CLEVELAND -- Kyrie Irving set the tone early, LeBron James drove and dunked throughout the night and J.R. Smith dropped in seven of a franchise-record and NBA playoff record-tying 20 3-pointers as the Cleveland Cavaliers earned a 107-90 victory over the Detroit Pistons at Quicken Loans Arena on Wednesday night. The Cavs lead the Eastern Conference series 2-0.

As they did in Game 1, the Pistons played James and the Cavs tough for much of the night, but Stan Van Gundy's group is going to look back at the final 9 minutes, 12 seconds of the third quarter and wonder what might have been. Detroit led 60-55 and had a nice offensive balance working. But Cleveland finished the quarter on a 27-8 run and knocked out a Pistons group that has shown in the first two games that it isn't scared of the playoff stage.

Not only was Smith a difference-maker, scoring 21 points after getting just nine in Game 1, James and Irving also showed again that they can play at a higher level than anyone on the Pistons' roster when motivated to do so. The pair combined for 49 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. Andre Drummond led the Pistons with 20 points, but he was just 4-for-16 from the free-throw line and is not looking confident at all there.

After providing little in Game 1, Cleveland's reserves combined for 21 points, including eight points and nine assists from Matthew Dellavedova. Game 3 is Friday night in Auburn Hills, Michigan.