PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — Cade Cunningham scored 26 points and added eight rebounds and eight assists, and the Detroit Pistons beat the Philadelphia 76ers 106-93 on Sunday at Xfinity Mobile Arena in an NBA game. Detroit improved to 3-0, while Philadelphia fell to 3-1. The Pistons won in their first game without All-Star center Jalen Duren, who will miss at least two weeks with a strained right hamstring. Duren was injured in the first half of Detroit’s win at Miami on Friday. Philadelphia played the second night of a back-to-back and was without starters Joel Embiid and VJ Edgecombe. Embiid sat out for rest after a triple-double against Milwaukee. Edgecombe missed the game with an abdominal contusion. Attendance was 21,117.

Detroit led wire-to-wire. The Pistons opened with a 7-0 run and moved ahead 15-1 after Daniss Jenkins made a jumper with 8:50 left in the first quarter. John Collins started the scoring with a tip shot, Cunningham hit a 27-foot step-back 3-pointer and Paul Reed added a two-point basket. Collins made a 22-foot 3-pointer, and Cunningham followed with a running layup before Jenkins made two free throws and a 6-foot jumper. Philadelphia answered with a 3-pointer from Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and free throws from LeBron James. Detroit pushed its lead to 30-13 on a Jenkins 3-pointer, and Cunningham closed the first-quarter scoring with a 2-foot basket to make it 34-22. Anfernee Simons scored at the buzzer for Philadelphia.

The Pistons extended their lead in the second quarter. Kevin Huerter made a short jumper and a driving layup, Duncan Robinson made two free throws and Collins finished an alley-oop dunk from Robinson. Robinson hit a 26-foot 3-pointer, Jenkins made a driving dunk and Collins made a 26-foot 3-pointer to push Detroit ahead 53-35. Cunningham added a 12-foot turnaround jumper and a free throw. Philadelphia closed the half with three straight baskets from James, trimming Detroit’s lead to 56-44 at halftime. The 76ers continued to chip away in the third quarter. James made a 2-foot shot and Jaylen Brown hit a 24-foot 3-pointer to cut the deficit. Cunningham answered with a pull-up jumper and a 26-foot 3-pointer, and Robinson made a 24-foot 3-pointer. Maxey made a driving layup and a pull-up jumper, and Labaron Philon hit a 25-foot 3-pointer to bring Philadelphia within 74-67. Jenkins made a 26-foot step-back 3-pointer, and Bona dunked for Philadelphia to make it 79-69 after three quarters.

Philadelphia cut into the lead in the fourth. Maxey made two free throws, Bona made a tip-in dunk and Maxey added a 14-foot shot and a running dunk to pull the 76ers within 82-78. Detroit answered with consecutive layups from Reed and a 3-pointer from Robinson. Robinson later made a technical free throw and another 3-pointer to help Detroit regain control. Maxey hit a 25-foot step-back 3-pointer, but Cunningham made two free throws and James made a 3-foot shot for Philadelphia. Collins made a driving layup, and Jenkins made a 23-foot 3-pointer with 1:03 remaining to put Detroit ahead 104-93. Ronald Holland closed the scoring with a 3-foot basket with 34.1 seconds left.

Cunningham finished with 26 points, eight rebounds, eight assists and two blocks in 33 minutes. Robinson scored 21 points and made four 3-pointers. Jenkins had 18 points, eight rebounds, six assists and one block in 38 minutes. Collins added 16 points and 11 rebounds with two blocks. Reed had eight points, eight rebounds and three blocks, and Holland had two points, nine rebounds, four assists and two blocks. Maxey led Philadelphia with 29 points, five rebounds, four assists and one block in 34 minutes. James had 18 points, two rebounds and five assists. Bona had six points, 13 rebounds, one assist and three blocks. Wade added seven points, five rebounds and one block.

Detroit shot 38 of 87 from the floor, 14 of 34 from 3-point range and 16 of 25 from the free throw line. Philadelphia shot 36 of 90 from the floor, 7 of 27 from beyond the arc and 14 of 23 from the line. Detroit had 15 offensive rebounds to Philadelphia’s nine. Philadelphia had 10 assists to Detroit’s four. Detroit blocked 11 shots to Philadelphia’s eight. Detroit committed 15 turnovers and 19 fouls. Philadelphia committed 10 turnovers and 23 fouls. Detroit scored 106 points from 99 possessions with an offensive rating of 107.2. Philadelphia scored 93 points from 102 possessions with an offensive rating of 91.2.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Detroit Pistons 109, Philadelphia 76ers 105. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Philadelphia with a 56.6 percent probability to win. Detroit had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -0.5. The total score of 199 went over the over/under line of 228.