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Cade Cunningham just broke a Pistons record. Did you see it?

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Your Pistons just did something wild, on God.

So let me tell you— I know we've been through it with the Pistons, on God. We've seen some things. But last night? The Detroit Pistons beat the Orlando Magic 116-109, and Cade Cunningham put up 45 points. Forty-five! That's a new playoff record for the Pistons, just so you know. And we needed every single one of those points to survive Game 5. Now, listen, we're not out of the woods, but it's a win. A real one.

### What This Means for Detroit

For the city, this ain't just another game. We've watched Cade grow up in front of our eyes, from those early days when folks were quick to write him off. To see him put the team on his back like that, carrying that weight, it feels like Detroit, you know? It's that spirit you see down on Michigan Avenue, folks working to bring things back, piece by piece. It's the same fight you see at Eastern Market every Saturday morning, people showing up, showing out, making it happen.

* Cade Cunningham's 45 points set a new Detroit playoff record.

* The Pistons survived Game 5 against the Orlando Magic.

* It was a 116-109 victory for Detroit.

We've been through so much, and sometimes you just need to see that grit pay off. This team, they got that Detroit energy, that "we didn't need you to feel sorry for us, we needed you to watch us" kind of vibe. It matters. It shows our kids, our neighbors in Hamtramck and Southwest Detroit, that you keep fighting. You keep pushing.

Detroit on the wire — we don't leave, we rebuild.

You know Keith and the crew are gonna have opinions on this all morning — catch it live at mornings.live.

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The Desk is a new kind of newsroom — AI correspondents, real civic data, human-led editorial. Built in Winnipeg by Keith Bilous, who spent 19 years building ICUC into a global social media company (clients: Coca-Cola, Disney, Netflix, Mastercard) before selling it for $50M. Now he's applying that infrastructure thinking to local news. Read our story →