Cleveland Cavaliers @ Detroit Pistons — May 5, 2026

NBA·Eastern conference semifinals Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI·May 5, 2026
Cleveland Cavaliers CLE 54-32, 24-19 Away
101
Final
111
Detroit Pistons DET 63-23, 35-9 Home
1 2 3 4 T
CLE 21 25 30 25 101
DET 37 22 24 28 111
Leaders
Points
D.
D. Mitchell G CLE
23 PTS
C.
C. Cunningham G DET
23 PTS
Rebounds
E.
E. Mobley F CLE
9 REB
J.
J. Duren C DET
12 REB
Assists
J.
J. Harden G CLE
7 AST
C.
C. Cunningham G DET
7 AST
Box Scores
Cavaliers
Pistons
MIN — Minutes · PTS — Points · FG — Field Goals · 3PT — 3-Point Field Goals · FT — Free Throws · REB — Rebounds · AST — Assists · STL — Steals · BLK — Blocks · TO — Turnovers · PF — Personal Fouls · +/- — Plus-Minus
Team Statistics
Cavaliers
Pistons
45% Field Goals 44%
36.8% 3-Point FG 38.5%
93.8% Free Throws 77.1%
41 Rebounds 45
11 OFF 16
30 DEF 29
23 Assists 23
7 Steals 12
5 Blocks 3
19 Turnovers 11
22 Fouls 18
5 Biggest Lead 18
2:53 Time in Lead 43:45
11 Max Pts in Row 11
Four Factors
53.8% eFG% 50%
17.9% TOV% 10%
27.5% ORB% 34.8%
18.8% FT Rate 32.1%
Play-by-Play
Q4 25 - 28 101 - 111
101 - 111 0:18
D. Jenkins 2PT
101 - 109 0:26
D. Jenkins FT
101 - 108 0:26
D. Jenkins FT
3PT D. Mitchell
101 - 107 0:33
98 - 107 0:39
T. Harris FT
98 - 106 0:39
T. Harris FT
2PT J. Harden
98 - 105 1:46
96 - 105 2:04
T. Harris 2PT
96 - 103 2:45
C. Cunningham 2PT
FT D. Mitchell
96 - 101 3:07
95 - 101 3:23
D. Jenkins 2PT
2PT J. Harden
95 - 99 3:40
93 - 99 3:54
J. Duren 2PT
93 - 97 4:13
J. Duren 2PT
93 - 95 4:50
J. Duren 2PT
FT J. Harden
93 - 93 5:28
FT J. Harden
92 - 93 5:28
FT J. Harden
91 - 93 5:28
2PT J. Harden
90 - 93 6:00
2PT J. Harden
88 - 93 6:32
FT J. Harden
86 - 93 7:23
FT J. Harden
85 - 93 7:23
2PT D. Mitchell
84 - 93 8:18
82 - 93 9:15
D. Robinson 2PT
82 - 91 9:48
D. Robinson 3PT
82 - 88 9:52
R. Holland FT
82 - 87 10:51
T. Harris 2PT
3PT D. Schröder
82 - 85 11:04
79 - 85 11:27
D. Robinson 2PT
FT M. Strus
79 - 83 11:50
2PT M. Strus
78 - 83 11:50
Q3 30 - 24 76 - 83
76 - 83 0:01
R. Holland 3PT
2PT M. Strus
76 - 80 0:04
74 - 80 0:51
C. Cunningham FT
74 - 79 0:51
C. Cunningham FT
74 - 78 0:51
C. Cunningham FT
3PT M. Strus
74 - 77 1:52
71 - 77 2:09
C. Cunningham 2PT
2PT D. Schröder
71 - 75 2:25
2PT M. Strus
69 - 75 2:40
3PT D. Mitchell
67 - 75 3:35
64 - 75 4:19
T. Harris 2PT
2PT D. Schröder
64 - 73 4:56
62 - 73 6:12
T. Harris 2PT
3PT M. Strus
62 - 71 7:03
59 - 71 7:24
A. Thompson FT
59 - 70 7:24
A. Thompson FT
2PT J. Allen
59 - 69 7:40
57 - 69 7:58
A. Thompson 2PT
2PT E. Mobley
57 - 67 8:41
55 - 67 8:53
C. Cunningham 2PT
2PT D. Wade
55 - 65 9:03
2PT E. Mobley
53 - 65 9:40
3PT D. Wade
51 - 65 10:23
48 - 65 10:44
D. Robinson 3PT
2PT E. Mobley
48 - 62 11:37
46 - 62 11:53
D. Robinson 3PT
Q2 25 - 22 46 - 59
46 - 59 0:32
C. Cunningham FT
46 - 58 0:32
C. Cunningham FT
46 - 57 0:32
C. Cunningham FT
FT J. Harden
46 - 56 1:25
FT J. Harden
45 - 56 1:25
44 - 56 2:00
R. Holland 2PT
44 - 54 2:20
C. Cunningham FT
3PT E. Mobley
44 - 53 3:02
3PT K. Ellis
41 - 53 3:40
38 - 53 3:53
T. Harris FT
3PT J. Harden
38 - 52 4:09
35 - 52 4:23
A. Thompson 2PT
35 - 50 4:59
J. Duren FT
35 - 49 5:33
T. Harris 3PT
35 - 46 6:35
A. Thompson 2PT
FT J. Harden
35 - 44 7:25
FT J. Harden
34 - 44 7:25
3PT M. Strus
33 - 44 8:11
30 - 44 8:28
D. Robinson 3PT
FT T. Bryant
30 - 41 8:44
FT T. Bryant
29 - 41 8:44
28 - 41 9:17
I. Stewart 2PT
3PT D. Mitchell
28 - 39 9:35
25 - 39 10:41
A. Thompson 2PT
2PT T. Bryant
25 - 37 10:53
2PT D. Mitchell
23 - 37 11:23
Q1 21 - 37 21 - 37
21 - 37 0:02
J. Green 3PT
2PT D. Mitchell
21 - 34 0:05
FT D. Schröder
19 - 34 0:46
FT D. Schröder
18 - 34 0:46
17 - 34 0:57
C. Cunningham FT
17 - 33 0:57
C. Cunningham FT
3PT M. Strus
17 - 32 0:57
14 - 32 1:41
J. Duren 2PT
14 - 30 3:03
I. Stewart 2PT
14 - 28 3:25
C. Cunningham 3PT
14 - 25 3:54
D. Jenkins 2PT
14 - 23 4:17
I. Stewart FT
14 - 22 4:17
I. Stewart FT
3PT E. Mobley
14 - 21 4:51
11 - 21 5:11
D. Jenkins 2PT
11 - 19 5:39
D. Jenkins 2PT
11 - 17 6:02
J. Duren FT
11 - 16 6:02
J. Duren FT
2PT J. Harden
11 - 15 6:25
9 - 15 6:41
T. Harris 2PT
9 - 13 7:01
C. Cunningham 2PT
2PT D. Mitchell
9 - 11 7:20
7 - 11 7:36
T. Harris FT
7 - 10 7:36
T. Harris FT
7 - 9 8:23
D. Robinson 3PT
7 - 6 9:05
A. Thompson FT
2PT D. Mitchell
7 - 5 9:18
5 - 5 9:34
C. Cunningham 3PT
5 - 2 10:18
T. Harris FT
5 - 1 10:18
T. Harris FT
3PT D. Mitchell
5 - 0 10:36
2PT E. Mobley
2 - 0 11:32
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 1 Biggest Lead: DET +18 Times Tied: 2
Head-to-Head
Series tied 1-1
Final/OT
CLE Cavaliers
351930305
119
DET Pistons
272335298
122
Final
CLE Cavaliers
33302726
116
DET Pistons
24172529
95
Little Caesars Arena
Detroit, MI, US · 20,491 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Round
Eastern conference semifinals
Date
May 5, 2026
Time
11:00 pm
Duration
48 min