Cade Cunningham provided his own injury update Saturday night.
Cunningham returned to the court after six games and two weeks on the bench in street clothes, watching his fellow Detroit Pistons teammates go 4-2 to clinch at least a top-six seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs for the first time since 2008.
Cunningham scored 25 points on 24 shots in 28 minutes in the Pistons' 109-103 loss to the Grizzlies at Little Caesars Arena to fall a stop in the standings to the 6-seed.
At his locker room postgame, he was at ease explaining to reporters what kept him sidelined and how he was feeling after his return.
"I got hit on my left calf," Cunningham said (see video atop this article). "And then it made my right calf tighten up a lot. There was just a lot going on. I got sick at the same time. It was trying to battle a lot of different things. Training staff got me right, I feel great now. Feel good going into the playoffs. This was a good game for me to shake off the rust and get ready.
"It feels good," he continued. "Now I guess it’s just more focus now, knowing we’ve got a lot coming ahead. Just trying to make sure we’re all ready for it mentally and physically and that we can put our best foot forward."
Cunningham, 23 and a first-time All-Star, has been the team's guiding light helping to author the
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