Cleveland Cavaliers 117, Detroit Pistons 113 — Recap

May 13, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Cleveland Cavaliers 117, Detroit Pistons 113 (overtime). Scoring by quarter: Q1 CLE 27-29 DET; Q2 CLE 25-31 DET; Q3 CLE 32-20 DET; Q4 CLE 19-23 DET; OT1 CLE 14-10 DET.

Top performers (box score): Cade Cunningham (DET) 39 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, 6 threes on 13-of-27 shooting; James Harden (CLE) 30 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-21 shooting; Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 21 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-18 shooting; Max Strus (CLE) 20 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 6 threes on 6-of-8 shooting; Evan Mobley (CLE) 19 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DET

Cade Cunningham

39 PTS, 7 REB, 9 AST, 6 3PM · 13-27 FG

Scoring · CLE

James Harden

30 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 8-21 FG

Scoring · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

21 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 7-18 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

CLE 7 largest lead OT 2:29 (CLE 112, DET 105) · 13-0 run, Q4 2:36–OT 3:54

DET 15 largest lead Q2 6:53 (CLE 32, DET 47) · 12-0 run, Q4 9:17–Q4 5:04

Swings 11 lead changes Tied 9 times

Ahead for good: Jarrett Allen makes tip in dunk (OT 4:31, CLE 105, DET 103).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4	OT		T
CLE	27	25	32	19	14		117
DET	29	31	20	23	10		113

🧮 How They Scored

CLEDET

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.8%Effective FG%50.0%

14.2%Turnover %8.8%

34.2%Offensive rebound %32.6%

0.475Free-throw rate0.211

Box Score

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden G	43	30	8	6	1	3	6	8-21	3-10	11-14	+11
Evan Mobley F-C	43	19	8	8	1	3	4	6-13	2-3	5-6	-7
Donovan Mitchell G	42	21	4	3	0	0	2	7-18	1-8	6-6	-4
Jarrett Allen C	37	16	10	1	1	2	1	6-10	0-0	4-5	+14
Max Strus G	36	20	8	1	1	1	0	6-8	6-8	2-2	+9
Dean Wade F	23	0	6	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Sam Merrill G	21	6	0	1	1	0	0	2-5	2-5	0-0	-7
Dennis Schroder G	17	5	0	5	0	0	2	1-4	0-1	3-5	+9
Jaylon Tyson G-F	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-7

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cade Cunningham G-F	48	39	7	9	2	0	6	13-27	6-10	7-8	-4
Daniss Jenkins G	41	19	2	3	1	2	0	8-17	2-8	1-1	-9
Tobias Harris F	40	13	6	3	1	1	0	6-19	1-7	0-0	-2
Ausar Thompson G-F	40	6	7	5	4	3	2	2-6	0-1	2-2	+1
Jalen Duren C	25	9	5	4	1	0	0	3-5	0-0	3-4	-16
Caris LeVert G	24	7	1	1	1	1	0	2-7	0-3	3-3	-7
Paul Reed F	17	10	8	1	0	2	1	4-7	0-0	2-2	0
Marcus Sasser G	16	2	2	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-0	+9
Isaiah Stewart F-C	11	8	2	1	0	1	0	3-5	2-3	0-0	+12
Kevin Huerter G	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-4

⚔️ Season Series & What's Next

2025-26 season series CLE 5 – 4 DET

Last 28 meetings · since 2020-21 CLE 20 – 8 DET

Previous meetingsOpen the recap

After this game

Cleveland Cavaliers Next game recap: vs DET · Fri, May 15

Detroit Pistons Next game recap: @ CLE · Fri, May 15

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