Zhang Jiawei: Cunningham doesn’t need to play cleverly this season, he can play hard. He is waiting for his secondary attacker to return.

November 11th NBA regular season news, the Pistons narrowly defeated the Wizards 137-135 in overtime.

In this game, Cunningham had no touch. He took 45 crazy shots, making 14 of 45 shots, 2 of 11 three-pointers, and 16 of 18 free throws. He scored a triple-double of 46 points, 12 rebounds, and 11 assists. He also scored 5 steals and 2 blocks.

After the game, freelance writer Zhang Jiawei commented on the game. The original text is as follows:

Today the Pistons worked hard back to back to win the Wizards.

Cunningham was forced to have a super triple-double with 45 shots, 18 free throws, 46 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, 5 steals and 2 blocks.

But...can it be considered an advantage?

Cunningham averaged 27+5+10 after today's game and can compete for the No. 1 guard in the Eastern Conference; Duren continued to contribute 19 points and 12 rebounds every night (19 points and 14 rebounds today), a perfect pick-and-roll machine.

At the same time: Jawante Green had a double-double and 2 blocks today, Jenkins scored the second-highest 24 points on the team today, and the fourth quarter was thunderous.

——Jawante Green’s base salary is 2.3 million this year; Jenkins is in and out of the G League.

——The game was won with the support of two teammates with minimum salary.

The Pistons are missing Osar and Stuart, two of the team's best defenders. They are missing Harris as their starting forward, and their secondary attacker Ivey has not played yet. A half-set of forwards, back-to-back, relying on two minimum-salary players and the pick-and-roll of Cunningham + Duren, survived.

It was almost as difficult as the day next door Alexander led Harteng and three substitutes to the Trail Blazers.

Speaking of Alexander and Cunningham...

Alexander averaged 19 breakthroughs per game this season, ranking first in the league for six consecutive years, with a shooting percentage of 56%.

Cunningham averaged 18 breakthroughs per game, fourth in the league, with a shooting percentage of 55% - last season he averaged 17 breakthroughs per game, with a shooting percentage of 51%. Last season, he averaged 17 shots per game and hit 47% from the field.

——Digression: Gidi averaged 17 breakthroughs per game and hit 38% from the field... So Gidi's vision is the best in the world, but the pressure to attack the basket is a little...

Cunningham has always had vision, throws, passes and long shots, and he can do all the clever play of modern playmakers; his biggest change this season is probably: has he become tougher?

You don’t need to hit cleverly, but you can hit hard?

Yesterday, against Philadelphia, Cunningham continuously found himself at the last moment to feed Duren; but when the game was about to begin, he broke through and dunked to defeat Philadelphia's morale, and made a breakthrough shot to seal the game.

Cunningham made 5 three-pointers in the third quarter today and made 0 of 4 shots in the penalty area. My physical strength is exhausted, and I have to gamble on my luck every day.

But in the fourth quarter, Cunningham made 4 of his 6 shots in the penalty area; in overtime, all 4 of his shots were in the penalty area.

From the fourth quarter to overtime, Cunningham made 8 of 10 shots in the penalty area and 10 free throws.

The Pistons trailed by 7 points in the last minute of the fourth quarter. Cunningham made two free throws to within 5 points, and made a chasing shot for a layup - last season, he was about to throw the ball in the middle of the burst, but today he carried it like Luka.

In the last 2 seconds, Jenkins assisted Jenkins with a long shot to force overtime. At the beginning of overtime, there was another counterattack layup. Calmly assisted Dun Luo to score the actual winning goal.

In the second game of back-to-back games, half the lineup is missing, so the G League and teammates with minimum salaries take over.

Super triple-double, key shot, looking for teammates in the middle.

The more frustrated you are, the more courageous you are to attack the basket and win the ball.

Last season, when the Pistons were pushed into the playoffs, and they were neck-and-neck with Brunson in six games, Cunningham's sharpness almost challenged Brunson: Who among us is the No. 1 guard in the Eastern Conference?

At the beginning of this season, the number one defender in the Eastern Conference in October is Maxi. month to date? It seems to be Cunningham.

Moreover, this 24-year-old guard who averages 27+5+10 per game and leads the Eastern Conference No. 1 is not even in a good state:

He has just gotten stronger, has become tougher offensively and defensively, and has shouldered all the burdens that should and should not be carried by him.

But he is still looking for his shooting touch and is still waiting for his secondary attacker to return.