Cade Cunningham scored 21 points and the top-seeded Detroit Pistons dominated the second half to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-94 and force a Game 7, the report says. The decisive game is Sunday in Detroit, per the report.
The report says Detroit led 54-41 at halftime and opened the second half with a 12-2 run. Cleveland rallied to get within 74-68 before the Pistons closed the third quarter with a 13-2 burst, and Marcus Sasser’s coast-to-coast layup at the buzzer made it 84-70 entering the fourth, the report says.
Per the report, Jalen Duren had 15 points and 11 rebounds while Daniss Jenkins scored 15 for Detroit. Cade Cunningham made five 3-pointers as the Pistons shot 16-of-36 from long range, the report says. Duncan Robinson, who missed Game 5 with a lower back injury, hit four 3-pointers and scored 14 points off the bench, and Paul Reed added 17 as Detroit’s reserves outscored Cleveland’s 48-19, the report says.
The report says Detroit asserted itself on the offensive glass and converted 13 offensive rebounds into 20 points. Cleveland committed 20 turnovers that resulted in 28 Detroit points, per the report.
James Harden led Cleveland with 23 points, while Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley had 18 apiece, the report says. The loss was Cleveland’s first home defeat of the postseason, per the report.
The report notes the Pistons have won four games this postseason when facing elimination; they trailed their first-round series with Orlando 3-1 before winning three straight to advance. The series now returns to Detroit for the decisive Game 7, per the report.
