Cleveland Cavaliers vs Detroit Pistons: player stats
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Cleveland Cavaliers 101, Detroit Pistons 111
Little Caesars Arena · Detroit, MI
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The Detroit Pistons beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 111-101 on May 5, 2026 at Little Caesars Arena. That put the Detroit Pistons ahead 1-0 in the series. Cade Cunningham led the Detroit Pistons with 23 points; Donovan Mitchell scored 23 for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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| Donovan MitchellG | 35:00 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 9-19 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -7 |
| Evan MobleyF-C | 35:00 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 6-11 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -18 |
| James HardenG | 35:00 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 6-15 | 1-7 | 9-9 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | -7 |
| Dean WadeF | 28:00 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -4 |
| Jarrett AllenC | 18:00 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | +4 |
| Max StrusG | 28:00 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 7-13 | 4-8 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -9 |
| Jaylon TysonG-F | 17:00 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +9 |
| Dennis SchroderG | 16:00 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Keon EllisG | 11:00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -5 |
| Thomas BryantC | 10:00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 |
| Sam MerrillG | 7:00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -10 |
| Team | 240 | 101 | 41 | 23 | 36-80 | 14-38 | 15-16 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 22 |
DNP: Larry Nance Jr., Nae'Qwan Tomlin, Craig Porter, Tyrese Proctor
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| Cade CunninghamG-F | 41:00 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 6-19 | 2-5 | 9-11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +12 |
| Tobias HarrisF | 39:00 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 6-14 | 1-5 | 7-8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +6 |
| Jalen DurenC | 35:00 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +17 |
| Ausar ThompsonG-F | 33:00 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -9 |
| Duncan RobinsonF | 28:00 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 7-12 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +6 |
| Daniss JenkinsG | 29:00 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 5-13 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +8 |
| Isaiah StewartF-C | 13:00 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -7 |
| Ronald Holland IIF | 10:00 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +8 |
| Caris LeVertG | 9:00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +13 |
| Javonte GreenG-F | 3:00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 |
| Team | 240 | 111 | 45 | 23 | 37-84 | 10-26 | 27-35 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 18 |
DNP: Kevin Huerter, Paul Reed, Marcus Sasser, Chaz Lanier, Tolu Smith
Keel projection
How the projections do →Replayed with a fit on another season: the model had not seen this game.
CLE 44%DET 56%
- Expected margin
- DET by 2.0
- Result: DET by 10
- The projection called it.
Playoff series
CLE 4, DET 3- Game 1 · this gameCleveland Cavaliers 101, Detroit Pistons 111
- Game 2 · May 7Cleveland Cavaliers 97, Detroit Pistons 107
- Game 3 · May 9Detroit Pistons 109, Cleveland Cavaliers 116
- Game 4 · May 11Detroit Pistons 103, Cleveland Cavaliers 112
- Game 5 · May 13Cleveland Cavaliers 117, Detroit Pistons 113
- Game 6 · May 15Detroit Pistons 115, Cleveland Cavaliers 94
- Game 7 · May 17Cleveland Cavaliers 125, Detroit Pistons 94
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