DETROIT — Detroit Pistons All-Star guard Cade Cunningham is missing a third straight game with a bruised calf.
The Pistons announced Cunningham would not play against the Eastern Conference-leading Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night, adding the All-NBA candidate is day to day.
He hurt his left calf last week in a game at Dallas.
Cunningham has been the key player during Detroit's turnaround, leading a team vying for home-court advantage in the first round of the NBA playoffs after having the league's worst record the previous two seasons.
The Pistons set a single-season record with 28 straight losses last year and finished with 14 wins, a year after winning just 17 games.
With two-plus weeks before the postseason, they guaranteed this season wouldn't end with a losing record.
Cunningham, the No. 1 pick overall in 2021, has had a lot to do with that by averaging 25.7 points, 9.2 assists and 6.1 rebounds a game.
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