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Detroit Pistons vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

October 27, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Pistons 116-95 on 2025-10-27 on the road against the Pistons. The Pistons started Tobias Harris, Duncan Robinson, Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren, and Ausar Thompson. The Cavaliers started Donovan Mitchell, Jarrett Allen, De'Andre Hunter, Sam Merrill, and Evan Mobley. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 4 points (2/7) in his matchups, with Ronald Holland II as his primary defender. Cade Cunningham (Pistons) scored 12 points (5/7) in his matchups, with De'Andre Hunter as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DET
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons 95

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Cade Cunningham GS 28:47 12 5 4 0 1 5 3 3-14 1-7 5-6 -16
Duncan Robinson GS 26:00 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 3-8 2-5 0-0 -15
Jalen Duren GS 20:35 8 7 2 1 2 4 4 3-5 0-0 2-4 -9
Tobias Harris GS 17:49 10 3 1 1 0 2 5 2-8 2-5 4-4 -18
Ausar Thompson GS 15:04 6 3 0 0 0 1 4 3-6 0-1 0-1 -16
Ronald Holland II 26:26 11 4 1 1 0 2 4 4-9 2-3 1-2 -20
Isaiah Stewart 25:54 4 9 3 1 1 3 3 1-9 1-4 1-2 -30
Daniss Jenkins 22:29 9 0 5 3 0 3 2 4-6 1-1 0-0 -4
Javonte Green 16:51 2 3 1 1 0 1 2 1-5 0-1 0-0 -21
Chaz Lanier 12:00 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 2-5 2-4 0-0 +3
Paul Reed 8:24 4 2 0 1 0 2 0 2-3 0-1 0-0 +5
Colby Jones 6:49 2 4 2 0 0 0 1 1-3 0-2 0-0 +12
Bobi Klintman 6:49 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 1-2 0-0 0-1 +12
Tolu Smith 6:04 11 4 0 1 0 1 0 3-4 0-0 5-7 +12
Totals 95 48 20 12 4 25 29 33-87 11-34 18-27

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers 116

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Evan Mobley GS 30:21 15 11 5 1 3 2 3 5-10 1-5 4-6 +27
Donovan Mitchell GS 29:29 35 1 2 0 0 5 0 13-18 2-4 7-8 +38
Jarrett Allen GS 25:11 20 7 2 1 0 3 3 7-12 0-0 6-7 +18
De'Andre Hunter GS 24:22 13 5 6 1 0 2 3 4-11 2-6 3-3 +5
Sam Merrill GS 17:59 11 1 1 2 0 0 1 4-7 3-6 0-0 +13
Jaylon Tyson 27:34 3 2 1 0 0 1 5 0-5 0-2 3-4 +3
Craig Porter Jr. 23:49 4 7 3 3 0 1 0 1-4 0-2 2-3 +18
Dean Wade 19:50 5 6 2 2 0 2 1 1-3 1-2 2-4 +13
Larry Nance Jr. 17:38 3 4 2 0 1 1 5 1-3 1-2 0-0 +4
Tyrese Proctor 10:08 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 1-5 1-3 0-0 -10
Luke Travers 6:49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-3 0-1 0-0 -12
Thomas Bryant 6:49 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 2-4 0-2 0-0 -12
Totals 116 48 25 11 4 19 25 39-85 11-35 27-35

Lineups

DET
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Pistons defense

Defender Guarded most
Cade Cunningham De'Andre Hunter: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jaylon Tyson: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Duncan Robinson Sam Merrill: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Craig Porter Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Stewart Evan Mobley: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Jarrett Allen: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ronald Holland II Donovan Mitchell: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · De'Andre Hunter: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jalen Duren Jarrett Allen: 24 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Evan Mobley: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Daniss Jenkins Craig Porter Jr.: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaylon Tyson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tobias Harris Dean Wade: 9 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Javonte Green Craig Porter Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Larry Nance Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ausar Thompson Evan Mobley: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Donovan Mitchell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Chaz Lanier Luke Travers: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylon Tyson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tolu Smith Thomas Bryant: 10 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Jaylon Tyson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Colby Jones Jaylon Tyson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyrese Proctor: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bobi Klintman Larry Nance Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jaylon Tyson: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Paul Reed Dean Wade: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Donovan Mitchell: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Cavaliers defense

Defender Guarded most
Evan Mobley Isaiah Stewart: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Tobias Harris: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Donovan Mitchell Ronald Holland II: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Ausar Thompson: 14 poss., 5 pts (1/3)
Jaylon Tyson Duncan Robinson: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Javonte Green: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Jarrett Allen Jalen Duren: 23 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Isaiah Stewart: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
De'Andre Hunter Cade Cunningham: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Duncan Robinson: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Craig Porter Jr. Daniss Jenkins: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ronald Holland II: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sam Merrill Duncan Robinson: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cade Cunningham: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Dean Wade Paul Reed: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cade Cunningham: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Larry Nance Jr. Bobi Klintman: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Javonte Green: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyrese Proctor Daniss Jenkins: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Colby Jones: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luke Travers Chaz Lanier: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Daniss Jenkins: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Thomas Bryant Tolu Smith: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Bobi Klintman: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)