considering their roster – a good one, but certainly not a 60-win group on paper – and that their three best players are still only 24, 23, and 22, it's safe to say the Pistons overachieved in the regular season. and that's exactly what you want! but it set a high bar, so their overall showing in the Playoffs felt underwhelming, and Sunday's G7 blowout loss was a major disappointment, even though most would agree the Cavs were the far more talented team. but if you zoom out and look at the big picture, this Pistons season – top seed in the East and one win away from the Conference Finals – was absolutely a success. they weren't supposed to be this good this soon, and while we can all agree they're missing a piece or two – namely another reliable scorer – they've got something special in the 313.
Ausar has 28 steals and 23 blocks through 13 playoff games, so I went to @stathead to see how many other players in the play-by-play era have done that. And yeah, it's just he and Ben Wallace, but Ben had 35 steals and 38 blocks through 13 games in '03. Dude was a true phenomenon
Cade Cunningham on dropping Game 5:
"It's first four wins, though ... We've had our back against the wall before. At the end of the day, if we can't win a game on the road, how far we really gon' get in the playoffs? ... Gotta go win a game on the road, that's what we gon' do."
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25-4-10-1-2 (7/14 FG, 8/8 FT) for Cade, including 12 points in the final 6 minutes
over 9 games this postseason he's averaging 30.6 PPG on 59.8% TS, 5.2 RPG, 7.4 APG, 1.0 SPG, and 0.9 BPG with a +74 total +/-
in his 15 career playoff games he's never scored fewer than 21 points
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Players in NBA history to total 225+ PTS and 50+ AST in a single playoff series:
Cade Cunningham (Round 1, 2026)
Giannis Antetokounmpo (Round 2, 2021)
Luka Dončić (Round 1, 2021)
LeBron James (Round 1, 2018 and Conference Finals, 2018)
Jerry West (NBA Finals, 1969)
Oscar Robertson (Conference Finals, 1963)