{"id":269145,"date":"2025-11-08T03:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T03:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/269145\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T03:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T03:30:10","slug":"cunningham-duren-lead-the-pistons-past-the-nets-in-an-nba-cup-group-opener-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/269145\/","title":{"rendered":"Cunningham, Duren lead the Pistons past the Nets in an NBA Cup group opener \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Cade Cunningham had 34 points and 10 assists, Jalen Duren added 30 points and 11 rebounds and the Detroit Pistons beat the Brooklyn Nets 125-107 on Friday in an NBA Cup group opener.<\/p>\n

Cunningham was 13 for 18 from the field and made all six of his free throws to help lead Detroit to its fifth straight victory and a 7-2 record. The All-Star point guard has averaged 29.8 points and 11.2 assists while shooting 54% from the field during the streak.<\/p>\n

Ausar Thompson had 14 points, and Caris Levert added 10 for the Pistons. They have won their last four meetings against Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDetroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham (2) reacts after scoring and drawing a foul during the second half of an NBA Cup basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo\/Heather Khalifa)<\/p>\n

Michael Porter Jr. scored 28 points for Brooklyn, and Noah Clowney added 19 as the Nets fell to 1-8. They were without Cam Thomas because of a strained left hamstring. He will be reevaluated in three to four weeks.<\/p>\n

Detroit fell behind by 10 points in the first quarter and led by five at halftime before Cunningham took over in the third with 14 points as Pistons had a 34-19 edge in the period.<\/p>\n

Cunningham led a 7-0 run with five points to extend the lead to 72-57 with 9:05 left in the period as the Nets called a timeout. He then ignited another 7-0 run with a basket and a free throw before Duren\u2019s dunk capped the spurt to make it 82-65 with 4:04 remaining in the quarter.<\/p>\n

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Up next<\/p>\n

Pistons: At Philadelphia on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Nets: At New York on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

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AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Cade Cunningham had 34 points and 10 assists, Jalen Duren added 30 points and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-269145","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}