Cleveland Cavaliers @ Detroit Pistons — May 5, 2026

NBA·Eastern conference semifinals Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI·May 5, 2026
Cleveland Cavaliers CLE 56-34, 25-20 Away
101
Final
111
Detroit Pistons DET 65-25, 36-10 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 2-2
Final/OT
CLE Cavaliers
351930305
119
DET Pistons
272335298
122
Final
CLE Cavaliers
33302726
116
DET Pistons
24172529
95
Final
CLE Cavaliers
26322539
122
DET Pistons
31323832
133
Final
CLE Cavaliers
34312132
118
DET Pistons
26302732
115
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