In 2023, the Detroit Pistons didn’t record their first win in December until their final game of the month.On Saturday night, they have a chance to close out this December with a winning record when they wrap up a four-game road swing in Denver.Detroit has won the first three contests of the trip, including Thursday night’s 114-113 victory over the Sacramento Kings on a four-point play by Jaden Ivey with 3 seconds left.Saturday’s game might be the toughest challenge, as the Pistons will be playing in altitude against perennial NBA MVP candidate Nikola Jokic. But Detroit has a budding superstar in Cade Cunningham, who leads the team in scoring (24.2 points) and assists (9.7) per game.Cunningham has six triple-doubles this season and six double-doubles in the past eight games to help Detroit reach 14 wins, matching its total from 2023-24.”Give him a challenge, and he accepts it,” Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff recently said of Cunningham. “That’s the thing that, as we’ve gone, I can make a comment to him, whether it be the fourth quarter or halftime or whatever it is, I can make a challenge to him in shootaround about his defensive matchup, whatever it may be, and he can go out and get it done.”Cunningham is getting plenty of help from his teammates. Ivey is averaging 17.5 points a game, former Nugget Malik Beasley is scoring at a clip of 16.7 points a night and Jalen Duran sets the pace with 9.2 rebounds.Duran will have to contend with Jokic, who is averaging a career-high 30.5 points per game. He also leads Denver in assists (9.5) and rebounding (12.7).Jamal Murray is second in scoring at 19.2 per game and Michael Porter Jr. (18.4) is third.