One race that has truly started to firm is the Most Improved Player, with one first-time All-Star looking to run away with the honour.

As the NBA regular season comes to a close, Most Improved Player has slowly become one of the biggest awards debates.

ATLANTA (AP) — Cade Cunningham had 38 points ... Cunningham had his big night while being guarded primarily by Hawks guard Dyson Daniels, a candidate for Defensive Player of the Year. Daniels had four steals to give him an NBA-best 156 for the season ...

The Atlanta Hawks came into tonight's game vs the Detroit Pistons in need of a win for lots of different reasons. If they lost, the Pistons would win the season

Cunningham’s long-range shooting was just one facet of his game that had been clicking, as he was 11-of-16 shooting overall from the field. Once he made it off the floor, it hit him. “I didn’t realize I had those numbers until I was walking into the locker room,

Some other honorable mentions include New York Knicks wing Josh Hart, Portland Trail Blazers guard Scoot Henderson, Memphis Grizzlies forward Santi Aldama, and Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard (who is the favorite to win NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year).

The Detroit Pistons have been one of the biggest surprises in the league thus far in the 2024-25 season. Not much was expected out of them especially after all they could muster last season was a pitiful 14-68 record that involved the longest single-season losing streak in NBA history.

ATLANTA (AP) — Cade Cunningham had 38 points ... had his big night while being guarded primarily by Hawks guard Dyson Daniels, a candidate for Defensive Player of the Year.