Detroit Pistons 114, Cleveland Cavaliers 110 — Recap

January 4, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Detroit Pistons 114, Cleveland Cavaliers 110. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DET 19-28 CLE; Q2 DET 47-28 CLE; Q3 DET 21-26 CLE; Q4 DET 27-28 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 30 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-21 shooting; Cade Cunningham (DET) 27 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-22 shooting; Daniss Jenkins (DET) 25 points, 1 rebounds, 5 assists, 6 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; Darius Garland (CLE) 16 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists on 7-of-15 shooting; Evan Mobley (CLE) 15 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 5-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

30 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 10-21 FG

Scoring · DET

Cade Cunningham

27 PTS, 6 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 7-22 FG

Scoring · DET

Daniss Jenkins

25 PTS, 1 REB, 5 AST, 6 3PM · 7-10 FG

Season highs

Ronald Holland II · Season-high 10 reboundsDaniss Jenkins · Season-high 6 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

DET 13 largest lead Q4 4:59 (DET 106, CLE 93) · 8-0 run, Q2 2:09–Q2 1:40

CLE 9 largest lead Q1 1:43 (DET 17, CLE 26) · 11-0 run, Q4 4:30–Q4 2:21

Swings 12 lead changes Tied 4 times

Ahead for good: Javonte Green makes 23-foot three point jumper (Daniss Jenkins assists) (Q3 2:50, DET 80, CLE 77).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DET	19	47	21	27		114
CLE	28	28	26	28		110

🧮 How They Scored

DETCLE

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

51Bench points28

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

48.9%Effective FG%52.5%

13.3%Turnover %15.4%

29.8%Offensive rebound %26.2%

0.221Free-throw rate0.375

Box Score

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cade Cunningham G-F	37	27	6	7	2	1	1	7-22	2-5	11-11	-4
Isaiah Stewart F-C	31	8	3	2	2	3	4	4-7	0-1	0-0	-6
Duncan Robinson F	30	12	2	3	2	0	1	5-11	2-6	0-0	+5
Paul Reed F	30	8	8	4	1	0	1	4-9	0-1	0-0	+1
Daniss Jenkins G	26	25	1	5	0	0	2	7-10	6-7	5-5	+11
Javonte Green G-F	24	11	4	1	1	0	1	3-9	3-6	2-2	+2
Ausar Thompson G-F	22	8	8	2	1	1	3	4-9	0-1	0-0	+2
Jaden Ivey G	19	7	2	0	0	2	0	3-9	1-6	0-0	+14
Ronald Holland II F	18	8	10	0	2	1	2	2-7	1-6	3-3	-4
Marcus Sasser G	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-1

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell G	33	30	6	3	3	0	2	10-21	3-10	7-9	+10
Evan Mobley F-C	33	15	4	5	1	4	2	5-9	2-3	3-3	+8
Darius Garland G	32	16	2	6	1	0	2	7-15	0-7	2-2	-1
Sam Merrill G	27	15	3	2	1	0	2	5-8	5-7	0-0	0
Jaylon Tyson G-F	25	6	7	3	1	2	2	2-9	1-5	1-2	-12
De'Andre Hunter F	24	14	6	0	0	0	3	3-8	2-5	6-6	+8
Craig Porter G	23	2	6	1	2	1	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	+1
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F	18	5	4	0	0	2	0	1-4	0-1	3-4	-4
Thomas Bryant C	15	7	4	1	1	1	1	1-2	1-2	4-4	-12
Lonzo Ball G	10	0	2	2	1	0	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	-18

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Cade Cunningham	Starter	37	27	50.3	29.5	-3.6	13.6
Duncan Robinson	Starter	30	12	54.5	16.2	+0.4	6.5
Isaiah Stewart	Starter	31	8	57.1	13.8	-7.6	5.0
Paul Reed	Starter	30	8	44.4	13.2	-2.0	8.5
Ausar Thompson	Starter	22	8	44.4	21.8	+6.7	6.2
Daniss Jenkins	Bench	26	25	102.5	23.0	+22.5	20.6
Javonte Green	Bench	24	11	55.7	18.0	+4.0	8.9
Ronald Holland II	Bench	18	8	48.1	20.8	-5.3	13.2
Jaden Ivey	Bench	19	7	38.9	17.0	+29.8	2.3
Wendell Moore Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Marcus Sasser	Bench	03	0	0.0	30.0	-14.3	-33.3
Tolu Smith	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chaz Lanier	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donovan Mitchell	Starter	33	30	60.1	35.5	+13.2	18.2
Darius Garland	Starter	32	16	50.4	23.7	+1.9	8.4
Sam Merrill	Starter	27	15	93.8	15.4	0.0	7.2
Evan Mobley	Starter	33	15	72.7	16.2	+13.5	12.8
Jaylon Tyson	Starter	25	6	30.4	20.0	-20.4	4.5
De'Andre Hunter	Bench	24	14	65.8	25.0	+13.8	13.8
Thomas Bryant	Bench	15	7	93.1	12.2	-33.3	17.6
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Bench	18	5	43.4	14.0	-10.5	6.3
Craig Porter	Bench	23	2	33.3	7.5	+2.1	10.0
Jarrett Allen	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lonzo Ball	Bench	10	0	0.0	10.3	-75.1	3.3
Tyrese Proctor	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0