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Golden State Warriors center Kristaps Porzingis left Friday night's road loss in Detroit with lower back spasms and said postgame he will "probably" miss Saturday night's reunion game in Atlanta against a Hawks team that traded him in February. "We'll see," Porzingis said. "Maybe it loosens up tomorrow. Who knows? But right now it's pretty stiff." Porzingis said he first felt his back tightening up in the first quarter, but the problem worsened late in the second quarter after back-to-back plays bumping with Pistons big man Jalen Duren.
Keith Langlois: FINAL: Pistons 115, Warriors 101 Pistons force season-best 27 turnovers for 32 points. They scored 74 in the paint. Record goes to 51-19 with 12 to go. Ausar Thompson career-best 7 steals. Daniss Jenkins 22/7/8.
Coty M. Davis: With the win, the #Pistons improved to 51-19 overall and became the first Eastern Conference team to secure a playoff spot.
Coty M. Davis: “Guys should not have to feel they have to play hurt or injured.” With the possibility of Cade Cunningham missing out on regular season awards, JB Bickerstaff shares his thoughts on the league’s 65-game rule. #Pistons
“Guys should not have to feel they have to play hurt or injured.”
— Coty M. Davis (@CotyDavis_24) March 20, 2026
With the possibility of Cunningham missing out on regular season awards, Bickerstaff shares his thoughts on the league’s 65-game rule. #Pistons pic.twitter.com/tvoexGgYJ3
Anthony Slater: Jalen Duren is questionable for the Pistons tonight vs Warriors. Second night of back-to-back for Detroit. Cade Cunningham and Isaiah Stewart already out. Warriors playing their healthy vets (Draymond, Porzingis, Melton) on front side of back-to-back (at Atlanta tomorrow).
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Draymond Green agaisnt 65-game rule: Draymond Green says Cade Cunningham is not going to make All-NBA team because of this dumba** 65-game rule: “It just doesn’t fix the issue. Like it does not fix the issue at all. And so here’s a guy who’s done everything right, has a collapsed lung, and he’s going to miss All-NBA because this dumba** rule that does not fix the issue. It’s just ridiculous. So here we go again with these unintended consequences.”
Draymond Green on Cade Cunningham injury: Man to see that happen is heartbreaking. So, I hope and pray that he’s able to get back, you know, and that’s why, like winning a championship is so fu*king hard to do. Because yes, you have to be really, really,really good, but you also have to be really, really, really lucky. And like it’s things like this that you just can’t account for, you know? Like that’s what makes it so hard. You got to be clicking at the right time. You got to be healthy at the right time. You got to actually be good enough. You need good fortune. You need good bounces, like it’s so hard.
Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania on Friday. Rodman, a five-time NBA champion with the Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls, has a four-match pro wrestling career, with three of those coming in WCW. He made his WCW debut in 1997 and famously skipped a practice during the 1998 NBA Finals to appear on "WCW Monday Nitro," where he set up a tag team match in which he partnered with Hulk Hogan to face Diamond Dallas Page and Karl Malone.
Surely, Cade Cunningham has grander goals, such as a deep postseason run. According to NBA injury expert Jeff Stotts, the average time missed because of a collapsed lung is 26 days, which would set Cunningham for a return just before the playoffs. The Pistons will need him then more than they do during the close of the regular season. Playoff defenses, even low-seeded ones, lock in on weaknesses. If Detroit can neither shoot nor create, the offense could turn to sludge. And maybe an upset could follow.
Omari Sankofa II: Ausar on LeVert's playmaking: "He always says he’s the best passer on the team. I don’t know about that one, because I’m standing here."
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Omari Sankofa II: On Duren leaving in the 3rd and not playing in the 4th after returning to the bench, JB said Paul Reed was rolling. Doesn't sound like anything serious for Duren. "We’ll take a look at JD and see if he’s alright, but I haven’t seen any problems yet."
Omari Sankofa II: FINAL: Pistons 117, Wizards 95. The Pistons (50-19 overall) have won 50 games for the first time since the 2007-08 season. 13 games to go. Duren: 24 points, 11 rebounds Reed: 17 pts, 2 blocks LeVert: 14 pts, 6 assists, 5 rebs Huerter: 14 pts, 5 rebs, 4 stls
Omari Sankofa II: JB on Cade’s injury: “Obviously it’s tough. Tough for Cade to go through what he’s going through right now … It’s everybody’s responsibility to keep moving forward, head down, 10 toes forward and go to work. And that’s what this team has done all year.”
JB on Cade’s injury: “Obviously it’s tough. Tough for Cade to go through what he’s going through right now … It’s everybody’s responsibility to keep moving forward, head down, 10 toes forward and go to work. And that’s what this team has done all year.” pic.twitter.com/9mD7tV8mU6
— Omari Sankofa II (@omarisankofa) March 19, 2026
Tim Bontemps: The Pistons officially announce Cade Cunningham will be re-evaluated in two weeks, meaning he’ll miss at least the next eight games. As @BobbyMarks42 said earlier, he needs to play another five to make All-NBA and there’s 14 games left for Detroit.