Today, the Bucks narrowly defeated the Pistons 110-108, opening a six-game winning streak! Although the Bucks got the victory, the Pistons performed impressively. After beating the Warriors in the last game, their morale soared. But the Bucks are also really powerful, they started the game constantly under the basket, relying on the inside dominance of Da Luo and Alphabet Brother, the Bucks opened the game 11-4, and then Holliday fired again, and the Bucks led by 11 points in the first quarter.
But in the second quarter, Cunningham stepped up again, and he shot from the outside three-pointer, and assisted Ivey to score two points, and the Pistons quickly chased the score. While Matthews hit a 3-pointer to stop the bleeding, Cunningham and Sadiq Bay scored another slash. The Pistons have chased 8 points at halftime. In the second half, Brother Alphabet began to exert his strength, he single-handedly scored 8 consecutive points to dominate the inside line, and the Bucks quickly opened the gap to 11 points. But the Pistons were too tough, they had another wave of 13-4 climax in the final quarter to close the point difference, and the alphabet brother made a fatal mistake at the critical moment, but unfortunately CC failed to hit the shot, and finally regretted the loss.
Brother Alphabet scored 31 points and 7 boards, Da Luo 24 points, Holliday 25 points and 10 assists. For the Pistons, Bojan scored 23 points from the outside, Ivey 19, Diallo 13, and inside Stuart scored 11 points and 11 boards. Cunningham still had a steady 27 points, 6 boards and 7 assists, shooting 11-of-23 from the field, and he really scared the Bucks into a cold sweat. According to ESPN data correspondent Matt Williams, CC has had at least 20 points, 5 boards and 5 assists in four consecutive games, and he is the first player in Pistons history to do so since Grant Hill in 1999-00.
In other words, Cunningham has been the Pistons' strongest presence in the last 20 years. And he is only in the second grade, and he has already achieved such an achievement. Let's just say that the Pistons earned it, and it was definitely a wise choice for them to take Cunningham with a top pick in '21. At that time, the Pistons hesitated, hoping to use their top pick to get the Rockets' top pick and let the Rockets take 2-3 first-round pick package trades. But the Rockets also hesitated, they didn't want to spend a big price, and finally used the list to sign Jaylen Green.
From a realistic point of view, the gap between Cunningham and Jaylen Green has now widened, Green is sparsely defensive, the offense is all dependent on the feel, although the physical hardware ability is good, but will not take advantage of their own advantages. In the last four games, Green has shot terrible. It is said that Joe is under Ko, but Green's current performance makes people see no hope, and the Rockets do not see hope. In addition, Green also has a bad relationship with Tanhua Smith this year, and the two almost started spraying, and now the court is basically ignoring each other.
The Pistons' first year of establishing Cunningham as a core is not a problem for the Rockets and Pistons management. It's CC that relies on its own strength, and Rockets fans have always been double standard for Porter Jr., they use a microscope to see Porter Jr.'s performance, but they have always looked at Green with reading glasses. As a result, Porter Jr. played out, but Green played worse and worse. In fact, at the end of the day, the Rockets' priority was Cunningham. The Rockets have been looking for a ball-carrying nucleus after losing Harden, and Cunningham would have been the perfect fit, and he was hailed as the next Doncic.
Because if you want to make the playoffs, the ball is the fastest. Green's style of play may be difficult to bring the Rockets to the playoffs for a few more seasons. In the past four games, Cunningham has had 26 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, 35 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, 23 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists and 27 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists. Cunningham is currently averaging 23.1 points, 6.1 rebounds and 6.8 assists per game while shooting 44.7 percent from the field. Jaylen Green averaged 17.3 points per game and shot a measly 33.3 percent from the field. Now think about the Rockets 21 years should really stud to get the top pick, if there is Cunningham, Porter Jr. can play his own good quarterback, the Rockets backcourt is very offensive, because CC offense and defense are integrated, and mental attributes have always been a selling point.