The first NBA meeting between No. 1 pick Cade Cunningham and No. 2 pick Jalen Green lived up to its billing.
Green’s Houston Rockets beat Cunningham’s Detroit Pistons 111-91 on Tuesday night in the Las Vegas Summer League. Each blue-chip prospect led his team in scoring, with Cunningham putting up 20 points and Green dropping an efficient 25 points.
Cunningham was 8-for-18 from the field with four rebounds, two assists, three steals and a block. Green was 6-for-11 from the field, going 3-for-5 from deep. Green also had five rebounds, three assists and a steal.
A big difference in their scoring output was that Green was 10-for-11 from the foul line, and Cunningham didn’t shoot a free throw.