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10/25 21:19 CDT Cunningham scores 26, Collins has double-double in Detroit's
106-93 win over LeBron, 76ers
Cunningham scores 26, Collins has double-double in Detroit's 106-93 win over
LeBron, 76ers
By DAN GELSTON
AP Sports Writer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) --- Cade Cunningham scored 26 points, and John Collins had 16
points and 11 rebounds to help the Detroit Pistons stay unbeaten with a 106-93
win over LeBron James and the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday night.
The Pistons improved to 3-0 in their first game without All-Star center Jalen
Duren, who will miss at least two weeks with a strained right hamstring. Duren
was injured in the first half of Detroit's win over Miami on Friday.
The Pistons led wire-to-wire against a Sixers team playing on the second night
of a back-to-back and missing starters Joel Embiid and VJ Edgecombe. Embiid sat
out for rest a night after he had a triple-double against Milwaukee. VJ
Edgecombe missed the game with an abdominal contusion.
Tyrese Maxey led the Sixers with 29 points and James had 18. The Sixers lost
for the first time after opening with three straight wins.
One of those wins included a 29-point comeback against Cleveland that perhaps
gave the Sixers and their fans belief they could rally again when the Pistons
led by 21 in the first half.
Unlike their rally against Cleveland, the Sixers hit a string of baskets to
make it a game but never took the lead.
The 41-year-old James, back in the lineup after he sat out against the Bucks to
rest his back, powered his way to three straight layups as part of a 9-0 run
that helped the Sixers cut it to 56-44 at halftime. After they pull within
five, Cunningham hit two straight 3-pointers that pushed the lead back to nine
points and the Pistons were ahead by 10 at the end of the quarter.
Duncan Robinson hit a 3 in the fourth --- he made five of Detroit's 14 3s ---
that sucked the air out of another Sixers run that had closed the gap to four
points.
The Pistons opened the game on a 15-1 run and extended it to 56-35 in the
second quarter.
Up next
Detroit: Plays Tuesday at New York.
Philadelphia: Play Wednesday at Indiana.
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