Cade Cunningham set a personal record by scoring 52 points, and provided his teammates with 11 assists, to lead the Detroit Pistons to a 144-140 victory over their host Washington Wizards after two overtimes in a match held last night in the NBA League.
Cunningham became the first player in the history of the NBA to score at least 50 points and provide 10 or more assists in one game without losing the ball, since this statistic began being monitored individually in the 1977-1978 season.
Cunningham scored 18 points in the fourth quarter, helping his team equalize and go to extra time, and he also scored 17 free throws out of 18 attempts.
Osar Thompson achieved triple double figures after scoring 17 points, grabbing 11 rebounds, and providing 11 assists, contributing to the Pistons’ second win in a row.
Trae Young led Washington with 37 points and 14 assists, while Anthony Davis scored 30 points and grabbed 15 rebounds. Alex Sarr added another 30 points for the Wizards, who suffered their sixth loss in a row.
For his part, Devin Booker scored 30 points, provided 7 assists to his teammates, and stole three balls from the opponent, to lead his team, the Phoenix Suns, to victory over the visiting Charlotte Hornets, with a score of 101-96.
Miles Bridges won in his first match against his former team, as the Suns continued their victories, after grabbing their fourth victory in their last five matches in the competition, after a faltering start that saw them suffer 5 defeats in their first six matches.
Dillon Brooks also contributed 15 points in the game, while Colin Gillespie added 13 points for the Suns.
Bridges finished the game with 11 points and 6 rebounds. The player, who was selected twelfth in the draft in 2018, spent his first seven seasons with Charlotte, where he ranks third on the team’s all-time leading scorers list, before moving to Phoenix as part of a deal that included the transfer of Grayson Allen and Royce O’Neal to the Hornets.
For the Hornets, Coby White scored 21 points, his teammate Naz Reid added 16 points, Allen scored 14 points, and Christian Anderson finished with 13 points.
28 seconds before the end, Booker gave the Phoenix a 97-91 lead by scoring a three-pointer, but Royce O'Neal succeeded in scoring a four-point game by scoring a three-pointer and receiving an additional free throw after a foul was called in his favor, reducing the difference to two points.
In the decisive moments, Bridges scored two free throws, and Booker added two more after stealing the ball, so the Suns maintained their advantage until the end.
Booker had scored 13 points in the first quarter to give Phoenix a 28-22 lead, then the Suns expanded the gap to 48-31 midway through the second quarter, but Charlotte came back strong at the end of this quarter, reducing the gap to 55-50 thanks to a three-pointer from Allen.
The Charlotte Hornets will host the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday evening, local time, while the Phoenix Suns will play against the Los Angeles Lakers on the same day.
The rest of the matches that were held in the same round on the same day resulted in the Philadelphia 76ers defeating the host Toronto Raptors with a score of 123-112, the Detroit Pistons defeating the host Washington Wizards 144-140, and the Minnesota Timberwolves defeating the guest Dallas Mavericks 133-94.
The crisis of the French national football team, which is suffering from the loss of a large number of its players during the current international break due to injury, has doubled.
The French national team lost another important player from its ranks, after Daewoo Upamecano left the team camp following the 3-1 loss to Italy, at the San Siro Stadium in Milan, on Thursday evening, in the European Nations League championship.
The French national team announced on Friday that the German Bayern Munich defender had obtained permission from coach Zinedine Zidane to return to Munich for “personal” reasons.
Pio Esposito had scored two goals on Thursday, leading Italy to achieve a valuable victory over France, which was the first victory for the blue team in its home stadium over the “Roosters” in 64 years. This is also the first defeat for Zidane since he took over the leadership of the French national team, succeeding Didier Deschamps, after the last World Cup finals in the summer of this year.
With this victory, Italy topped the standings of Group A in the first level of the continental competition, ahead of France, which is in second place, and equal with it in the same score, on goal difference, and Zidane’s team is scheduled to host its Turkish counterpart, on Sunday.
Zidane is facing a successive series of injuries. Inter Milan striker Marcus Thuram and Juventus defender Pierre Kalulu were absent this week, joining a long list of previously absent players: William Saliba, Jules Kounde, Maxence Lacroix, Manu Kone, Ousmane Dembélé, and Esteban Lupul.
As for the star Kylian Mbappe, the Spanish Real Madrid striker, it was decided to rest him in the match against Italy, but he may return to participate against Türkiye.
