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.

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.

It takes an NBA superstar to notice one, and the legendary Kevin Garnett claims that the Detroit Pistons have a guy in that tier of players in Cade Cunningham.

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 Detroit Pistons have been surging lately. After a dismal season in 2023-24, they are now the sixth seed in the East with a 34-27 record. A huge part of their success this year is due to the output from Cade Cunningham.

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

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.