ORLANDO — The Detroit Pistons received a scare Thursday when Cade Cunningham, after a heavy fall, was dominated out of extra time towards the Charlotte Hornets with what the group referred to as a left hip damage.
Head coach JB Bickerstaff declined to supply an replace on Cunningham after the group’s observe on the Kia Heart on Friday, and his standing is unsure forward of their Saturday night time street recreation towards the Magic.
With 48.8 seconds left within the fourth inning Thursday, Cunningham walked to the rim, made contact and fell on his again. He grabbed his tailbone as he rolled onto his abdomen, earlier than lastly getting again as much as make a pair of free throws to place the Pistons forward, 109-107.
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He was clearly nonetheless in poor health from the autumn, and the Pistons have been with out their greatest participant as Brandon Miller closed out the Hornets’ win with eight factors in extra time.
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