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DETROIT \u2014 All-Star guard Cade Cunningham of the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons will be out at least another week in his recovery from a collapsed left lung.<\/p>\n
The Pistons gave an update Thursday saying Cunningham will be re-evaluated in one week. He is working to return to the court being supervised by doctors and Detroit\u2019s medical and performance staff.<\/p>\n
Detroit first announced Cunningham\u2019s injury March 19.<\/p>\n
Cunningham is averaging 24.5 points and 9.9 assists for the Pistons. Only eight players in NBA history have finished a season averaging that many points and assists, and Cunningham would be the first to do so in a Detroit uniform.<\/p>\n
The Pistons have clinched the Central Division and have a four-game lead over Boston for the top seed in the Eastern Conference with six games remaining in the regular season. They host Minnesota on Thursday night and start their playoff run either April 18 or 19 when the Eastern quarterfinals begin.<\/p>\n
Can\u2019t win it<\/p>\n
DETROIT \u2014 Anthony Edwards is ineligible for NBA postseason awards because he can\u2019t reach the 65-game minimum after the Minnesota Timberwolves ruled out him out against the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night, listing his right knee injury and an illness.<\/p>\n
He has played in 59 games, but just 58 count toward the league\u2019s record of games and Minnesota has six games left in the regular season.<\/p>\n
Edwards is averaging a career high with 29.3 points per game, but won\u2019t play 70-plus games as he did in each of his first five seasons in the league.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere:<\/p>\n
n Boston star Jayson Tatum doesn\u2019t know how much longer it\u2019ll take for him to feel like he\u2019s playing basketball at his best level again. Tatum \u2014 in only his 12th game back after tearing his Achilles in last season\u2019s playoffs \u2014 did something that he\u2019s never done, that no Boston player has done since 2010 and that only two other Celtics have done in the franchise\u2019s illustrious history. His numbers against the Miami Heat on Wednesday night: 25 points, 18 rebounds and 11 assists. That\u2019s a monster of a triple-double, and it came with him still looking to regain his top form after not playing for nearly a year.<\/p>\n
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