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Detroit Pistons at Cleveland Cavaliers

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0-2, 0-1 Away
Final
101 - 113

2-0, 1-0 Home

Mitchell, Wade help Cavaliers beat Pistons 113-101 in Bickerstaff's return to Cleveland

Dean Wade gets the basket plus the foul

Jarrett Allen added 17 and 11 rebounds as the Cavs won their 10th straight over the Pistons to give new coach Kenny Atkinson a win in his home debut and a 2-0 start.

Bickerstaff got a mixed reaction from fans in his return after being fired after last season despite leading the Cavs to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Cade Cunningham scored 33 and Jaden Ivey 22 for the Pistons, who were still within eight in the fourth quarter when Wade made back-to-back 3-pointers in a 31-second span to put the Cavs ahead 105-91 with 6:17 left.

Takeaways Pistons: More positive signs as Detroit played its second straight solid game but came up short. The Pistons only won 14 games last season but have some good core pieces for Bickerstaff to develop.

Cavaliers: For the second straight game, they handled business against a weaker team. It's been a solid start under Atkinson, who is still toying with rotations as he learns more about his team.

Key moment Cavaliers reserve Ty Jerome provided a huge spark off the bench, scoring 10 points and getting three assists in eight minutes as Cleveland took control in the first half, closing with a 13-4 run to go up by 10. Jerome played in just two games last season due to a serious ankle injury. The Cavs raved about him during camp with GM Koby Altman calling him “the MVP of September” and Atkinson has him in the rotation already.

Key stat Cunningham was guilty of trying to do too much at times and committed a game-high nine turnovers.

Up next The Pistons head home to host the NBA champion Boston Celtics on Saturday while the Cavaliers travel to Washington on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

CLE leads series 1-0

Matchup Prediction

Cavaliers: 72.7%
Pistons: 27.3%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 101 - 113
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 101 - 113
4th 17.2 Georges Niang defensive rebound 101 - 113
4th 22.0 Ronald Holland II misses 26-foot three point jumper 101 - 113
4th 25.1 Marcus Sasser offensive rebound 101 - 113

Statistics

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38-81 FG 42-82
46.9 Field Goal % 51.2
13-32 3PT 13-34
40.6 Three Point % 38.2
12-17 FT 16-23
70.6 Free Throw % 69.6
42 Rebounds 39
8 Offensive Rebounds 5
34 Defensive Rebounds 34
25 Assists 28
3 Steals 13
5 Blocks 4
22 Turnovers 12
0 Team Turnovers 1
22 Total Turnovers 13
2 Technical Fouls 3
2 Total Technical Fouls 3
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
32 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 25
14 Fast Break Points 15
34 Points in Paint 44
22 Fouls 15
5 Largest Lead 18

Game Information

Rocket Arena

Location: Cleveland, OH
Attendance: 19,432 · Capacity:

2024-25 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Cleveland 56 11 .836 - L1
Milwaukee 38 29 .567 18 L1
Indiana 38 29 .567 18 W1
Detroit 38 31 .551 19 W1
Chicago 29 39 .426 27.5 W1
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