Significant event last night in Detroit. We were waiting for him, we were even getting impatient, and last night the No. 1 of the Draft took his first steps with the Pistons, a good twenty minutes to frolic and find sensations. Cherry on the cake ? Detroit even won its first game of the season against the Magic. From there to see a reconciliation not sure, but that’s still two good news for the Pistons, so Michigan is celebrating.
The home stats of this U20 championship shock is right here
Small detail of the story, the Pistons celebrated this night the 40 years of the first game in Detroit of a rookie named Isiah Thomas, deflowering during which the future Hall Of Famer and double NBA champion will slam the trifle of 31 points and 11 assists . Spoiler, the little genius Cunningham is far from it this morning but essential announcement: Dwane Casey had foreseen that it was better to go slowly with his foal. 25 minutes max planned for the crack, a warm-up in short, a useful temperature measurement before gradually increasing in speed. And that’s exactly what we’ll have witnessed tonight, except that Cade’s presence seemed to galvanize Michigan troops tonight with this first win of the season. Cade? 2 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists in 19 minutes, a powerful and silky drive to unlock the counter, 6 rebounds in the first quarter but above all the feeling of seeing a guy who respectfully tries to blend into the background by adding a little flavor. Hustle too, we saw him throw himself to the ground to snatch a ball, and therefore, above all, Pistons almost in unison to go and win their first win.
Pistons starters appear to be Hayes, Cunningham, Bey, Grant and Stewart. Two of these players can legally buy alcohol.
— James Edwards III (@JLEdwardsIII) October 30, 2021
A match that could have fallen into the hands of two German brothers, Franz and Moritz Wagner having almost made this night of the Magic Bayern Munich Florida (32 points for the reuhfs, 7/12 from the parking lot), or in that of Cole Anthony and his back-up RJ Hampton. But enough talk of the Orlando CP class and big up tonight to those Pistons, to Jeremy Grant, his big start to the game and his 22 points, to a Kelly Olynyk / Josh Jackson duo who would be cut pretty much in all of them. franchises in the world but which has done devilishly the job since the start of the season with the Pistounes, big up also to an Isaiah Stewart solid below, to a Killian Hayes still clumsy but we saw rather at ease alongside his new teammate, to that always helpful Uncle Cory Joseph. A victory acquired due to a big run at the end of the third quarter (19-4), and a hell of a lot of air therefore for Detroit, who left this morning the sticky suit of the the only team in the League unable to to win. And while adversity might have helped them out, that in no way takes away the demonstrated envy and logical hype surrounding the debut of the city’s potential new sheriff.
And the first points for Cade Cunningham in the NBA, with the Detroit Pistons. pic.twitter.com/LSzUBImUt4
– Pistons France (@DetPistonsFR) October 31, 2021
Fifth game and first win for the Pistons, sixth game and fifth loss for the Magic. There was a smell of Gueugnon-Laval last night at Little Caesars Arena, a smell of G League or even NCAA, but some of the kids seen might be the stars of tomorrow. Finally the day after tomorrow. But hey, Paris was not done in a day, except in Betclic Elite.
