No. 1 overall pick Cade Cunningham to make NBA debut

Twelve days into the season, the 2021 No. 1 overall pick Cade Cunningham is set to make his NBA debut. Cunningham returns from an ankle injury that he had been rehabbing to begin the season, and he will look to land the Detroit Pistons their first win of the 2021-22 campaign when they battle the Orlando Magic Saturday at Little Caesar’s Arena. Detroit enters the weekend as the NBA’s lone winless team, but are 5.5-point favorites against Orlando, according to Tipico Sportsbook.

This Eastern Conference matchup features two of the 2021 draft’s top-5 picks, as well as two of Tipico’s Rookie of the Year candidates as Jalen Suggs will face off against Cunningham. Suggs was taken by the Magic with the fifth pick of the draft and has gotten off to a solid NBA start, averaging 13.2 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists through his first six NBA games.

Cunningham will be making his first appearance since the 2021 NBA Summer League where he averaged 18.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.2 assists through three games before sitting out Detroit’s final two with calf soreness. He’ll more than likely step into one of the two starting backcourt positions alongside 2020 No.7 pick Killian Hayes.

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Game Lines

Detroit Pistons -5.5 vs. Orlando Magic

O/U 207.5

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