Cunningham scores 26 as Pistons beat 76ers 106-93

Cade Cunningham scored 26 points and the Detroit Pistons beat the Philadelphia 76ers 106-93 on Sunday, October 25, without trailing at any point, to stay unbeaten at 3-0.

Cunningham added eight rebounds and eight assists. Detroit scored 34 points in the first quarter and led 56-35 in the second, its biggest lead of the night.

Duncan Robinson hit five of the Pistons' 14 threes and scored 21 points. Daniss Jenkins added 18, and John Collins had 16 points and 11 rebounds for a double-double.

Philadelphia (3-1) closed the second quarter on an 11-0 run to cut the deficit to 56-46 but got no closer. The game had no lead change and no tie.

Detroit led 99-89 in the fourth quarter when a Maxey floater made it 101-93 with 1:58 left. Jenkins hit a 23-foot three-pointer at 1:03, and Ronald Holland II finished a Cunningham pass at 34.1 seconds for the final margin.

Maxey led Philadelphia with 29 points on 11-of-24 shooting but made only 1 of 5 threes. Jaylen Brown scored 16 on 5-of-20 shooting, and LeBron James had 18 points.

Shooting separated the teams. Detroit made 14 of 34 threes to Philadelphia's 7 of 27, and the Pistons had 15 offensive rebounds to the 76ers' nine.

Adem Bona grabbed 13 rebounds off the Philadelphia bench, but Detroit's reserves outscored the 76ers' 17-16.

Up next

Pistons: at the New York Knicks on Tuesday, October 27.

76ers: at the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday, October 28.