JB Bickerstaff Updates Cade Cunningham Injury Situation After Pistons Win Over Cavaliers

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Nick Meyer | Last updated Mar 29, 2025 12:42 PM ET

The Detroit Pistons showed their collective strength as a team on Saturday night with a 133-122 home win over the Cleveland Cavaliers that came without the services of their top player, NBA All-Star Cade Cunningham.

Detroit got double-digit scoring performances from seven players including 32 points from Tim Hardaway Jr. en route to a big win despite giving up 38 points to Donovan Mitchell and 21 to Darius Garland.

Following the game, Pistons head coach JB Bickerstaff gave an update on the injury status of Cunningham, who has not played since March 21 due to a left calf contusion.

"His health is the most important thing...If Cade is able to play he plays," Bickerstaff said.

"This isn't something that we're playing calculus with, this is us just making sure that Cade is healthy. And when he's healthy he'll be out on the floor for us," Bickerstaff said.

"I'm not a doctor, so I can't speak on it like that...My levels of concern or whatever, but our concern is always our guy's health first."

J.B. Bickerstaff on Cade Cunningham:

“His health is the most important thing. If Cade is able to play, he plays. This isn’t something that we’re playing calculus with. This is us just making sure that Cade is healthy.” pic.twitter.com/SdShX9fkf8
— Hunter Patterson (@HuntPatterson_) March 28, 2025

Next up for coach Bickerstaff's Pistons is a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves at 7 p.m. tonight at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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