picks.
Thursday’s result marked the seventh win in nine tries for the Eastern Conference’s second-place Sixers but it was the eight defeat for the last-placed Pistons in nine. The road for a No. 1 pick is not so easy, early.