Cleveland Cavaliers 118, Detroit Pistons 115 — Recap

February 5, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Cleveland Cavaliers 118, Detroit Pistons 115. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 34-26 DET; Q2 CLE 31-30 DET; Q3 CLE 21-27 DET; Q4 CLE 32-32 DET.

Top performers (box score): Cade Cunningham (DET) 38 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-29 shooting; Evan Mobley (CLE) 30 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-16 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 25 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-18 shooting; Tim Hardaway Jr. (DET) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 6 threes on 6-of-12 shooting; Craig Porter (CLE) 16 points, null rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-7 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DET

Cade Cunningham

38 PTS, 7 REB, 9 AST, 3 3PM · 11-29 FG

Scoring · CLE

Evan Mobley

30 PTS, 9 REB, 7 AST, 3 3PM · 10-16 FG

Scoring · CLE

Darius Garland

25 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 4 3PM · 8-18 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CLE	34	31	21	32		118
DET	26	30	27	32		115

🧮 How They Scored

CLEDET

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.6%Effective FG%48.9%

19.4%Turnover %8.9%

28.2%Offensive rebound %32.7%

0.282Free-throw rate0.311

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Evan Mobley F-C	35	30	9	7	—	4	2	10-16	3-5	7-8	+5
Jarrett Allen C	32	6	13	6	3	1	4	2-4	—	2-3	-1
Darius Garland G	31	25	3	5	—	1	5	8-18	4-7	5-6	-6
Max Strus G	28	15	6	2	1	1	2	5-12	3-10	2-2	-1
Sam Merrill G	27	6	2	—	1	—	1	2-4	2-4	—	+8
Georges Niang F	23	7	5	1	—	—	1	3-7	1-4	—	+2
Caris LeVert G	21	—	2	—	1	—	2	0-8	0-3	—	-5
Ty Jerome G	19	13	4	5	—	—	4	5-7	—	3-3	+12
Craig Porter G	16	16	—	1	—	—	1	6-7	3-4	1-2	+1
Jaylon Tyson G-F	9	—	2	1	—	—	1	0-2	0-1	—	—

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cade Cunningham G-F	38	38	7	9	4	—	1	11-29	3-10	13-13	+2
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	35	20	3	1	—	—	—	6-12	6-11	2-2	+7
Ausar Thompson G-F	27	12	8	3	3	—	1	4-10	—	4-7	-2
Tobias Harris F	25	8	2	1	1	1	1	3-9	0-2	2-2	+6
Jalen Duren C	22	8	10	—	1	1	1	4-8	—	—	+4
Ronald Holland II F	19	9	1	1	1	—	2	3-7	1-5	2-2	-10
Isaiah Stewart F-C	18	8	6	1	—	2	1	3-4	—	2-2	—
Simone Fontecchio F	11	3	1	—	—	—	—	1-4	1-2	—	-11
Marcus Sasser G	11	—	1	4	1	—	3	0-1	—	—	-2
Paul Reed F	8	7	6	1	1	1	—	3-6	1-1	—	-7

🔬 Advanced Stats

Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Evan Mobley	Bench	35	30	76.8	23.5	+6.8	24.3
Darius Garland	Bench	31	25	60.6	30.9	-12.3	10.3
Craig Porter	Bench	16	16	101.5	25.7	+3.0	20.3
Max Strus	Bench	28	15	58.2	19.7	-3.9	10.7
Ty Jerome	Bench	19	13	78.1	24.4	+25.3	21.0
Georges Niang	Bench	23	7	50.0	14.3	-2.5	4.3
Jarrett Allen	Bench	32	6	56.4	11.1	-3.2	14.3
Sam Merrill	Bench	27	6	75.0	7.5	+9.9	1.9
Caris LeVert	Bench	21	—	0.0	19.6	-11.4	-10.0
Jaylon Tyson	Bench	9	—	0.0	15.0	+6.3	-1.1

Detroit PistonsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Cade Cunningham	Bench	38	38	54.7	36.1	+2.5	20.7
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	35	20	77.6	14.6	+11.2	12.7
Ausar Thompson	Bench	27	12	45.9	18.6	+4.5	10.0
Ronald Holland II	Bench	19	9	57.1	21.7	-22.4	4.5
Tobias Harris	Bench	25	8	40.5	16.9	+15.1	5.5
Isaiah Stewart	Bench	18	8	82.0	13.6	+2.4	24.3
Jalen Duren	Bench	22	8	50.0	16.4	+17.4	6.5
Paul Reed	Bench	8	7	58.3	25.0	-41.2	26.0
Simone Fontecchio	Bench	11	3	37.5	12.9	-45.8	0.0
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ron Harper Jr.	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Marcus Sasser	Bench	11	—	0.0	12.5	-21.8	1.0
Bobi Klintman	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Daniss Jenkins	Bench	00	—	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0