Pistons suffer 8th straight loss
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kyle Kuzma scored 17 of his 23 points in the third quarter, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 16, and Deni Avdija had 12 points and a career-high 15 rebounds as the Washington Wizards sent the Detroit Pistons to their eighth straight loss, 103-94 on Monday night.
Saddiq Bey led Detroit (12-45), which is 4-25 on the road, with 24 points. Jeremi Grant scored 14 and Cade Cunningham, who leads NBA rookies in scoring, was in foul trouble for much of the game and finished with 12 points.
Washington (26-30), losers of nine of 11, took a 75-74 lead on Ish Smith’s jumper with 2:47 left in the third. Kuzma scored seven points in the final 80 seconds of the quarter as the Wizards took an 87-78 lead after three.
In his first game since Detroit traded for him, Marvin Bagley III had 10 points, and collided with Washington’s Rui Hachimura early in the second quarter and was assessed a flagrant foul.



