Detroit Pistons vs Cleveland Cavaliers: player stats (May 9, 2026)
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Detroit Pistons 109, Cleveland Cavaliers 116
Rocket Arena · Cleveland, OH
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The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Detroit Pistons 116-109 on May 9, 2026 at Rocket Arena. The Detroit Pistons still led the series 2-1. Donovan Mitchell led the Cleveland Cavaliers with 35 points; Cade Cunningham scored 27 for the Detroit Pistons.
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| Cade CunninghamG-F | 39:00 | 27 | 10 | 10 | 10-27 | 2-6 | 5-6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +6 |
| Tobias HarrisF | 38:00 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 7-14 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +3 |
| Duncan RobinsonF | 36:00 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | +1 |
| Jalen DurenC | 29:00 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −14 |
| Ausar ThompsonG-F | 29:00 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4-10 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | +12 |
| Daniss JenkinsG | 18:00 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | −28 |
| Caris LeVertG | 17:00 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | −10 |
| Javonte GreenG-F | 11:00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −9 |
| Paul ReedF | 10:00 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +11 |
| Isaiah StewartF-C | 9:00 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −4 |
| Ronald Holland IIF | 4:00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −3 |
| Team | 240 | 109 | 40 | 23 | 41-91 | 9-25 | 18-22 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 25 |
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| James HardenG | 40:00 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 8-14 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +8 |
| Donovan MitchellG | 38:00 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 13-24 | 2-8 | 7-8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +7 |
| Evan MobleyF-C | 36:00 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 4-6 | 0-2 | 5-10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | +9 |
| Jarrett AllenC | 32:00 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | +3 |
| Dean WadeF | 17:00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | −6 |
| Max StrusG | 26:00 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | +8 |
| Dennis SchroderG | 22:00 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaylon TysonG-F | 15:00 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +2 |
| Sam MerrillG | 14:00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +4 |
| Team | 240 | 116 | 33 | 22 | 43-74 | 12-32 | 18-28 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 17 |
DNP: Larry Nance Jr., Thomas Bryant, Nae'Qwan Tomlin, Craig Porter, Tyrese Proctor, Keon Ellis
Keel projection
How the projections do →Replayed with a fit on another season: the model had not seen this game.
DET 43%CLE 57%
- Expected margin
- CLE by 2.1
- Result: CLE by 7
- The projection called it.
Playoff series
DET 3, CLE 4- Game 1 · May 5Cleveland Cavaliers 101, Detroit Pistons 111
- Game 2 · May 7Cleveland Cavaliers 97, Detroit Pistons 107
- Game 3 · this gameDetroit 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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