Detroit Pistons @ Cleveland Cavaliers — May 9, 2026

NBA·Eastern conference semifinals Rocket Arena, Cleveland, OH·May 9, 2026
Detroit Pistons DET 66-26, 29-16 Away
109
Final
116
Cleveland Cavaliers CLE 57-35, 32-14 Home
1 2 3 4 T
DET 30 18 33 28 109
CLE 32 32 19 33 116
Leaders
Points
C.
C. Cunningham G DET
27 PTS
D.
D. Mitchell G CLE
35 PTS
Rebounds
C.
C. Cunningham G DET
10 REB
D.
D. Mitchell G CLE
10 REB
Assists
C.
C. Cunningham G DET
10 AST
J.
J. Harden G CLE
7 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
45.1% Field Goals 58.1%
36% 3-Point FG 37.5%
81.8% Free Throws 64.3%
40 Rebounds 33
17 OFF 5
23 DEF 28
23 Assists 22
12 Steals 3
4 Blocks 7
15 Turnovers 15
25 Fouls 17
7 Biggest Lead 17
8:50 Time in Lead 36:09
12 Max Pts in Row 9
Four Factors
50% eFG% 66.2%
13% TOV% 14.8%
37.8% ORB% 17.9%
19.8% FT Rate 24.3%
Play-by-Play
Q4 28 - 33 109 - 116
109 - 116 0:16
D. Mitchell FT
109 - 115 0:16
D. Mitchell FT
109 - 114 0:21
D. Mitchell FT
109 - 113 0:26
J. Harden 3PT
3PT C. Cunningham
109 - 110 0:51
106 - 110 0:59
J. Harden 2PT
2PT C. Cunningham
106 - 108 1:21
104 - 108 1:29
J. Harden 2PT
104 - 106 2:28
M. Strus 2PT
3PT D. Robinson
104 - 104 3:14
101 - 104 3:23
J. Allen 2PT
101 - 102 4:32
D. Mitchell FT
101 - 101 4:32
D. Mitchell FT
3PT T. Harris
101 - 100 4:57
2PT C. Cunningham
98 - 100 5:40
96 - 100 6:01
J. Allen FT
FT P. Reed
95 - 99 6:43
FT P. Reed
94 - 99 6:43
3PT D. Robinson
93 - 99 7:09
90 - 99 7:26
D. Schröder 3PT
2PT P. Reed
91 - 96 7:45
89 - 96 8:03
J. Harden 2PT
FT P. Reed
89 - 94 8:27
2PT P. Reed
88 - 94 8:27
86 - 94 8:54
E. Mobley 2PT
85 - 92 9:11
D. Mitchell 2PT
86 - 90 9:39
S. Merrill 3PT
3PT J. Green
86 - 87 9:57
83 - 87 10:14
E. Mobley FT
83 - 86 10:14
E. Mobley FT
2PT C. LeVert
83 - 85 11:11
81 - 85 11:34
D. Mitchell 2PT
Q3 33 - 19 81 - 83
2PT T. Harris
81 - 83 0:03
FT T. Harris
79 - 83 0:06
2PT T. Harris
78 - 83 0:06
76 - 83 0:31
D. Mitchell 2PT
76 - 81 1:03
D. Mitchell 2PT
76 - 79 1:45
J. Tyson 3PT
76 - 76 1:54
M. Strus 2PT
2PT P. Reed
76 - 74 2:28
FT C. Cunningham
74 - 74 3:05
2PT C. Cunningham
73 - 74 3:05
2PT C. Cunningham
71 - 74 3:32
2PT P. Reed
69 - 74 4:04
3PT D. Robinson
67 - 74 4:32
64 - 74 4:45
J. Allen 2PT
2PT A. Thompson
64 - 72 5:33
2PT A. Thompson
62 - 72 6:10
2PT C. Cunningham
60 - 72 6:27
58 - 72 6:56
M. Strus 3PT
3PT T. Harris
58 - 69 7:23
FT C. Cunningham
55 - 69 8:56
54 - 69 9:12
J. Harden 2PT
2PT A. Thompson
54 - 67 9:59
FT C. Cunningham
52 - 67 10:56
FT C. Cunningham
51 - 67 10:56
50 - 67 11:14
D. Mitchell 2PT
2PT J. Duren
50 - 65 11:22
48 - 65 11:46
E. Mobley FT
Q2 18 - 32 48 - 64
48 - 64 0:11
E. Mobley 2PT
2PT I. Stewart
48 - 62 0:28
46 - 62 0:40
J. Allen FT
46 - 61 1:01
J. Allen FT
46 - 60 1:24
D. Mitchell 2PT
46 - 58 1:56
E. Mobley FT
2PT J. Duren
46 - 57 2:26
44 - 57 2:40
J. Allen 2PT
44 - 55 3:00
D. Mitchell 3PT
44 - 52 3:21
D. Mitchell FT
44 - 51 3:21
D. Mitchell FT
2PT D. Robinson
44 - 50 3:26
2PT C. Cunningham
42 - 50 4:01
40 - 50 4:25
E. Mobley 2PT
40 - 48 4:29
J. Harden 3PT
FT T. Harris
40 - 45 4:47
FT T. Harris
39 - 45 4:47
38 - 45 4:58
E. Mobley 2PT
2PT C. Cunningham
38 - 43 5:05
2PT J. Duren
36 - 43 6:22
34 - 43 6:39
S. Merrill 2PT
34 - 41 7:38
D. Wade 3PT
FT A. Thompson
34 - 38 7:56
33 - 38 8:08
D. Mitchell 2PT
2PT D. Jenkins
33 - 36 8:23
31 - 36 8:39
S. Merrill FT
31 - 35 8:39
S. Merrill FT
FT J. Duren
31 - 34 10:33
30 - 34 10:52
D. Mitchell 2PT
Q1 30 - 32 30 - 32
30 - 32 0:29
D. Mitchell 2PT
30 - 30 1:16
D. Schröder 3PT
2PT C. Cunningham
30 - 27 1:38
2PT C. LeVert
28 - 27 2:27
FT C. LeVert
26 - 27 2:39
FT C. LeVert
25 - 27 2:39
24 - 27 2:44
J. Harden 2PT
24 - 25 3:18
D. Schröder 2PT
2PT I. Stewart
24 - 23 3:30
22 - 23 3:46
J. Allen 2PT
2PT T. Harris
22 - 21 4:04
20 - 21 5:08
J. Allen 2PT
2PT T. Harris
20 - 16 6:03
18 - 16 6:26
J. Allen FT
18 - 15 6:26
J. Allen 2PT
2PT J. Duren
18 - 13 6:43
16 - 13 7:26
J. Allen 2PT
FT T. Harris
16 - 11 7:39
FT T. Harris
15 - 11 7:39
14 - 11 7:53
D. Mitchell 2PT
2PT A. Thompson
14 - 9 8:05
12 - 9 8:31
D. Mitchell 3PT
12 - 6 9:04
E. Mobley FT
FT D. Robinson
12 - 5 9:15
2PT T. Harris
11 - 5 9:32
FT C. Cunningham
9 - 5 10:05
3PT C. Cunningham
8 - 5 10:20
5 - 5 10:45
J. Harden 3PT
2PT J. Duren
5 - 2 10:59
3 - 2 11:14
D. Mitchell 2PT
3PT D. Robinson
3 - 0 11:43
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 7 Biggest Lead: CLE +17 Times Tied: 6
Head-to-Head
Cavaliers leads 3-1
Final
DET Pistons
27213229
109
CLE Cavaliers
25293524
113
Final
DET Pistons
19472127
114
CLE Cavaliers
28282628
110
Final
DET Pistons
23222224
91
CLE Cavaliers
26292728
110
Final
DET Pistons
29262422
101
CLE Cavaliers
28372622
113
Rocket Arena
Cleveland, OH, US · 19,432 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Round
Eastern conference semifinals
Date
May 9, 2026
Time
7:00 pm
Duration
48 min