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Detroit Pistons vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

February 27, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Pistons beat the Cavaliers 122-119 on 2026-02-27 at home. The Pistons started Tobias Harris, Duncan Robinson, Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren, and Ausar Thompson. The Cavaliers started Dennis Schröder, Jarrett Allen, Sam Merrill, Evan Mobley, and Jaylon Tyson. Evan Mobley (Cavaliers) scored 30 points (14/27) in his matchups, with Ausar Thompson as his primary defender. Cade Cunningham (Pistons) scored 23 points (8/12) in his matchups, with Jaylon Tyson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DET

Detroit Pistons 122

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jalen Duren GS	41:42	33	16	3	1	3	0	1	11-19	0-0	11-15	+14
Tobias Harris GS	36:57	11	5	5	6	0	0	1	5-13	1-4	0-0	-1
Cade Cunningham GS	36:35	25	10	7	2	0	4	6	11-21	0-3	3-5	+2
Ausar Thompson GS	35:33	18	8	5	2	1	1	3	7-10	0-0	4-6	+7
Duncan Robinson GS	34:02	8	2	2	0	2	2	6	3-9	2-8	0-0	+7
Daniss Jenkins	19:12	8	1	1	0	0	1	2	2-10	1-3	3-3	0
Caris LeVert	16:35	1	2	1	1	0	2	2	0-1	0-0	1-2	-4
Ronald Holland II	15:02	12	3	0	0	0	1	3	4-6	2-3	2-2	-6
Marcus Sasser	11:26	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	+1
Paul Reed	11:18	4	6	1	1	0	0	3	2-4	0-1	0-0	-11
Javonte Green	6:39	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1-4	0-3	0-0	+6
Totals		122	56	26	14	6	13	27	46-100	6-27	24-33

Did not play: Kevin Huerter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Isaac Jones (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tolu Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision), Isaiah Stewart (DNP - League Suspension)

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 119

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylon Tyson GS	40:40	15	4	1	2	0	1	5	5-10	4-7	1-2	-9
Dennis Schröder GS	37:47	12	1	9	1	1	8	1	4-15	0-2	4-4	-15
Evan Mobley GS	37:03	23	12	1	0	4	1	2	9-15	4-8	1-2	-5
Sam Merrill GS	36:20	20	1	3	2	0	2	3	6-14	4-10	4-4	-13
Jarrett Allen GS	31:28	25	9	4	0	1	1	6	10-12	0-0	5-8	-9
Craig Porter Jr.	32:25	5	4	12	3	1	3	1	2-9	0-3	1-2	+13
Tyrese Proctor	18:54	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	1-2	0-1	2-2	+12
Thomas Bryant	15:44	13	8	1	0	1	1	1	5-12	1-3	2-3	+10
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	14:40	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	1-5	0-1	0-0	+1
Totals		119	41	32	10	9	17	24	43-94	13-35	20-27

Did not play: Darius Brown (DNP - Coach's Decision), Keon Ellis (DND - Injury/Illness), Tristan Enaruna (DNP - Coach's Decision), Larry Nance Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DET

Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Tobias Harris · Duncan Robinson · Cade Cunningham · Jalen Duren · Ausar Thompson Starter 20.3 min
Tobias Harris · Duncan Robinson · Jalen Duren · Ausar Thompson · Daniss Jenkins 4.9 min
Caris LeVert · Javonte Green · Cade Cunningham · Jalen Duren · Ronald Holland II 2.9 min
Tobias Harris · Caris LeVert · Paul Reed · Ronald Holland II · Daniss Jenkins 2.7 min
Tobias Harris · Jalen Duren · Marcus Sasser · Ausar Thompson · Daniss Jenkins 2.7 min

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Dennis Schröder · Jarrett Allen · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Jaylon Tyson Starter 16.7 min
Thomas Bryant · Nae'Qwan Tomlin · Craig Porter Jr. · Jaylon Tyson · Tyrese Proctor 7.9 min
Thomas Bryant · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Craig Porter Jr. · Tyrese Proctor 6.8 min
Dennis Schröder · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Craig Porter Jr. · Jaylon Tyson 5.8 min
Dennis Schröder · Jarrett Allen · Evan Mobley · Craig Porter Jr. · Jaylon Tyson 4.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Pistons defense

Evan Mobley 30 pts (14/27) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Ausar Thompson (32 %, 10 pts) · Tobias Harris (24 %, 2 pts) · Jalen Duren (24 %, 8 pts)
Tyrese Proctor 4 pts (0/5) in 34 possessions

Guarded by: Caris LeVert (24 %, 0 pts) · Daniss Jenkins (22 %, 0 pts) · Ronald Holland II (18 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jalen Duren	Jarrett Allen: 35 poss., 10 pts (2/4) · Evan Mobley: 17 poss., 8 pts (4/9)
Cade Cunningham	Jaylon Tyson: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Dennis Schröder: 14 poss., 9 pts (4/4)
Tobias Harris	Evan Mobley: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jaylon Tyson: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Duncan Robinson	Sam Merrill: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Dennis Schröder: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Ausar Thompson	Evan Mobley: 22 poss., 10 pts (4/6) · Dennis Schröder: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Daniss Jenkins	Dennis Schröder: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Craig Porter Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Caris LeVert	Tyrese Proctor: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sam Merrill: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ronald Holland II	Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tyrese Proctor: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Marcus Sasser	Craig Porter Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyrese Proctor: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Paul Reed	Thomas Bryant: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jarrett Allen: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Javonte Green	Sam Merrill: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nae'Qwan Tomlin: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/3)

Cavaliers defense

Cade Cunningham 23 pts (8/12) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Jaylon Tyson (44 %, 2 pts) · Craig Porter Jr. (12 %, 0 pts) · Sam Merrill (9 %, 5 pts)
Jalen Duren 14 pts (6/21) in 85 possessions

Guarded by: Jarrett Allen (48 %, 4 pts) · Evan Mobley (21 %, 2 pts) · Thomas Bryant (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Jaylon Tyson	Cade Cunningham: 32 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Tobias Harris: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dennis Schröder	Ausar Thompson: 28 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Duncan Robinson: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Evan Mobley	Tobias Harris: 31 poss., 14 pts (5/8) · Jalen Duren: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Sam Merrill	Duncan Robinson: 30 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Caris LeVert: 8 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Jarrett Allen	Jalen Duren: 41 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Cade Cunningham: 5 poss., 8 pts (2/2)
Craig Porter Jr.	Daniss Jenkins: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cade Cunningham: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyrese Proctor	Marcus Sasser: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ronald Holland II: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Thomas Bryant	Jalen Duren: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Paul Reed: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Ronald Holland II: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tobias Harris: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)