On the second night of a back-to-back, the Detroit Pistons will be down two players with the season finale around the corner.
Isaiah Stewart (right knee inflammation) will sit Friday night at home against the Milwaukee Bucks — the first of two consecutive games against the divisional rival. The Pistons will conclude the regular season Sunday in Milwaukee at 1 p.m.
Other than Jaden Ivey, who is still rehabbing a broken left fibula, the Pistons' injury report is clean.
Cade Cunningham, who recently missed six games with a left calf contusion, is healthy and will play. He led the Pistons with 36 points Thursday in a 115-106 home win over the New York Knicks.
The Pistons are currently the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference and on pace to play the Knicks in the first round, which begins April 19. But with consecutive wins over the Bucks, the Pistons would leap to the fifth-seed and face either the Knicks or Indiana Pacers, depending on how the final weekend plays out.
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This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Pistons injury update: Important role player will miss game vs Bucks
