The Cleveland Cavaliers (6-1, 2-1 Away), one of the NBA’s top scoring teams, head to face the Detroit Pistons (2-7, 2-2 Home) on Friday. Cleveland edged past the Boston Celtics 114-113 in overtime at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on Wednesday, their sixth consecutive win. Darius Garland was a top performer with 29 points and 12 assists.
The Cavaliers are 0.5 games behind the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference, currently sitting in second. Detroit lost in blowout fashion on Wednesday at Fiserv Forum, falling to the Milwaukee Bucks 116-91. Saddiq Bey had 22 points in defeat to lead the team. The Pistons are 14th in the Eastern Conference.
This is the first meeting of the season between the teams. Cleveland and Detroit split their matchups last season, taking two apiece. The Cavaliers took the last meeting 113-109 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on March 19. Jerami Grant topped all players in scoring with 40 points in the loss.
Garland had 24 points and 12 assists for the Cavaliers. Donovan Mitchell is averaging 31.1 points per game, sixth-highest in the NBA, to lead the Cavs in scoring this season. Meanwhile, Jarrett Allen is grabbing 12.0 rebounds per game, fifth-most in the NBA, and Garland is dishing 7.5 assists.
Bojan Bogdanovic and Cade Cunningham have been the primary providers of the Pistons’ offense, averaging 21.8 and 21.7 points per game, respectively. Cunningham also has tallied 6.4 assists per game. Isaiah Stewart has collected 10.3 rebounds per game.
With 117.1 points per game, the Cavaliers are one of the highest-scoring offenses in the league (2nd).The Pistons have had the advantage in the Cavaliers’ last 10 visits to Little Caesars Arena, winning six.
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