NBA PLAYOFFS 2025-2026

May 15, 2026

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS Logo CLEVELAND CAVALIERS United States
94 - 115
DETROIT PISTONS Logo DETROIT PISTONS United States

Match Summary

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS lost to DETROIT PISTONS 94-115 on May 15, 2026 in the NBA PLAYOFFS 2025-2026. DETROIT PISTONS won by a 21-point margin. James Harden led all scorers with 23 points. CLEVELAND CAVALIERS shot 39.0% from the field while DETROIT PISTONS managed 52.4%. CLEVELAND CAVALIERS collected 40 rebounds and DETROIT PISTONS grabbed 43. This game was played as part of the NBA PLAYOFFS 2025-2026 season in United States.

Points Leader

James Harden basketball player - SG/SF

James Harden SG SF

36 yrs (1989) 6'5″ - 1.96m

Efficiency Leader

Jalen Duren basketball player - C

Jalen Duren C

22 yrs (2003) 6'11″ - 2.11m

94

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
1 * James Harden 37:16 23 6/13 3/5 3/8 8/10 7 0 4 4 8 0 0 3 0 21
45 * Donovan Mitchell 37:12 18 6/20 4/14 2/6 4/4 2 2 3 1 3 0 0 2 0 9
4 * Evan Mobley 35:43 18 6/14 4/9 2/5 4/8 4 2 2 2 3 2 0 2 0 15
31 * Jarrett Allen 30:12 13 5/6 5/6 0/0 3/4 1 7 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 21
32 * Dean Wade 22:23 3 1/2 0/0 1/2 0/0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
2 Max Strus 29:41 6 2/9 0/2 2/7 0/0 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 6
5 Sam Merrill 20:29 10 3/6 1/1 2/5 2/2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 9
8 Dennis Schroeder 15:19 0 0/4 0/3 0/1 0/0 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 -2
3 Thomas Bryant 02:21 0 0/2 0/1 0/1 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2
14 Keon Ellis 02:21 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
9 Craig Porter Jr 02:21 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Jaylon Tyson 02:21 2 1/1 1/1 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
35 Nae'qwan Tomlin 02:21 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 240:00 94 30/77 18/42 12/35 22/30 24 16 15 9 20 3 0 18 0 86
115

DETROIT PISTONS

# Player Min Pts FG 2FG 3FG FT RDef ROff Ast Stl TOv Blk BlkR PF PFR Eff
2 * Cade Cunningham 42:01 21 7/19 2/9 5/10 2/2 2 0 8 0 7 0 0 2 0 12
24 * Daniss Jenkins 30:36 15 5/11 2/4 3/7 2/2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
0 * Jalen Duren 27:28 15 7/10 7/10 0/0 1/4 7 4 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 24
12 * Tobias Harris 24:57 6 2/7 2/5 0/2 2/2 5 0 3 2 2 0 0 4 0 9
9 * Ausar Thompson 24:21 10 4/6 4/5 0/1 2/3 4 5 4 4 2 1 0 6 0 23
8 Caris Levert 28:51 8 3/7 1/2 2/5 0/0 3 0 3 1 2 1 0 4 0 10
55 Duncan Robinson 20:13 14 4/7 0/0 4/7 2/3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 14
25 Marcus Sasser 18:01 9 4/5 3/3 1/2 0/0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 10
7 Paul Reed 16:12 17 7/9 6/8 1/1 2/3 3 3 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 19
28 Isaiah Stewart 04:11 0 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Ron Holland Ii 01:42 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
20 Chaz Lanier 01:03 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 Tolu Smith 00:24 0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 240:00 115 43/82 27/46 16/36 13/19 30 13 25 9 17 6 0 22 0 136

* Players marked with * are starters.