Cleveland Cavaliers @ Detroit Pistons — May 14, 2026

NBA·Eastern conference semifinals Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI·May 14, 2026
Cleveland Cavaliers CLE 59-35, 26-21 Away
117
Final/OT
113
Detroit Pistons DET 66-28, 37-11 Home
1 2 3 4 OT T
CLE 27 25 32 19 14 117
DET 29 31 20 23 12 113
Leaders
Points
J.
J. Harden G CLE
30 PTS
C.
C. Cunningham G DET
39 PTS
Rebounds
J.
J. Allen C CLE
10 REB
P.
P. Reed F DET
8 REB
Assists
E.
E. Mobley F CLE
8 AST
C.
C. Cunningham G DET
9 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 44.2%
40% 3-Point FG 33.3%
81.6% Free Throws 90%
44 Rebounds 40
13 OFF 15
31 DEF 25
25 Assists 28
6 Steals 10
9 Blocks 10
16 Turnovers 10
16 Fouls 26
7 Biggest Lead 15
12:33 Time in Lead 36:23
13 Max Pts in Row 12
Four Factors
53.8% eFG% 50%
14.2% TOV% 8.8%
34.2% ORB% 32.6%
38.8% FT Rate 18.9%
Play-by-Play
Q5 14 - 12 117 - 115
117 - 113 0:01
P. Reed 2PT
FT E. Mobley
117 - 111 0:04
FT E. Mobley
116 - 111 0:04
FT J. Harden
115 - 111 0:19
FT J. Harden
114 - 111 0:25
113 - 111 0:26
C. Cunningham 2PT
FT J. Harden
113 - 109 1:26
112 - 109 1:48
D. Jenkins 2PT
112 - 107 2:13
P. Reed 2PT
2PT D. Mitchell
112 - 105 2:29
3PT D. Mitchell
110 - 105 2:39
107 - 105 3:00
P. Reed FT
107 - 104 3:00
P. Reed FT
2PT D. Mitchell
107 - 103 3:54
2PT J. Allen
105 - 103 4:33
Q4 19 - 23 103 - 103
FT E. Mobley
103 - 103 0:46
FT E. Mobley
102 - 103 0:46
3PT E. Mobley
101 - 103 1:22
2PT E. Mobley
98 - 103 1:58
2PT D. Mitchell
96 - 103 2:36
94 - 103 3:00
T. Harris 3PT
3PT M. Strus
94 - 100 3:38
91 - 100 3:57
D. Jenkins FT
91 - 99 3:57
D. Jenkins 2PT
2PT J. Harden
91 - 97 4:36
89 - 97 5:04
A. Thompson FT
89 - 96 5:04
A. Thompson FT
89 - 95 5:25
D. Jenkins 3PT
89 - 92 6:41
C. Cunningham 3PT
89 - 89 7:25
P. Reed 2PT
89 - 87 9:17
P. Reed 2PT
FT J. Harden
89 - 85 9:40
FT J. Harden
88 - 85 9:40
FT J. Harden
87 - 85 9:40
FT D. Mitchell
86 - 85 10:20
FT D. Mitchell
85 - 85 10:20
84 - 85 10:36
C. Cunningham 2PT
84 - 83 11:41
C. Cunningham 3PT
Q3 32 - 20 84 - 80
3PT E. Mobley
84 - 80 0:51
81 - 80 1:02
J. Duren 2PT
2PT E. Mobley
81 - 78 1:18
3PT S. Merrill
79 - 78 2:00
76 - 78 2:12
J. Duren FT
3PT M. Strus
76 - 77 2:20
73 - 77 3:14
C. Cunningham FT
73 - 76 3:14
C. Cunningham FT
FT D. Schröder
73 - 75 3:28
72 - 75 3:48
C. Cunningham 2PT
FT J. Harden
72 - 73 4:07
2PT J. Harden
71 - 73 4:07
69 - 73 4:29
D. Jenkins 2PT
FT D. Schröder
69 - 71 4:59
68 - 71 5:25
C. Cunningham 3PT
FT J. Allen
68 - 68 5:51
FT J. Allen
67 - 68 5:51
FT M. Strus
66 - 68 6:25
FT M. Strus
65 - 68 6:25
64 - 68 6:35
I. Stewart 2PT
3PT J. Harden
64 - 66 6:56
2PT J. Allen
61 - 66 8:13
59 - 66 8:26
C. Cunningham FT
59 - 65 8:26
C. Cunningham FT
59 - 64 9:05
J. Duren FT
59 - 63 9:05
J. Duren FT
3PT J. Harden
59 - 62 9:22
56 - 62 10:01
J. Duren 2PT
FT D. Mitchell
56 - 60 10:18
FT D. Mitchell
55 - 60 10:18
2PT J. Allen
54 - 60 10:54
Q2 25 - 31 52 - 60
3PT M. Strus
52 - 60 0:28
49 - 60 0:46
C. Cunningham FT
49 - 59 0:46
C. Cunningham FT
2PT D. Mitchell
49 - 58 1:07
47 - 58 1:25
J. Duren 2PT
3PT M. Strus
47 - 56 1:58
44 - 56 2:16
C. LeVert FT
44 - 55 2:16
C. LeVert 2PT
44 - 53 2:38
C. Cunningham 2PT
3PT J. Harden
44 - 51 2:54
41 - 51 3:11
C. LeVert 2PT
FT J. Allen
41 - 49 4:00
40 - 49 4:28
D. Jenkins 2PT
2PT J. Allen
40 - 47 4:52
2PT J. Harden
38 - 47 5:23
FT J. Harden
36 - 47 6:02
FT J. Harden
35 - 47 6:36
FT J. Harden
34 - 47 6:36
FT J. Harden
33 - 47 6:36
32 - 47 6:48
A. Thompson 2PT
32 - 45 7:08
T. Harris 2PT
32 - 43 8:34
T. Harris 2PT
32 - 41 9:23
M. Sasser 2PT
32 - 39 9:56
T. Harris 2PT
2PT D. Mitchell
32 - 37 10:12
30 - 37 10:24
T. Harris 2PT
30 - 35 10:44
C. Cunningham FT
30 - 34 10:52
C. Cunningham 3PT
FT E. Mobley
30 - 31 11:14
29 - 31 11:27
C. Cunningham 2PT
2PT E. Mobley
29 - 29 11:46
Q1 27 - 29 27 - 29
2PT D. Mitchell
27 - 29 0:17
25 - 29 1:13
I. Stewart 3PT
25 - 26 1:38
I. Stewart 3PT
3PT M. Strus
25 - 23 1:53
22 - 23 2:04
C. Cunningham 2PT
22 - 21 2:25
C. Cunningham 2PT
FT D. Schröder
22 - 19 2:55
2PT D. Schröder
21 - 19 2:55
3PT S. Merrill
19 - 19 3:23
16 - 19 3:39
C. Cunningham 3PT
2PT J. Harden
16 - 16 3:58
14 - 16 4:22
C. Cunningham 3PT
FT J. Allen
14 - 13 4:57
2PT J. Allen
13 - 13 4:57
11 - 13 5:05
T. Harris 2PT
3PT M. Strus
11 - 11 5:23
8 - 11 5:35
C. LeVert FT
8 - 10 5:35
C. LeVert FT
FT D. Mitchell
8 - 9 6:40
FT D. Mitchell
7 - 9 6:40
2PT E. Mobley
6 - 9 7:07
4 - 9 7:49
A. Thompson 2PT
2PT J. Harden
4 - 7 8:21
2 - 7 8:39
D. Jenkins 2PT
2PT J. Allen
2 - 5 9:19
0 - 5 10:43
D. Jenkins 2PT
0 - 3 11:43
D. Jenkins 3PT
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 6 Biggest Lead: DET +15 Times Tied: 9
Head-to-Head
Pistons leads 4-1
Final
CLE Cavaliers
18253222
97
DET Pistons
25292528
107
Final
CLE Cavaliers
21253025
101
DET Pistons
37222428
111
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
Little Caesars Arena
Detroit, MI, US · 20,491 capacity
League
NBA
Season
NBA 25/26
Round
Eastern conference semifinals
Date
May 14, 2026
Time
12:00 am
Duration
1h 0m