On August 9, Beijing time, the NBA Summer League continued, the Pistons played against the Thunder, and this game was won by Cadet Cunningham to make his debut for the Pistons. In this game, Cade Cunningham started well, scoring six points on 2-of-3 shooting. However, then his shooting rate declined, continuous shooting missed, the whole game he played 25 minutes, 17 shots 5 of 12 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists data, 5 mistakes, personal shooting performance is not ideal. The Thunder's No. 6 show Josh Keiddy, who played only 5 minutes, scored 2 points on 1-of-3 shooting, and in the game he gave a wonderful ball-holding breakthrough dunk, but in the game he sprained his left ankle and then withdrew from the game, this time he only scored 2 points.
In this game, the outside world is looking forward to the performance of Cadet Cunningham, in the game, Cade Cunningham also wants to show himself, in the beginning stages, he played very reasonably, the two three-point shots on the outside line were also steadily shot, and he scored 6 points in a single quarter. However, after entering the second quarter, Cade Cunningham's form declined, he did not complete the score after three consecutive breakthroughs with the ball, and there were 3 turnovers and 2 fouls in the single quarter, and it was obvious that In the face of more intense physical confrontation, Cade Cunningham was still a little uncomfortable.
In the second half of the game, Cade Cunningham also missed the shooting from the outside, relying more on his own ball holding and mid-range shooting to complete the score, in the third quarter, Cade Cunningham only had 4 points and 2 rebounds on 2-of-6 shooting, while in the final quarter, Cade Cunningham's performance was still not ideal, he scored 2 points on 1-of-5 shooting.
In the whole game, Cade Cunningham shot 5 of 17, 2 of 7 three-pointers, had 12 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, and 5 turnovers and 3 fouls, such data is not very good for the show, compared to the performance of Jaylen Green's 23 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, Cade Cunningham is at a disadvantage in the summer league debut.
From the perspective of the game process, Cade Cunningham has a good outside shooting ability, but the shooting stability is not strong, and there are deficiencies in physical confrontation, in the face of physical confrontation, Cade Cunningham's layup efficiency is not high, and the layup posture will be deformed. In terms of ball-holding organization, Cade Cunningham is also prone to steals by opponents, and the dribbling rhythm is not stable enough. Although this is only Cade Cunningham's first game in the summer league, from the perspective of the game, Cade Cunningham needs to improve in many details, especially in terms of shooting stability, he needs to get better.
Let's take a look at the Thunder's No. 6 show Josh Keiddy, a young player with very good physical qualities, showing his talent in the first leg of the game and easily completing the breakthrough dunk. Unfortunately, Josh Kiddy was not able to continue to show his talent in the game, and he withdrew from the game due to injury. In the whole game, he only played 5 minutes, 1 of 3 shots to get 2 points, in the NBA league, in addition to talent, it is also very important for players to stay healthy, Kiddy is very talented, but in terms of staying healthy, he also needs to get better and reduce his own injuries so that he has the opportunity to play better in the NBA league.