Cade Cunningham scored a career-high 52 points and added 11 assists to help the visiting Detroit Pistons post a 144-140 double-overtime victory over the Washington Wizards on Thursday.
Cunningham became the first NBA player to record a 50-point, 10-assist game without committing a turnover since individual turnovers began being tracked in 1977-78.
Cunningham scored 18 points in the fourth quarter to help send the game to overtime and went 17-for-18 from the free-throw line. Ausar Thompson recorded a triple-double with 17 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. Daniss Jenkins added 21 points, while Paul Reed had 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Trae Young led Washington with 37 points and 14 assists, while Anthony Davis finished with 30 points and 15 rebounds. Alex Sarr also scored 30 points for the Wizards, who lost their sixth straight game.
Cunningham opened the second overtime with a 3-pointer, and Thompson followed with a layup to give the Pistons a 137-132 lead.
Bilal Coulibaly dunked to pull Washington within two with 1:14 remaining, but Cunningham hit a fadeaway jumper to make it 142-138 with 25.3 seconds left.
After Young made two free throws, Kevin Huerter sealed the win with a pair of foul shots with 11 seconds remaining.
Kyshawn George opened the first overtime with a 3-pointer before Davis’ mid-range jumper and Sarr’s dunk put the Wizards ahead 128-121.
Cunningham then scored four consecutive points before Thompson’s putback layup pulled Detroit within one. Davis dunked to give Washington a 130-127 lead with 1:20 left.
Cunningham buried a 3-pointer with 33 seconds remaining to tie the score. Young then missed a floater, and Duncan Robinson hit a long 2-pointer with nine seconds left to give Detroit a 132-130 edge.
AJ Dybantsa hit a jumper with one-tenth of a second remaining to send the game to a second overtime.
Washington trailed 94-90 entering the fourth quarter.
Davis hit a jumper to cut the Wizards’ deficit to two at the 4:51 mark, but Cunningham scored the next four points to extend Detroit’s lead to 114-108.
Sarr made a 3-pointer to trim the margin to three. Washington later trailed by two before George drilled a triple to give the Wizards a 118-117 advantage with 32.5 seconds left.
Cunningham was fouled and made two free throws to put Detroit back ahead with 26.4 seconds remaining. The Pistons forced a shot-clock violation on the other end, and Cunningham made two more foul shots to put Detroit up 121-118 with less than two seconds left.
After a Washington timeout, Young made a contested 3-pointer at the buzzer to send the game to overtime.
–Field Level Media
