Cleveland Cavaliers vs Detroit Pistons — NBA

NBA ·NBA 25/26 ·Fri 15 May, 23:00 UTC

Cleveland Cavaliers ELO 1628

94–115

Final

Detroit Pistons ELO 1668

Score by period

Period	Cleveland Caval…	Detroit Pistons
Period1	25	27
Period2	26	27
Period3	19	30
Period4	24	31

Prediction Medium confidence

Cleveland Caval… 42%

Detroit Pistons 58%

Pick: Detroit Pistons

Expected total

214 points

Projected: 108 – 106

Favorite wins

69%

P(total > 205)

91%

P(total > 215)

71%

P(total > 225)

48%

Fixed lines calibrated for NBA pace — European leagues typically score well below 205, so these probabilities read low by design.

Outcome: ✓ model got it right · Over 215: ✗

Match facts

Arena

Rocket Arena

City

Cleveland

Tip-off

15 May, 23:00 UTC

Competition

NBA

Cleveland Cav…

#8 · 52-30

Detroit Pisto…

#3 · 60-22

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FG	3P	FT	+/-	TS%	eFG%	USG%	RTG
James Harden	37	23	7	4	4	0	8	3	6-13	3-8	8-10	-5	66.1	57.7	29.1	7.3
Evan Mobley	36	18	6	2	2	2	3	2	6-14	2-5	4-8	-24	51.4	50.0	24.5	6.8
Donovan Mitchell	37	18	4	3	1	0	3	2	6-20	2-6	4-4	-25	41.4	35.0	28.4	6.5
Jarrett Allen	30	13	8	1	1	1	1	1	5-6	0-0	3-4	-5	83.8	83.3	12.4	7.9
Dean Wade	22	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	-16	–	75.0	3.8	6.2
Bench
Sam Merrill	20	10	1	1	0	0	0	4	3-6	2-5	2-2	-10	72.7	66.7	14.3	6.7
Max Strus	30	6	8	0	0	0	1	3	2-9	2-7	0-0	-16	–	33.3	14.4	6.1
Jaylon Tyson	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	–	100.0	18.1	–
NaeQwan Tomlin	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	–	–	16.0	–
Thomas Bryant	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	–	0.0	36.3	–
Keon Ellis	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	–	–	18.1	–
Craig Porter	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	–	–	0.0	–
Dennis Schröder	15	0	2	3	0	0	3	2	0-4	0-1	0-0	-4	–	0.0	19.5	5.4

Detroit Pistons

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FG	3P	FT	+/-	TS%	eFG%	USG%	RTG
Cade Cunningham	42	21	2	8	0	0	7	2	7-19	5-10	2-2	+13	52.8	50.0	28.0	7.0
Jalen Duren	27	15	11	0	1	3	0	2	7-10	0-0	1-4	+9	63.8	70.0	18.8	7.9
Daniss Jenkins	31	15	3	3	0	0	0	0	5-11	3-7	2-2	+12	63.1	59.1	17.0	7.5
Ausar Thompson	24	10	9	4	4	1	2	6	4-6	0-1	2-3	+12	68.3	66.7	16.8	7.6
Tobias Harris	25	6	5	3	2	0	2	4	2-7	0-2	2-2	+6	38.1	28.6	17.3	6.6
Bench
Paul Reed	16	17	6	1	0	1	3	1	7-9	1-1	2-3	+8	82.4	83.3	36.0	7.9
Duncan Robinson	20	14	2	2	0	0	0	2	4-7	4-7	2-3	+3	84.1	85.7	18.0	7.2
Marcus Sasser	18	9	1	1	1	0	1	0	4-5	1-2	0-0	+27	–	90.0	14.6	7.3
Caris LeVert	29	8	3	3	1	1	2	4	3-7	2-5	0-0	+12	–	57.1	13.7	6.9
Tolu Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	–	–	0.0	–
Ron Holland	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2	–	–	0.0	–
Isaiah Stewart	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+2	–	0.0	10.5	–
Chaz Lanier	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1	–	–	0.0	–

Season form

Cleveland Cavalie… #852-30 · 0.634

Detroit Pistons #360-22 · 0.732

Head coaches

Kenny Atkinson

Cleveland Cavaliers

J. B. Bickerstaff

Detroit Pistons

Venue

Rocket Arena

Cleveland · USA · cap 19432

Players to watch

James Harden

G · Cleveland Cav…

Last: 30p · 8r · 6a · rtg 7.7

Form & trends

Metric	Value	Team
Wins	3	Cleveland Cavalie…
Losses	3	Detroit Pistons
First half winner	5/6	Detroit Pistons
First half loser	4/5	Cleveland Cavalie…
First quarter winner	4/5	Detroit Pistons
First quarter loser	5/6	Cleveland Cavalie…
Scored points average (Last 10)	109	Cleveland Cavalie…
Scored points average (Last 10)	106	Detroit Pistons
Game points average (Last 10)	218	Cleveland Cavalie…
Game points average (Last 10)	209	Detroit Pistons

Head-to-head (last 10)

Metric	Value	Team
Wins	3	Cleveland Cavalie…
First half winner	4/5	Detroit Pistons
First half loser	4/5	Cleveland Cavalie…
First quarter winner	5/6	Detroit Pistons
First quarter loser	5/6	Cleveland Cavalie…
Scored points average (Last 10)	112	Cleveland Cavalie…
Scored points average (Last 10)	107	Detroit Pistons
Game points average (Last 10)	219	both