{"id":706130,"date":"2026-04-08T23:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T23:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/706130\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T23:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T23:43:11","slug":"cade-cunningham-returns-to-pistons-lineup-against-milwaukee-bucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/706130\/","title":{"rendered":"Cade Cunningham returns to Pistons lineup against Milwaukee Bucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DETROIT (AP) \u2014 Detroit Pistons guard <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pistons-cade-cunningham-hurt-2b35e05fda09accba2ba1370ba98baaa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cade Cunningham;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Cade Cunningham&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Cade Cunningham<\/a> is expected to return to the lineup on Wednesday against the Milwaukee Bucks.<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham has been <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pistons-cade-cunningham-hurt-b3902c010af974a3a9f0693fc33f52a7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:sidelined since March 19;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;sidelined since March 19&quot;}\" class=\"link \">sidelined since March 19<\/a> after sustaining a collapsed lung in a win over the Washington Wizards.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Cunningham is averaging 24.5 points, 9.9 assists and 5.6 rebounds in 61 games this season.<\/p>\n<p>During his absence, he became one of the faces of the controversy over the NBA&#8217;s rule requiring players to play 65 games to be <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-awards-5d2f99c80f3b94799316dab942f752aa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:eligible for seasonal awards;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;eligible for seasonal awards&quot;}\" class=\"link \">eligible for seasonal awards<\/a>. He is considered a very strong candidate for All-NBA First Team honors, but he will only reach 64 games even if he plays in Detroit&#8217;s three remaining games.<\/p>\n<p>The Pistons (57-22) have clinched the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. They have also won the Central Division for the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pistons-division-title-07eb43087507c032a1179c2e52f1bbfa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:first time in 18 years;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;first time in 18 years&quot;}\" class=\"link \">first time in 18 years<\/a> and are hoping to win their first playoff series since the 2007-08 season.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;https&quot;}\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DETROIT (AP) \u2014 Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham is expected to return to the lineup on Wednesday against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,909,25355,85518,188,121,6,468],"class_list":{"0":"post-706130","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cade-cunningham","10":"tag-central-division","11":"tag-collapsed-lung","12":"tag-detroit-pistons","13":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-washington-wizards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116371745994002861","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706130","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=706130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}