Detroit Pistons 115, Cleveland Cavaliers 94 — Recap

May 15, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (playoffs): Detroit Pistons 115, Cleveland Cavaliers 94. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DET 27-25 CLE; Q2 DET 27-26 CLE; Q3 DET 30-19 CLE; Q4 DET 31-24 CLE.

Top performers (box score): James Harden (CLE) 23 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-13 shooting; Cade Cunningham (DET) 21 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 threes on 7-of-19 shooting; Evan Mobley (CLE) 18 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-20 shooting; Paul Reed (DET) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-9 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

James Harden

23 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 6-13 FG

Scoring · DET

Cade Cunningham

21 PTS, 2 REB, 8 AST, 5 3PM · 7-19 FG

Scoring · CLE

Evan Mobley

18 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 6-14 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

DET 22 largest lead Q4 1:19 (DET 115, CLE 93) · 9-0 run, Q1 0:00–Q2 10:21

CLE 6 largest lead Q1 2:43 (DET 17, CLE 23) · 7-0 run, Q2 1:47–Q2 1:02

Swings 5 lead changes Tied 3 times

Ahead for good: Daniss Jenkins makes free throw 1 of 2 (Q1 0:00, DET 26, CLE 25).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DET	27	27	30	31		115
CLE	25	26	19	24		94

🧮 How They Scored

DETCLE

48Points in the paint26

14Fast-break points8

20Second-chance points13

28Points off turnovers17

48Bench points19

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

62.2%Effective FG%46.8%

15.8%Turnover %18.1%

35.1%Offensive rebound %34.8%

0.232Free-throw rate0.390

Box Score

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cade Cunningham G-F	42	21	2	8	0	0	7	7-19	5-10	2-2	+13
Daniss Jenkins G	31	15	3	3	0	0	0	5-11	3-7	2-2	+12
Caris LeVert G	29	8	3	3	1	1	2	3-7	2-5	0-0	+12
Jalen Duren C	27	15	11	0	1	3	0	7-10	0-0	1-4	+9
Tobias Harris F	25	6	5	3	2	0	2	2-7	0-2	2-2	+6
Ausar Thompson G-F	24	10	9	4	4	1	2	4-6	0-1	2-3	+12
Duncan Robinson F	20	14	2	2	0	0	0	4-7	4-7	2-3	+3
Marcus Sasser G	18	9	1	1	1	0	1	4-5	1-2	0-0	+27
Paul Reed F	16	17	6	1	0	1	3	7-9	1-1	2-3	+8
Isaiah Stewart F-C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2
Ronald Holland II F	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Tolu Smith F	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Chaz Lanier G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden G	37	23	7	4	4	0	8	6-13	3-8	8-10	-5
Donovan Mitchell G	37	18	4	3	1	0	3	6-20	2-6	4-4	-25
Evan Mobley F-C	36	18	6	2	2	2	3	6-14	2-5	4-8	-24
Jarrett Allen C	30	13	8	1	1	1	1	5-6	0-0	3-4	-5
Max Strus G	30	6	8	0	0	0	1	2-9	2-7	0-0	-16
Dean Wade F	23	3	3	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-16
Sam Merrill G	21	10	1	1	0	0	0	3-6	2-5	2-2	-10
Dennis Schroder G	15	0	2	3	0	0	3	0-4	0-1	0-0	-4
Thomas Bryant C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0
Jaylon Tyson G-F	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	0
Craig Porter G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Keon Ellis G	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

🔬 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	42	21	52.8	27.6	+15.3	6.4
Jalen Duren	Starter	27	15	63.8	18.8	+20.8	19.0
Daniss Jenkins	Starter	31	15	63.1	17.1	+21.1	14.1
Ausar Thompson	Starter	24	10	68.3	15.5	+28.0	18.9
Tobias Harris	Starter	25	6	38.1	18.9	+15.4	5.6
Paul Reed	Bench	16	17	82.4	36.1	+27.9	33.0
Duncan Robinson	Bench	20	14	84.1	16.0	-3.0	15.7
Marcus Sasser	Bench	18	9	90.0	14.6	+77.0	17.9
Caris LeVert	Bench	29	8	57.1	13.2	+18.7	5.6
Kevin Huerter	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Javonte Green	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Isaiah Stewart	Bench	04	0	0.0	10.0	+20.0	0.0
Ronald Holland II	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	+66.7	40.0
Tolu Smith	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chaz Lanier	Bench	01	0	0.0	0.0	-50.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
James Harden	Starter	37	23	66.1	31.0	-5.3	12.9
Donovan Mitchell	Starter	37	18	41.4	27.2	-32.9	4.4
Evan Mobley	Starter	36	18	51.4	24.4	-34.1	8.6
Jarrett Allen	Starter	30	13	83.8	13.0	-8.6	14.7
Dean Wade	Starter	23	3	75.0	4.0	-28.4	5.7
Sam Merrill	Bench	21	10	72.7	11.8	-23.3	6.6
Max Strus	Bench	30	6	33.3	13.7	-25.5	1.5
Jaylon Tyson	Bench	02	2	100.0	16.7	-15.0	-200.0
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Bench	02	1	56.8	16.7	-15.0	-100.0
Thomas Bryant	Bench	03	0	0.0	33.3	-15.0	400.0
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dennis Schroder	Bench	15	0	0.0	18.9	-13.8	-8.4
Keon Ellis	Bench	2	0	0.0	16.7	-15.0	-200.0
Craig Porter	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	-15.0	0.0
Tyrese Proctor	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0