Cade Cunningham has 29 points and 9 assists in Pistons' 122-116 win over Trail Blazers

DETROIT (AP) — Cade Cunningham had 13 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter and the Detroit Pistons rallied to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 122-116 on Friday night.

Cunningham also had three assists in the quarter and finishedwith nine. Jalen Duren added 18 points and eight rebounds.

Detroit allowed 22 points off turnovers. The Pistons averaged only 15.0 points off turnovers in their 15-2 start, but have been over 20 in seven straight games while going 4-3.

Deni Avdjia had 35 points for Portland. Jeremi Grant had 29, and Shaedon Sharpe 28 — and the rest of the team had 24.

Detroit took a 112-110 lead on Cunningham’s steal and layup with 2:22 to play, and Duncan Robinson scored five points in the next two possessions to make it a seven-point game.

Avdija had 29 points in the first three quarters, helping Portland to an 85-84 lead. The Pistons scored 65 in the first half, but only got 19 points in the third.

Trail Blazers: At Memphis on Sunday night.

Pistons: Host Milwaukee on Saturday night.

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Portland Trail Blazers forward Jerami Grant, right, shoots against Detroit Pistons guard Jaden Ivey during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Portland Trail Blazers interim head coach Tiago Splitter reacts during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Detroit Pistons, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Portland Trail Blazers forward Jerami Grant, center, drives against Detroit Pistons guards Javonte Green, left, and Cade Cunningham during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Portland Trail Blazers guard Shaedon Sharpe, left, drives against Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren reacts during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Portland Trail Blazers, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Detroit Pistons head coach J.B. Bickerstaff, left, reacts against referee Justin Van Duyne during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Portland Trail Blazers, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Portland Trail Blazers guard Shaedon Sharpe, second from right, drives against Detroit Pistons forward Ronald Holland II, forward Isaiah Stewart, and guard Caris LeVert, from left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ mayor-elect said Friday that a federal immigration crackdown launched this week is already causing harm as encounters between masked agents and residents, including some caught on video, has prompted public backlash in the blue city.

Frustrated city officials pointed to the case of Jacelynn Guzman, a 23-year-old U.S. citizen who was walking back to her Louisiana home from a trip to the grocery store on Wednesday when a truck pulled up beside her and two masked federal agents approached her, according to security footage obtained by The Associated Press.

Guzman began running away as a second vehicle arrived and the agents pursued her down the sidewalk until she reached her family's home in Marrero, a neighborhood across the Mississippi River from downtown New Orleans. Guzman's mother has lived there her entire life.

“We’re legal, we are from here, born and raised,” Guzman shouted back at the agents. “Don’t chase me, that is disgusting.”

Guzman, who has no criminal record, told the AP that she panicked when agents approached.

“That was my only thought that they were going to take me and I wasn’t going to get to have a say in that decision,” Guzman said. “Because most likely they didn’t care that I was saying I was a U.S. citizen. So why would they care what else I had to say?”

Several hundred agents under Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino have converged on Southeast Louisiana this week as part of an immigration enforcement operation seeking to arrest 5,000 people. The Department of Homeland Security has touted dozens of arrests with only limited details released. Many Hispanic residents have said they feel their community is at risk of being abused or detained by agents regardless of their legal status.

Alongside city council members, Democratic Congressman Troy Carter, Hispanic leaders and civil rights advocates, Mayor-elect Helena Moreno expressed “deep concern over recent actions” by federal agents. She said the operation is causing harm — forcing businesses to shutter and workers to stay home out of fear of mass arrests.

While federal officials have repeatedly said the goal of the operation is to target dangerous criminals who entered the country illegally, Moreno argued “that does not appear to be the case.”

Moreno said she is asking for regular public briefings from federal agencies, which she asks includes data on the stops, detentions, charges, warrants, outcomes and if any of the people detained have violent criminal histories.

“Without this full visibility into these enforcement actions, it is impossible to determine whether this particular operation is actually targeting the most dangerous offenders,” Moreno said.

Guzman’s stepfather, Juan Anglin, said he understood federal agents had a job to do but believed they were going about it in the wrong way.

Anglin heard his stepdaughter screaming outside and went out to confront the agents. He told the AP that Guzman ran from the agents because she was a young woman surrounded by aggressive masked men.

“I thought she was going to be kidnapped, honestly,” Anglin said. “I thought somebody was going to hurt her."

In response to the incident, the Department of Homeland Security said Border Patrol had been searching for a “criminal illegal alien previously charged with felony theft and convicted of illegal possession of stolen property.”

DHS said the agents “encountered a female matching the description of the target” and that agents “identified themselves" and left when they realized Guzman was not who they were seeking.

Anglin disputes the government's narrative and says she was stopped solely because of her appearance.

“Just because you look brown, you look Hispanic, you're going to get stopped,” he said. “Because now it doesn’t matter if you have papers, you speak English or you are a citizen, it’s not enough."

Sara Cline contributed reporting from Baton Rouge.

Brook is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

Juan Anglin, who watched federal agents chase his step-daughter Jacelynn Guzman, a 23-year-old U.S. citizen, as she was walking on the sidewalk, stands outside his home in Marrero, La., Thursday, Dec. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jack Brook)