{"id":560674,"date":"2026-04-02T18:45:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/560674\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T18:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:45:15","slug":"pistons-cunningham-collapsed-lung-out-at-least-another-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/560674\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistons&#8217; Cunningham (collapsed lung) out at least another week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DETROIT &#8212; All-Star guard <a data-player-guid=\"c28c6569-86f0-3c1e-bcab-b946fbc06ff6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4432166\/cade-cunningham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cade Cunningham<\/a> of the Eastern Conference-leading <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"4e096981-dc02-51d0-3dcd-2468fcc1e22d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/det\/detroit-pistons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Pistons<\/a> will be out at least another week in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/48248405\/sources-pistons-cade-cunningham-collapsed-lung\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">recovery from a collapsed left lung<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Pistons gave an update Thursday saying Cunningham will be reevaluated in one week. He is working to return to the court being supervised by doctors and Detroit&#8217;s medical and performance staff.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/espn\/betting\/story\/_\/id\/45539787\/2025-nba-finals-odds-mvp-2025-26-championship-betting\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/r1637203_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/48315335\/nba-2025-2026-playoff-kryptonite-opponents-avoid-eastern-western-conference\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/r1634839_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<p>Detroit first announced Cunningham&#8217;s injury March 19.<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham is averaging 24.5 points and 9.9 assists for the Pistons. Only eight players in NBA history have finished a season averaging that many points and assists, and Cunningham would be the first to do so in a Detroit uniform.<\/p>\n<p>The Pistons have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/48364658\/pistons-clinch-first-division-title-18-years-win\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">clinched the Central Division<\/a> and have a four-game lead over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/bos\/boston-celtics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Boston<\/a> for the top seed in the Eastern Conference with six games remaining in the regular season. They host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/min\/minnesota-timberwolves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Minnesota<\/a> on Thursday night and start their playoff run either April 18 or 19 when the Eastern Conference quarterfinals begin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DETROIT &#8212; All-Star guard Cade Cunningham of the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons will be out at least another&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-560674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}