Cunningham scores 29 points and Pistons beat Bulls for second straight night, 128-110
CHICAGO (AP) Cade Cunningham scored 29 points and the Detroit Pistons beat the Chicago Bulls 128-110 on Wednesday after dominating them the previous night.
Tobias Harris and Ausar Thompson scored 19, and Jalen Duren added 16 points and 14 rebounds.
The Pistons rolled into the All-Star break with their fourth straight win after blowing out the Bulls 132-92 in the same arena on Tuesday. Detroit built a franchise-record, 42-point halftime lead Tuesday on the way to its most lopsided win of the season. Chicago, meanwhile, set a club mark by missing its first 20 3-point attempts.
On Wednesday, the Pistons led 82-61 midway through the third quarter after a 25-4 run that started late in the first half, sending the Bulls to their 13th loss in 16 games.
Ayo Dosunmu scored 23 for Chicago, and Nikola Vucevic added 21 points and 13 rebounds. But the Bulls again had a rough time shooting 3-pointers, making nine of 41 after going 10 for 47 on Tuesday.
Coby White finished with seven points after scoring a season-low five on Tuesday. The guard shot 2 of 14 overall coming off a 2-for-13 outing.
Pistons: The Pistons hit the break on a strong note.
Bulls: The Bulls were more aggressive at the rim and delivered a better effort than the previous night, though that wasn't exactly a high bar.
After Detroit dominated Chicago 71-29 in the first half Tuesday, this one was tied at 57 with about two minutes left in the second quarter. Things changed in a big way after that.
Duren cut for a dunk to start the Pistons’ big run. Cunningham drove for a layup with 11 seconds remaining as the Pistons took a 66-59 lead to the locker room, and capped the run with a driving hook and layup that made it 82-61 with 7:18 remaining in the third.
The Pistons shot 51.1% and outscored the Bulls 68-48 in the paint.
Detroit visits San Antonio on Feb. 21, while Chicago is at New York on Feb. 20. ---
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 |  | Jalen Duren vs. Nikola Vucevic (Ausar Thompson gains possession) | ||
| 11:46 |  | +2 | Ausar Thompson makes two point cutting dunk (Jalen Duren assists) | 2-0 |
| 11:33 | | Nikola Vucevic misses two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot | ||
| 11:30 | | Tobias Harris defensive rebound | ||
| 11:21 | | Josh Giddey blocks Tobias Harris's two point turnaround bank hook shot | ||
| 11:20 | | Tobias Harris offensive rebound | ||
| 11:15 | | Tim Hardaway Jr. misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 11:14 | | Coby White defensive rebound | ||
| 11:04 | | Bulls 60 second timeout | ||
| 10:54 | | +2 | Ayo Dosunmu makes two point pullup jump shot (Nikola Vucevic assists) | 2-2 |
| 10:28 | | +2 | Tobias Harris makes two point driving layup | 4-2 |
| 10:22 | | Tobias Harris blocks Ayo Dosunmu's two point driving layup | ||
| 10:22 | | Bulls offensive rebound | ||
| 10:11 | | Coby White misses three point jump shot | ||
| 10:11 | | Bulls offensive rebound | ||
| 10:11 | | Cade Cunningham personal foul (Loose ball) (Matas Buzelis draws the foul) | ||
| 10:01 | | Ayo Dosunmu misses three point jump shot | ||
| 9:56 | | Nikola Vucevic offensive rebound | ||
| 9:56 | | +2 | Nikola Vucevic makes two point putback layup | 4-4 |
| 9:38 | | Cade Cunningham misses two point driving finger roll layup | ||
| 9:36 | | Nikola Vucevic defensive rebound | ||
| 9:29 | | Nikola Vucevic turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | ||
| 9:20 | | Matas Buzelis shooting foul (Ausar Thompson draws the foul) | ||
| 9:20 | | Ausar Thompson misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | ||
| 9:20 | | Pistons offensive rebound | ||
| 9:20 | | +1 | Ausar Thompson makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 5-4 |
| 9:12 | | Ayo Dosunmu turnover (bad pass) (Ausar Thompson steals) | ||
| 9:08 | | +2 | Ausar Thompson makes two point driving dunk | 7-4 |
| 8:59 | | Ausar Thompson personal foul (Coby White draws the foul) | ||
| 8:50 | | Pistons technical foul (Defensive three second) | ||
| 8:50 | | +1 | Coby White makes technical free throw 1 of 1 | 7-5 |
| 8:42 | | Tobias Harris shooting foul (Nikola Vucevic draws the foul) | ||
| 8:42 | | +1 | Nikola Vucevic makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 7-6 |
| 8:42 | | +1 | Nikola Vucevic makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 7-7 |
| 8:19 | | Cade Cunningham misses three point stepback jump shot | ||
| 8:15 | | Jalen Duren offensive rebound | ||
| 8:15 | | +2 | Jalen Duren makes two point putback dunk | 9-7 |
| 8:05 | | Coby White misses three point jump shot | ||
| 8:02 | | Jalen Duren defensive rebound | ||
| 8:01 | | Jalen Duren turnover (bad pass) (Ayo Dosunmu steals) | ||
| 7:55 | | +3 | Josh Giddey makes three point running jump shot (Ayo Dosunmu assists) | 9-10 |
| 7:41 | | Cade Cunningham turnover (lost ball) (Josh Giddey steals) | ||
| 7:37 | | +2 | Matas Buzelis makes two point running layup (Ayo Dosunmu assists) | 9-12 |
| 7:23 | | +3 | Cade Cunningham makes three point jump shot (Ausar Thompson assists) | 12-12 |
| 7:09 | | Jalen Duren blocks Coby White's two point driving layup | ||
| 7:06 | | Cade Cunningham defensive rebound | ||
| 7:04 | | +2 | Tim Hardaway Jr. makes two point running layup (Cade Cunningham assists) | 14-12 |
| 6:54 | | Nikola Vucevic misses three point jump shot | ||
| 6:51 | | Nikola Vucevic offensive rebound | ||
| 6:49 | | Matas Buzelis misses three point jump shot | ||
| 6:45 | | Coby White offensive rebound | ||
| 6:42 | | +2 | Matas Buzelis makes two point driving layup (Coby White assists) | 14-14 |
| 6:42 | | Pistons 60 second timeout | ||
| 6:22 | | +3 | Tobias Harris makes three point jump shot (Ausar Thompson assists) | 17-14 |
| 6:10 | | +2 | Ayo Dosunmu makes two point driving finger roll layup | 17-16 |
| 5:57 | | Tim Hardaway Jr. misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 5:56 | | Jalen Duren offensive rebound | ||
| 5:56 | | Nikola Vucevic shooting foul (Jalen Duren draws the foul) | ||
| 5:56 | | +1 | Jalen Duren makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 18-16 |
| 5:56 | | +1 | Jalen Duren makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 19-16 |
| 5:45 | | Josh Giddey misses three point jump shot | ||
| 5:41 | | Nikola Vucevic offensive rebound | ||
| 5:38 | | Kevin Huerter misses three point jump shot | ||
| 5:35 | | Tim Hardaway Jr. defensive rebound | ||
| 5:27 | | Patrick Williams blocks Jalen Duren's two point alley-oop dunk | ||
| 5:23 | | Kevin Huerter defensive rebound | ||
| 5:22 | | +2 | Ayo Dosunmu makes two point running layup (Kevin Huerter assists) | 19-18 |
| 5:06 | | Kevin Huerter personal foul (Malik Beasley draws the foul) | ||
| 4:53 | | +2 | Tobias Harris makes two point driving layup (Cade Cunningham assists) | 21-18 |
| 4:46 | | Josh Giddey misses two point driving finger roll layup | ||
| 4:46 | | Jalen Duren defensive rebound | ||
| 4:42 | | +3 | Cade Cunningham makes three point running pullup jump shot (Jalen Duren assists) | 24-18 |
| 4:24 | | Nikola Vucevic misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 4:20 | | Ayo Dosunmu offensive rebound | ||
| 4:20 | | +2 | Ayo Dosunmu makes two point putback layup | 24-20 |
| 4:08 | | +2 | Malik Beasley makes two point driving finger roll layup (Jalen Duren assists) | 26-20 |
| 3:56 | | +3 | Patrick Williams makes three point pullup jump shot (Nikola Vucevic assists) | 26-23 |
| 3:40 | | Cade Cunningham misses two point driving hook shot | ||
| 3:37 | | Ayo Dosunmu defensive rebound | ||
| 3:31 | | +2 | Nikola Vucevic makes two point driving reverse layup (Josh Giddey assists) | 26-25 |
| 3:11 | | +2 | Jalen Duren makes two point dunk (Cade Cunningham assists) | 28-25 |
| 3:08 | | Nikola Vucevic technical foul | ||
| 3:08 | | Cade Cunningham misses technical free throw 1 of 1 | ||
| 3:08 | | Bulls defensive rebound | ||
| 2:50 | | Patrick Williams misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 2:47 | | Malik Beasley defensive rebound | ||
| 2:32 | | Isaiah Stewart turnover (bad pass) (Patrick Williams steals) | ||
| 2:24 | | Kevin Huerter misses three point jump shot | ||
| 2:21 | | Tre Jones offensive rebound | ||
| 2:14 | | +2 | Tre Jones makes two point driving reverse layup | 28-27 |
| 1:57 | | Malik Beasley misses three point jump shot | ||
| 1:54 | | Jalen Smith defensive rebound | ||
| 1:47 | | Kevin Huerter misses two point running layup | ||
| 1:45 | | Dennis Schroder defensive rebound | ||
| 1:36 | | Kevin Huerter shooting foul (Tobias Harris draws the foul) | ||
| 1:36 | | +1 | Tobias Harris makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 29-27 |
| 1:36 | | +1 | Tobias Harris makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 30-27 |
| 1:23 | | +2 | Tre Jones makes two point driving floating bank jump shot | 30-29 |
| 1:23 | | Malik Beasley shooting foul (Tre Jones draws the foul) | ||
| 1:23 | | +1 | Tre Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 30-30 |
| 1:05 | | Malik Beasley misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 1:02 | | Jalen Smith defensive rebound | ||
| 0:53 | | +2 | Tre Jones makes two point driving floating jump shot (Patrick Williams assists) | 30-32 |
| 0:40 | | Isaiah Stewart misses two point driving layup | ||
| 0:37 | | Coby White defensive rebound | ||
| 0:34 | | Tre Jones misses three point running jump shot | ||
| 0:30 | | Ronald Holland II defensive rebound | ||
| 0:11 | | Dennis Schroder misses two point driving floating bank jump shot | ||
| 0:11 | | Isaiah Stewart offensive rebound | ||
| 0:11 | | +2 | Isaiah Stewart makes two point tip dunk | 32-32 |
| 0:00 | | Jalen Smith misses three point jump shot | ||
| 0:00 | | Bulls offensive rebound | ||
| 0:00 | | End of period |
| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:39 | | Coby White misses two point driving finger roll layup | ||
| 11:37 | | Simone Fontecchio defensive rebound | ||
| 11:34 | | Dennis Schroder misses three point running jump shot | ||
| 11:31 | | Ayo Dosunmu defensive rebound | ||
| 11:28 | | Jalen Smith offensive foul (Off the ball) (Simone Fontecchio draws the foul) | ||
| 11:28 | | Jalen Smith turnover (offensive foul) | ||
| 11:05 | | +3 | Dennis Schroder makes three point jump shot (Isaiah Stewart assists) | 35-32 |
| 10:49 | | +2 | Jalen Smith makes two point driving floating jump shot (Ayo Dosunmu assists) | 35-34 |
| 10:24 | | Dennis Schroder misses two point driving layup | ||
| 10:24 | | Simone Fontecchio offensive rebound | ||
| 10:24 | | Jalen Smith shooting foul (Simone Fontecchio draws the foul) | ||
| 10:24 | | +1 | Simone Fontecchio makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 36-34 |
| 10:24 | | +1 | Simone Fontecchio makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 37-34 |
| 10:10 | | +3 | Jalen Smith makes three point jump shot (Tre Jones assists) | 37-37 |
| 9:58 | | Dennis Schroder misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 9:55 | | Tre Jones defensive rebound | ||
| 9:42 | | +2 | Ayo Dosunmu makes two point driving hook shot | 37-39 |
| 9:42 | | Ronald Holland II shooting foul (Ayo Dosunmu draws the foul) | ||
| 9:42 | | +1 | Ayo Dosunmu makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 37-40 |
| 9:19 | | +2 | Isaiah Stewart makes two point driving hook shot (Dennis Schroder assists) | 39-40 |
| 9:15 | | Simone Fontecchio shooting foul (Tre Jones draws the foul) | ||
| 9:15 | | +1 | Tre Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 39-41 |
| 9:15 | | +1 | Tre Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 39-42 |
| 8:53 | | Dennis Schroder misses three point stepback jump shot | ||
| 8:49 | | Patrick Williams defensive rebound | ||