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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Detroit Pistons

January 4, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pistons beat the Cavaliers 114-110 on 2026-01-04 on the road against the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland, Sam Merrill, Evan Mobley, and Jaylon Tyson. The Pistons started Duncan Robinson, Isaiah Stewart, Paul Reed, Cade Cunningham, and Ausar Thompson. Cade Cunningham (Pistons) scored 18 points (6/10) in his matchups, with Donovan Mitchell as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 9 points (3/12) in his matchups, with Javonte Green as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 110

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Donovan Mitchell GS	33:05	30	6	3	3	0	2	2	10-21	3-10	7-9	+10
Evan Mobley GS	32:45	15	4	5	1	4	2	2	5-9	2-3	3-3	+8
Darius Garland GS	32:08	16	2	6	1	0	2	3	7-15	0-7	2-2	-1
Sam Merrill GS	27:15	15	3	2	1	0	2	6	5-8	5-7	0-0	0
Jaylon Tyson GS	25:16	6	7	3	1	2	2	1	2-9	1-5	1-2	-12
De'Andre Hunter	24:06	14	6	0	0	0	3	1	3-8	2-5	6-6	+8
Craig Porter Jr.	22:32	2	6	1	2	1	1	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	+1
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	17:59	5	4	0	0	2	0	2	1-4	0-1	3-4	-4
Thomas Bryant	15:15	7	4	1	1	1	1	1	1-2	1-2	4-4	-12
Lonzo Ball	9:40	0	2	2	1	0	2	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-18
Totals		110	44	23	11	10	17	18	35-80	14-42	26-30

Did not play: Jarrett Allen (DND - Injury/Illness), Tyrese Proctor (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DET

Detroit Pistons 114

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cade Cunningham GS	37:02	27	6	7	2	1	1	4	7-22	2-5	11-11	-4
Isaiah Stewart GS	31:28	8	3	2	2	3	4	3	4-7	0-1	0-0	-6
Paul Reed GS	30:08	8	8	4	1	0	1	1	4-9	0-1	0-0	+1
Duncan Robinson GS	29:31	12	2	3	2	0	1	3	5-11	2-6	0-0	+5
Ausar Thompson GS	21:43	8	8	2	1	1	3	5	4-9	0-1	0-0	+2
Daniss Jenkins	25:28	25	1	5	0	0	2	1	7-10	6-7	5-5	+11
Javonte Green	24:01	11	4	1	1	0	1	1	3-9	3-6	2-2	+2
Jaden Ivey	19:14	7	2	0	0	2	0	2	3-9	1-6	0-0	+14
Ronald Holland II	18:27	8	10	0	2	1	2	4	2-7	1-6	3-3	-4
Marcus Sasser	3:00	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-1
Totals		114	45	25	11	9	16	24	39-95	15-40	21-21

Did not play: Chaz Lanier (DNP - Coach's Decision), Wendell Moore Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tolu Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Donovan Mitchell · Darius Garland · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson Starter 9.6 min
Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · De'Andre Hunter · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Craig Porter Jr. 6.7 min
Donovan Mitchell · De'Andre Hunter · Evan Mobley · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Craig Porter Jr. 5.0 min
Lonzo Ball · Thomas Bryant · Darius Garland · Sam Merrill · Jaylon Tyson 4.7 min
Donovan Mitchell · De'Andre Hunter · Darius Garland · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley 4.1 min

DET

Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Duncan Robinson · Isaiah Stewart · Paul Reed · Cade Cunningham · Ausar Thompson Starter 13.6 min
Javonte Green · Isaiah Stewart · Cade Cunningham · Jaden Ivey · Ronald Holland II 5.2 min
Javonte Green · Isaiah Stewart · Cade Cunningham · Ronald Holland II · Daniss Jenkins 4.6 min
Duncan Robinson · Paul Reed · Cade Cunningham · Jaden Ivey · Daniss Jenkins 4.0 min
Javonte Green · Paul Reed · Jaden Ivey · Ronald Holland II · Daniss Jenkins 3.2 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Cavaliers defense

Cade Cunningham 18 pts (6/10) in 75 possessions

Guarded by: Donovan Mitchell (18 %, 4 pts) · Jaylon Tyson (18 %, 3 pts) · De'Andre Hunter (17 %, 0 pts)
Daniss Jenkins 14 pts (5/13) in 52 possessions

Guarded by: Craig Porter Jr. (31 %, 0 pts) · Darius Garland (25 %, 4 pts) · Sam Merrill (12 %, 6 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Darius Garland	Ausar Thompson: 23 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Daniss Jenkins: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Donovan Mitchell	Javonte Green: 19 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Cade Cunningham: 14 poss., 4 pts (1/5)
Evan Mobley	Isaiah Stewart: 29 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · Paul Reed: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Sam Merrill	Duncan Robinson: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cade Cunningham: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jaylon Tyson	Cade Cunningham: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Paul Reed: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
De'Andre Hunter	Cade Cunningham: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ronald Holland II: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Craig Porter Jr.	Daniss Jenkins: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jaden Ivey: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Cade Cunningham: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Jaden Ivey: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Thomas Bryant	Paul Reed: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Isaiah Stewart: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Lonzo Ball	Duncan Robinson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jaden Ivey: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Pistons defense

Donovan Mitchell 9 pts (3/12) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Javonte Green (29 %, 0 pts) · Cade Cunningham (19 %, 0 pts) · Ausar Thompson (11 %, 0 pts)
Darius Garland 28 pts (9/14) in 66 possessions

Guarded by: Duncan Robinson (35 %, 6 pts) · Daniss Jenkins (19 %, 8 pts) · Ausar Thompson (15 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cade Cunningham	Sam Merrill: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaylon Tyson: 13 poss., 9 pts (3/5)
Duncan Robinson	Darius Garland: 23 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Sam Merrill: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Paul Reed	Evan Mobley: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jaylon Tyson: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Stewart	Evan Mobley: 31 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Thomas Bryant: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Daniss Jenkins	Craig Porter Jr.: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Darius Garland: 12 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Javonte Green	Donovan Mitchell: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · De'Andre Hunter: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ausar Thompson	Darius Garland: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaden Ivey	Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Craig Porter Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Ronald Holland II	De'Andre Hunter: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Donovan Mitchell: 6 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Marcus Sasser	Craig Porter Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · De'Andre Hunter: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)