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Cade Cunningham Comically Addresses Whether or Not He Called ‘Bank’ on Buzzer-Beater

Still counts.

Tyler Lauletta

Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham reacts after scoring against the Miami Heat.
Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham reacts after scoring against the Miami Heat. / Sam Navarro-Imagn Images
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Cade Cunningham and the Detroit Pistons are riding high after a thrilling win over the Miami Heat on Wednesday.

It was Cunningham who secured the victory for his team, capping off a night where he put up a triple-double of 25 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists with a high-arcing three-pointer over the outstretched arm of Heat center Bam Adebayo that banked in just before the buzzer.

Final score: Pistons 116, Heat 113.

After the game, Cunningham addressed the elephant in the room—had he called “bank” on his fateful shot?

“I might’ve whispered it,” Cunningham told reporters. “I might have. I don’t think anyone heard that though.”

With the win, the Pistons moved to 39–31 on the season, and currently sit in sixth place in the Eastern Conference and are in position to make the playoffs for the first time since 2019. That’s one way to make sure your games are on national television.

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TYLER LAULETTA

Tyler Lauletta is a staff writer for the Breaking and Trending News Team/team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI, he covered sports for nearly a decade at Business Insider, and helped design and launch the OffBall newsletter. He is a graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia, and remains an Eagles and Phillies sicko. When not watching or blogging about sports, Tyler can be found scratching his dog behind the ears.

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