Detroit Pistons @ Cleveland Cavaliers — May 15, 2026

NBA·Eastern conference semifinals Rocket Arena, Cleveland, OH·May 15, 2026
Detroit Pistons DET 65-26, 29-16 Away
115
Final
94
Cleveland Cavaliers CLE 57-34, 32-14 Home
1 2 3 4 T
DET 27 27 30 31 115
CLE 25 26 19 24 94
Series tied 3-3
Leaders
Points
C.
C. Cunningham G DET
21 PTS
J.
J. Harden G CLE
23 PTS
Rebounds
J.
J. Duren C DET
11 REB
J.
J. Allen C CLE
8 REB
Assists
C.
C. Cunningham G DET
8 AST
J.
J. Harden G CLE
4 AST
Box Scores
Pistons
Cavaliers
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
Pistons
Cavaliers
52.4% Field Goals 39%
44.4% 3-Point FG 34.3%
68.4% Free Throws 73.3%
43 Rebounds 40
13 OFF 16
30 DEF 24
25 Assists 15
9 Steals 9
6 Blocks 3
17 Turnovers 20
22 Fouls 18
22 Biggest Lead 6
38:12 Time in Lead 7:29
13 Max Pts in Row 7
Four Factors
62.2% eFG% 46.8%
15.8% TOV% 18.1%
35.1% ORB% 34.8%
15.9% FT Rate 28.6%
Play-by-Play
Q4 31 - 24 115 - 94
115 - 94 0:25
N. Tomlin FT
3PT P. Reed
115 - 93 1:19
112 - 93 2:00
J. Tyson 2PT
3PT D. Jenkins
112 - 91 2:22
2PT J. Duren
109 - 91 3:00
3PT D. Jenkins
107 - 91 3:37
104 - 91 3:56
J. Allen FT
104 - 90 3:56
J. Allen FT
104 - 89 4:31
J. Harden 3PT
2PT P. Reed
104 - 86 4:42
102 - 86 5:08
E. Mobley FT
2PT D. Jenkins
102 - 85 5:29
2PT T. Harris
100 - 85 6:07
2PT J. Duren
98 - 85 6:40
96 - 85 7:15
J. Harden 3PT
FT C. Cunningham
96 - 82 7:33
FT C. Cunningham
95 - 82 7:33
94 - 82 7:46
E. Mobley 2PT
2PT J. Duren
94 - 80 8:08
92 - 80 9:37
D. Mitchell 3PT
2PT M. Sasser
92 - 77 9:47
90 - 77 10:03
D. Mitchell 2PT
3PT M. Sasser
90 - 75 10:20
87 - 75 10:31
J. Harden FT
87 - 74 10:31
J. Harden FT
87 - 73 11:16
E. Mobley 3PT
3PT D. Robinson
87 - 70 11:26
Q3 30 - 19 84 - 70
2PT M. Sasser
84 - 70
2PT P. Reed
82 - 70 0:28
80 - 70 1:10
E. Mobley 2PT
2PT P. Reed
80 - 68 1:37
3PT D. Robinson
78 - 68 2:07
FT P. Reed
75 - 68 3:05
74 - 68 3:26
S. Merrill 2PT
74 - 66 4:00
S. Merrill 3PT
3PT D. Robinson
74 - 63 4:22
71 - 63 4:37
J. Harden FT
71 - 62 4:37
J. Harden FT
FT P. Reed
71 - 61 4:53
2PT P. Reed
70 - 61 4:53
68 - 61 5:24
J. Allen 2PT
68 - 59 5:45
J. Harden FT
68 - 58 5:45
J. Harden FT
68 - 57 8:06
J. Harden 2PT
2PT A. Thompson
68 - 55 8:50
66 - 55 9:12
J. Harden FT
66 - 54 9:12
J. Harden FT
2PT D. Jenkins
66 - 53 9:28
64 - 53 9:50
E. Mobley FT
FT T. Harris
64 - 52 10:06
FT T. Harris
63 - 52 10:06
3PT D. Jenkins
62 - 52 10:21
59 - 52 10:38
J. Allen FT
2PT T. Harris
59 - 51 10:59
3PT C. Cunningham
57 - 51 11:36
Q2 27 - 26 54 - 51
54 - 51 1:02
M. Strus 3PT
54 - 48 1:31
D. Mitchell 2PT
54 - 46 1:47
E. Mobley FT
54 - 45 1:47
E. Mobley FT
2PT J. Duren
54 - 44 2:02
52 - 44 2:45
J. Allen 2PT
3PT C. Cunningham
52 - 42 3:00
49 - 42 3:25
M. Strus 3PT
49 - 39 4:01
J. Allen 2PT
3PT C. Cunningham
49 - 37 4:18
FT J. Duren
46 - 37 5:14
45 - 37 5:26
D. Wade 3PT
2PT J. Duren
45 - 34 5:42
2PT C. LeVert
43 - 34 6:10
41 - 34 6:38
S. Merrill 3PT
41 - 31 8:04
S. Merrill FT
41 - 30 8:04
S. Merrill FT
2PT A. Thompson
41 - 29 8:14
39 - 29 8:48
D. Mitchell 2PT
FT A. Thompson
39 - 27 9:09
3PT C. Cunningham
38 - 27 9:30
35 - 27 10:05
D. Mitchell FT
35 - 26 10:05
D. Mitchell FT
2PT C. Cunningham
35 - 25 10:21
2PT P. Reed
33 - 25 10:53
FT D. Robinson
31 - 25 11:26
FT D. Robinson
30 - 25 11:26
2PT P. Reed
29 - 25 11:47
Q1 27 - 25 27 - 25
FT D. Jenkins
27 - 25 0:01
FT D. Jenkins
26 - 25 0:01
3PT C. LeVert
25 - 25 0:31
22 - 25 0:37
E. Mobley 2PT
3PT D. Robinson
22 - 23 1:25
2PT M. Sasser
19 - 23 2:07
17 - 23 3:04
D. Mitchell 2PT
17 - 21 3:34
E. Mobley 3PT
17 - 18 4:03
J. Allen 2PT
3PT C. LeVert
17 - 16 4:14
2PT J. Duren
14 - 16 4:54
12 - 16 5:13
J. Harden 2PT
12 - 14 5:53
D. Mitchell FT
12 - 13 5:53
D. Mitchell FT
2PT J. Duren
12 - 12 6:42
10 - 12 7:00
D. Mitchell 3PT
10 - 9 7:40
J. Harden 3PT
2PT A. Thompson
10 - 6 8:14
8 - 6 8:25
J. Allen 2PT
FT A. Thompson
8 - 4 8:43
2PT A. Thompson
7 - 4 8:43
3PT C. Cunningham
5 - 4 9:01
2 - 4 10:09
E. Mobley 2PT
2PT C. Cunningham
2 - 2 10:16
0 - 2 11:08
J. Harden 2PT
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 4 Biggest Lead: DET +22 Times Tied: 3
Head-to-Head
Cavaliers leads 3-1
Final
DET Pistons
24322126
103
CLE Cavaliers
21313822
112
Series tied 2-2
Final
DET Pistons
30183328
109
CLE Cavaliers
32321933
116
Pistons lead 2-1
Final
DET Pistons
27213229
109
CLE Cavaliers
25293524
113
Final
DET Pistons
19472127
114
CLE Cavaliers
28282628
110
Rocket Arena
Cleveland, OH, US · 19,432 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Round
Eastern conference semifinals
Date
May 15, 2026
Time
11:00 pm
Duration
48 min