{"id":558779,"date":"2026-01-24T23:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T23:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/558779\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T23:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T23:54:13","slug":"cade-cunningham-gets-injury-status-for-upcoming-kings-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/558779\/","title":{"rendered":"Cade Cunningham gets injury status for upcoming Kings matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Detroit Pistons<\/a> (32-11) still have a decent cushion in the Eastern Conference standings past the halfway point of the 2025-26 NBA season, taking a big jump from last year and establishing themselves as a legitimate title contender. What is most astounding about their enduring excellence is that their top player is not even playing well this month. An early MVP candidate, All-Star Game starter Cade Cunningham<\/a> has been struggling amid a nagging wrist injury.<\/p>\n

He is still managing the issue but intends to push through for the Pistons’ next game. Cunningham is listed probable<\/a> for Sunday afternoon’s matchup versus the Sacramento Kings (12-34), per the latest NBA injury<\/a> report. Detroit may be able to vanquish the hopeless Western Conference squad without its franchise cornerstone, but head coach J.B. Bickerstaff obviously wants to see a healthy Cunningham in action when possible.<\/p>\n

Healthy is the key word, though. The Pistons are currently the team to beat in the East, and despite his recent scuffles, the 24-year-old point guard has been at the forefront of their rebirth<\/a>. He is scoring 25.3 points on 45.1 percent shooting from the field and 32.1 percent shooting from behind the 3-point line, while also recording 9.7 assists, 5.8 rebounds and 1.5 steals per contest. Cade Cunningham is slumping in the new year, however.<\/p>\n

The 2021 No. 1 overall pick is shooting 36.5 percent from the floor and 27.3 percent from 3-point land, averaging 20.1 points in his last seven games. He missed a few matchups earlier in January and still appears to be hampered by his wrist issue. Cunningham is already not the purest shooter, so such a setback could obviously have a conspicuously negative effect on his performance. And that is what has happened lately.<\/p>\n

A home game against a bottom-barrel team that is allowing the second highest field goal percentage<\/a> in the NBA seems like an ideal get-right spot for No. 2. The Pistons and Kings tip off at approximately 3 p.m. ET inside Little Caesars Arena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Pistons (32-11) still have a decent cushion in the Eastern Conference standings past the halfway point…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3773],"tags":[7,909,296,188,3860,6,14502,297],"class_list":{"0":"post-558779","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-pistons","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cade-cunningham","10":"tag-detroit","11":"tag-detroit-pistons","12":"tag-detroitpistons","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nba-injury","15":"tag-pistons"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115952777011258644","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}