{"id":400096,"date":"2026-11-13T09:37:45","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T08:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/?p=400096"},"modified":"2026-11-15T16:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T16:27:14","slug":"cade-cunningham-historic-show-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/cade-cunningham-historic-show-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Cade Cunningham puts on a historic show in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He had started a little timidly, he didn&#8217;t look comfortable, he lacked energy&#8230; Well, Cade Cunningham has put paid to any analysis that questioned his performance with a display never before seen in the NBA, as the Detroit Pistons won away at the Washington Wizards 144-140 (after overtime).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Detroit Pistons star shone like never before to post a spectacular stat line of 52 points (16 of 25 from the field and 17 of 18 from the free-throw line), 11 assists, 5 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block, along with zero turnovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With that performance Cunningham has made history, becoming the first player to record 50 points, 10 assists and 0 turnovers since the NBA began tracking individual turnovers (the 1977-78 season). Incidentally, 30 of his 52 points came when it mattered most, in the fourth quarter and the <em>extra time<\/em>. Enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CADE CUNNINGHAM: FIRST PLAYER TO RECORD 50+ POINTS, 10+ ASSISTS WITH ZERO TURNOVERS SINCE 1977-78!<br><br>\ud83d\udd25 52 POINTS (30 IN 4Q\/OT\/2OT)<br>\ud83d\udd25 11 ASSISTS<br>\ud83d\udd25 16-25 FGM<br><br>DETROIT WINS A THRILLER IN 2OT. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0iX0hF8kFj\">pic.twitter.com\/0iX0hF8kFj<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBA\/status\/2121083956724408551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cunningham was spectacular, but by no means alone. Ausar Thompson also produced a huge performance with a triple-double of 17 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, while Daniss Jenkins went up to 21 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(Photograph by IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pistons guard racks up 52 points and leaves the home side heartbroken, despite their fight to force overtime<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":400097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[99,52,80],"class_list":["post-400096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba-post-match","tag-cade-cunningham","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-washington-wizards","no-featured-image-padding","resize-featured-image"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/vie13-cunningham.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Kiera Gardner","author_link":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/author\/kiera\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":400188,"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400096\/revisions\/400188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}