There was a short moment on Tuesday night when the Cleveland Cavaliers and fans at Rocket Arena held their collective breaths.

A little over six minutes into their NBA preseason finale against the Detroit Pistons, training camp standout De'Andre Hunter stopped Detroit Pistons forward Tobias Harris on a fast break and poked the ball away from him as he tried to go left .

Hunter recorded a steal that got the Cavs out on the open floor, but didn't run with them after the fact.

Instead, he was slow to get up as former teammate Javonte Green was whistled for a kick ball while defending Cleveland's attack. Although Hunter gingerly walked up to join his teammates during that possession, the Cavs called a timeout and subbed in Donovan Mitchell.

“Bumped knees, no twist or anything lik

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