Bam Adebayo is one of the NBA’s best defenders and he was in Cade Cunningham’s face. “Any closer and I’d have fouled him,” Adebayo said postgame ([via the Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/cade-cunningham-pistons-game-winner-4ca936c11151c80da4dc597a7158a641)).
It didn’t matter. With the game on the line, Cade Cunningham continued the Piston’s magical season with a banked-in 3-pointer game-winner with 0.6 seconds left, giving Detroit the win and extending Miami’s losing streak to nine.
Did Cunningham call bank?
“I might have whispered it. I don’t think anybody heard that, though,” he said postgame.
Cunningham finished with a triple-double of 25 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists, leading the Pistons to a win that ties them with the Bucks for the No. 5 seed in the East, one game back of the Pacers at No. 4. Detroit, a team that had the worst record in the NBA two-seasons running and lost 28 straight games a season ago, could host a first-round playoff game.
With shots like this, Detroit is going to be a tough out in the playoffs, whoever it faces.
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