{"id":664534,"date":"2026-03-18T08:56:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/664534\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T08:56:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:56:24","slug":"duren-scores-36-cunningham-leaves-early-with-back-spasms-pistons-beat-wizards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/664534\/","title":{"rendered":"Duren scores 36, Cunningham leaves early with back spasms; Pistons beat Wizards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Jalen Duren had 36 points and 12 rebounds for the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons, who lost fellow All-Star <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/detroit-pistons-cade-cunningham-d95d987b3784fbab9eb7d7ddd58e7f0f\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cade Cunningham to back spasms<\/a> in the first half of a 130-117 victory over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham was hurt early in the first quarter while diving for a loose ball. He played for a few more minutes before being taken out at the 6:40 mark, and the team said during the second quarter he would not return.<\/p>\n<p>Reserve Daniss Jenkins added 15 points for the Pistons, who have won four of five and sent the Wizards to their 13th straight loss. The teams meet again on Thursday; should Detroit prevail, Washington would equal its 14-game skid from early this season that sent it to a 1-15 start.<\/p>\n<p>Bub Carrington scored a season-high 30 points for the injury-depleted Wizards, who had little-used veteran Anthony Gill in the starting lineup. Rookie Will Riley added 21 points and Justin Champagnie scored 18.<\/p>\n<p>The Wizards have been surprisingly tough against the Pistons this season, with a victory at Detroit on Feb. 5 and an overtime loss in November. Washington kept this one within double digits before Duren gave the Pistons a 78-67 lead midway through the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit extended its advantage to 22 points late in the period.<\/p>\n<p>    Up next<\/p>\n<p>The teams conclude their season series Thursday at Washington.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NBA: <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Jalen Duren had 36 points and 12 rebounds for the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons, who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3780],"tags":[6241,7,6242,6,682,468,3892,683,17601],"class_list":["post-664534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-washington-wizards","tag-7-action-news-sports","tag-basketball","tag-detroit-sports","tag-nba","tag-washington","tag-washington-wizards","tag-washingtonwizards","tag-wizards","tag-wxyz-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116249349039699328","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664534","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=664534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}