Cavaliers 128-119 Pistons (Dec 26, 2020) Play-by-Play

Cleveland Cavaliers

2-0, 1-0 away

128

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
CLE	26	33	22	20	27	128
DET	26	27	33	15	18	119

Detroit Pistons

0-2, 0-1 home

119

Jerami Grant misses 8-foot two point shot
Killian Hayes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jerami Grant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mason Plumlee assists)
Andre Drummond blocks Killian Hayes 's 6-foot two point shot
Blake Griffin makes 23-foot three point jumper (Delon Wright assists)
Jerami Grant makes two point shot (Mason Plumlee assists)
Mason Plumlee makes 3-foot dunk (Blake Griffin assists)
Blake Griffin makes 26-foot three point jumper
Mason Plumlee makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Jerami Grant assists)
Killian Hayes misses driving floating jump shot
Blake Griffin misses 26-foot three point jumper
Delon Wright misses 26-foot three point jumper
Svi Mykhailiuk makes three point jumper (Jerami Grant assists)
Svi Mykhailiuk misses 27-foot three point jumper
Josh Jackson makes 12-foot jump bank shot
Svi Mykhailiuk makes driving layup
Derrick Rose misses driving layup
Sekou Doumbouya misses layup
Josh Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose misses driving layup
Sekou Doumbouya misses two point shot
Jahlil Okafor misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
Sekou Doumbouya misses 21-foot step back jumpshot
Derrick Rose makes 15-foot step back jumpshot
Sekou Doumbouya misses 23-foot three point jumper
Andre Drummond blocks Sekou Doumbouya's driving layup
Jahlil Okafor makes pullup jump shot (Delon Wright assists)
Saddiq Bey misses 26-foot three point jumper
Blake Griffin misses driving layup
Delon Wright misses two point shot
Saddiq Bey misses 23-foot three point jumper
Delon Wright makes 26-foot three point jumper (Blake Griffin assists)
Blake Griffin misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
Jerami Grant misses 26-foot three point jumper
Blake Griffin makes 29-foot step back jumpshot (Mason Plumlee assists)
Blake Griffin misses 6-foot two point shot
Blake Griffin makes 27-foot three point jumper (Delon Wright assists)
Killian Hayes misses driving floating jump shot
Delon Wright makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Killian Hayes assists)
Blake Griffin misses 15-foot jumper
Blake Griffin makes 24-foot three point jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
Blake Griffin makes 28-foot three pointer
Jerami Grant misses 25-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose misses two point shot
Blake Griffin misses 26-foot three point jumper
Mason Plumlee misses 18-foot jumper
Killian Hayes misses 26-foot three point jumper
Blake Griffin makes driving layup
Jerami Grant makes 2-foot driving floating jump shot
Killian Hayes makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot
Blake Griffin makes three point jumper (Delon Wright assists)
Mason Plumlee makes 1-foot alley oop dunk shot (Killian Hayes assists)
Blake Griffin misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jerami Grant makes 1-foot dunk (Mason Plumlee assists)
Killian Hayes misses 26-foot three point jumper
Mason Plumlee misses three point jumper
Blake Griffin misses 14-foot two point shot
Jerami Grant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Josh Jackson assists)
Derrick Rose makes two point shot (Svi Mykhailiuk assists)
Jerami Grant makes two point shot (Svi Mykhailiuk assists)
Svi Mykhailiuk makes two point shot (Derrick Rose assists)
Jerami Grant makes 31-foot running pullup jump shot
Derrick Rose misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
Jahlil Okafor makes two point shot
Josh Jackson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Jahlil Okafor makes layup (Derrick Rose assists)
Svi Mykhailiuk misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shot
Svi Mykhailiuk misses 26-foot three point jumper
Delon Wright misses 5-foot two point shot
Josh Jackson makes driving layup
Josh Jackson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Darius Garland blocks Josh Jackson 's 5-foot layup
Blake Griffin makes 26-foot three point jumper
Svi Mykhailiuk makes layup (Mason Plumlee assists)
Svi Mykhailiuk misses 28-foot three point jumper
Svi Mykhailiuk misses 26-foot three point jumper
Delon Wright makes 23-foot three point jumper (Derrick Rose assists)
Blake Griffin misses 30-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose misses layup
Mason Plumlee misses two point shot
Derrick Rose misses 26-foot three point jumper
Blake Griffin misses 26-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose misses 18-foot jumper
Andre Drummond blocks Derrick Rose 's 18-foot jumper
Jerami Grant misses 27-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose makes driving layup
Derrick Rose misses layup
Jerami Grant makes dunk
Derrick Rose makes 27-foot three point jumper (Blake Griffin assists)
Jerami Grant makes 28-foot three point shot (Blake Griffin assists)
Derrick Rose misses layup
Blake Griffin misses 26-foot three point jumper
Derrick Rose misses driving layup
Jerami Grant misses 28-foot three point jumper
Delon Wright makes driving layup
Delon Wright misses layup
Delon Wright makes tip shot
Blake Griffin misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses 14-foot jumper
Darius Garland makes 27-foot three pointer
Collin Sexton misses driving floating jump shot
Collin Sexton makes 28-foot step back jumpshot
Kevin Love makes 27-foot three pointer
Kevin Love misses 26-foot three point jumper
Collin Sexton makes 15-foot step back jumpshot
Andre Drummond misses 14-foot jumper
Andre Drummond misses 6-foot hook shot
Andre Drummond misses driving layup
Darius Garland makes driving layup
JaVale McGee misses 9-foot two point shot
Cedi Osman makes 25-foot three point jumper (Darius Garland assists)
JaVale McGee makes dunk (Collin Sexton assists)
JaVale McGee misses 8-foot two point shot
Dante Exum makes 6-foot two point shot
Dante Exum misses 28-foot three point jumper
Cedi Osman misses 23-foot three point jumper
Cedi Osman makes layup (Dante Exum assists)
Collin Sexton makes driving floating jump shot
Josh Jackson blocks Cedi Osman's two point shot
Cedi Osman makes two point shot (Dante Exum assists)
Isaac Okoro misses 26-foot three point jumper
Andre Drummond misses 3-foot hook shot
Kevin Love misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love makes hook shot
Collin Sexton makes two point shot (Andre Drummond assists)
Kevin Love misses 26-foot three point jumper
Collin Sexton makes two point shot (Dante Exum assists)
Collin Sexton makes layup (Dante Exum assists)
Andre Drummond misses 25-foot three point jumper
Andre Drummond misses layup
JaVale McGee makes two point shot (Darius Garland assists)
JaVale McGee makes dunk
Larry Nance Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper
Cedi Osman makes layup (Darius Garland assists)
Larry Nance Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper
Darius Garland makes 19-foot pullup jump shot (Larry Nance Jr. assists)
Cedi Osman makes 25-foot three point jumper (Larry Nance Jr. assists)
Darius Garland misses driving floating jump shot
Darius Garland makes two point shot
Darius Garland makes driving layup
Andre Drummond makes two point shot (Kevin Love assists)
Andre Drummond misses driving floating jump shot
Collin Sexton makes 3-foot driving floating jump shot (Andre Drummond assists)
Andre Drummond misses 74-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love makes 26-foot three point jumper (Collin Sexton assists)
Andre Drummond misses dunk
Andre Drummond makes layup (Darius Garland assists)
Isaac Okoro misses three point jumper
Andre Drummond misses dunk
Collin Sexton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Andre Drummond assists)
Andre Drummond makes dunk (Darius Garland assists)
Andre Drummond makes layup (Darius Garland assists)
Darius Garland makes 19-foot running pullup jump shot
Cedi Osman makes 24-foot three point jumper (Darius Garland assists)
Delon Wright blocks Darius Garland 's 10-foot two point shot
Andre Drummond makes alley oop layup (Darius Garland assists)
Jerami Grant blocks Cedi Osman 's 27-foot three point jumper
Collin Sexton misses driving floating jump shot
Jerami Grant blocks Larry Nance Jr. 's 2-foot two point shot
Cedi Osman misses 16-foot two point shot
JaVale McGee misses 6-foot hook shot
Collin Sexton misses two point shot
Dante Exum makes two point shot (Collin Sexton assists)
Andre Drummond misses layup
Jerami Grant blocks Kevin Love 's 14-foot driving floating jump shot
Kevin Love misses tip shot
Collin Sexton misses 29-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses 23-foot three point jumper
Andre Drummond misses layup
Darius Garland misses 16-foot pullup jump shot
Isaac Okoro misses two point shot
Kevin Love misses 27-foot three point jumper
Darius Garland makes 28-foot three point jumper (Andre Drummond assists)
Darius Garland makes two point shot
Collin Sexton misses 9-foot two point shot
JaVale McGee makes 26-foot three point jumper (Darius Garland assists)
Collin Sexton makes two point shot (Darius Garland assists)
Collin Sexton misses two point shot
Isaac Okoro misses 27-foot three point jumper
Cedi Osman misses 30-foot three point jumper
Collin Sexton makes driving layup (Kevin Love assists)
Darius Garland misses 6-foot jumper
Andre Drummond misses hook shot
Collin Sexton misses two point shot
Collin Sexton misses two point shot
Andre Drummond makes dunk
Andre Drummond makes 1-foot hook shot
Kevin Love makes 27-foot three point jumper (Darius Garland assists)
Collin Sexton makes driving layup
Collin Sexton makes driving layup
Darius Garland misses layup
Collin Sexton makes layup
Collin Sexton makes two point shot (Darius Garland assists)
Darius Garland makes 27-foot three pointer
Collin Sexton makes two point shot (Andre Drummond assists)
Andre Drummond misses 9-foot jumper
Cedi Osman makes 26-foot three point jumper (Kevin Love assists)

CAVALIERS

PISTONS

TIME		CLE	DET
12:00	Andre Drummond vs. Mason Plumlee (Collin Sexton gains possession)	0	0
11:43	Kevin Love out of bounds bad pass turnover	0	0
11:22	Jerami Grant misses 8-foot two point shot	0	0
11:18	Pistons offensive team rebound	0	0
11:15	Killian Hayes misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:13	Kevin Love defensive rebound	0	0
11:08	Mason Plumlee personal foul	0	0
10:52	Kevin Love misses 14-foot jumper	0	0
10:48	Jerami Grant defensive rebound	0	0
10:42	Jerami Grant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mason Plumlee assists)	0	3
10:27	Darius Garland makes 27-foot three pointer	3	3
10:14	Killian Hayes lost ball turnover (Andre Drummond steals)	3	3
10:07	Collin Sexton misses driving floating jump shot	3	3
10:03	Jerami Grant defensive rebound	3	3
10:01	Andre Drummond blocks Killian Hayes 's 6-foot two point shot	3	3
10:01	Andre Drummond defensive rebound	3	3
9:51	Collin Sexton makes 28-foot step back jumpshot	6	3
9:26	shot clock turnover	6	3
9:15	Kevin Love makes 27-foot three pointer	9	3
9:03	Blake Griffin makes 23-foot three point jumper (Delon Wright assists)	9	6
8:48	Collin Sexton lost ball turnover (Mason Plumlee steals)	9	6
8:40	Jerami Grant makes two point shot (Mason Plumlee assists)	9	8
8:30	Kevin Love misses 26-foot three point jumper	9	8
8:26	Killian Hayes defensive rebound	9	8
8:23	Isaac Okoro shooting foul	9	8
8:23	Jerami Grant misses free throw 1 of 2	9	8
8:23	Pistons offensive team rebound	9	8
8:23	Jerami Grant makes free throw 2 of 2	9	9
8:13	Collin Sexton makes 15-foot step back jumpshot	11	8
7:54	Mason Plumlee makes 3-foot dunk (Blake Griffin assists)	11	11
7:48	Collin Sexton out of bounds bad pass turnover	11	10
7:48	Cedi Osman enters the game for Collin Sexton	11	11
7:41	Blake Griffin makes 26-foot three point jumper	11	14
7:19	Andre Drummond misses 14-foot jumper	11	14
7:19	Blake Griffin defensive rebound	11	14
7:05	Mason Plumlee makes 5-foot driving floating jump shot (Jerami Grant assists)	11	15
6:52	Andre Drummond misses 6-foot hook shot	11	16
6:49	Mason Plumlee defensive rebound	11	16
6:42	Killian Hayes misses driving floating jump shot	11	15
6:42	Pistons offensive team rebound	11	16
6:42	Pistons Full timeout	11	16
6:42	Derrick Rose enters the game for Killian Hayes	11	16
6:42	Larry Nance Jr. enters the game for Kevin Love	11	16
6:37	Blake Griffin misses 26-foot three point jumper	11	16
6:37	Andre Drummond defensive rebound	11	16
6:29	Andre Drummond misses driving layup	11	15
6:29	Blake Griffin defensive rebound	11	16
6:22	Delon Wright misses 26-foot three point jumper	11	16
6:22	Cavaliers defensive team rebound	11	16
6:05	Darius Garland makes driving layup	13	15
5:55	foul	13	16
5:55	Andre Drummond shooting foul	13	16
5:55	Derrick Rose makes free throw 1 of 2	13	17
5:55	Jahlil Okafor enters the game for Mason Plumlee	13	17
5:55	Svi Mykhailiuk enters the game for Delon Wright	13	17
5:55	Derrick Rose misses free throw 2 of 2	13	17
5:52	Larry Nance Jr. defensive rebound	13	17
5:38	Andre Drummond out of bounds lost ball turnover	13	16
5:24	Svi Mykhailiuk makes three point jumper (Jerami Grant assists)	13	20
5:12	Svi Mykhailiuk personal foul	13	20
5:12	Josh Jackson enters the game for Jerami Grant	13	20
5:12	JaVale McGee enters the game for Andre Drummond	13	20
5:02	Isaac Okoro out of bounds bad pass turnover	13	19
4:54	Darius Garland shooting foul	13	20
4:54	Svi Mykhailiuk makes free throw 1 of 2	13	21
4:54	Sekou Doumbouya enters the game for Blake Griffin	13	21
4:54	Svi Mykhailiuk makes free throw 2 of 2	13	22
4:35	JaVale McGee misses 9-foot two point shot	13	22
4:31	Darius Garland offensive rebound	13	22
4:28	Cedi Osman makes 25-foot three point jumper (Darius Garland assists)	16	22
4:14	Svi Mykhailiuk misses 27-foot three point jumper	16	22
4:10	JaVale McGee defensive rebound	16	22
3:59	Larry Nance Jr. out of bounds bad pass turnover	16	22
3:59	Dante Exum enters the game for Darius Garland	16	22
3:59	Collin Sexton enters the game for Isaac Okoro	16	22
3:43	Josh Jackson makes 12-foot jump bank shot	16	24
3:34	JaVale McGee makes dunk (Collin Sexton assists)	18	24
3:19	Derrick Rose steps out of bounds turnover	18	24
3:04	JaVale McGee misses 8-foot two point shot	18	24
3:01	Josh Jackson defensive rebound	18	24
2:48	Svi Mykhailiuk makes driving layup	18	26
2:47	Cavaliers Full timeout	18	26
2:37	Dante Exum makes 6-foot two point shot	20	26
2:26	Derrick Rose misses driving layup	20	26
2:22	Dante Exum defensive rebound	20	26
2:14	Dante Exum misses 28-foot three point jumper	20	26
2:10	Josh Jackson defensive rebound	20	26
2:08	Sekou Doumbouya misses layup	20	26
2:04	Larry Nance Jr. defensive rebound	20	26
1:43	Cedi Osman misses 23-foot three point jumper	20	26
1:40	Josh Jackson defensive rebound	20	26
1:37	Josh Jackson out of bounds bad pass turnover	20	26
1:37	Kevin Love enters the game for Larry Nance Jr.	20	26
1:17	Cedi Osman makes layup (Dante Exum assists)	22	26
59.1	Josh Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper	22	26
55.7	Kevin Love defensive rebound	22	26
46.2	Collin Sexton makes driving floating jump shot	24	26
46.2	Jahlil Okafor shooting foul	24	26
46.2	Andre Drummond enters the game for JaVale McGee	24	26
46.2	Collin Sexton misses free throw 1 of 1	24	26
44.1	Josh Jackson defensive rebound	24	26
36.1	Derrick Rose misses driving layup	24	26
34.2	Sekou Doumbouya offensive rebound	24	26
34.2	Sekou Doumbouya misses two point shot	24	26
34.2	Cavaliers defensive team rebound	24	26
28.8	Josh Jackson blocks Cedi Osman's two point shot	24	26
24.3	Derrick Rose defensive rebound	24	26
19.2	Svi Mykhailiuk lost ball turnover (Andre Drummond steals)	24	26
16.5	Cedi Osman makes two point shot (Dante Exum assists)	26	26
0.0	Jahlil Okafor misses 17-foot pullup jump shot	26	26
0.0	Pistons offensive team rebound	26	26
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	26	26

Regular Season Series

CLE leads 1-0

Cavaliers
128
Pistons
119

Game 1

12/26

Pistons
107
Cavaliers
122

Game 2

1/27

Cavaliers
105
Pistons
109

Game 3

4/19

Little Caesars Arena

7:00 PM, December 26, 2020

Detroit, MI

Referees:
Courtney Kirkland
Brian Forte
Ashley Moyer-Gleich

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	25	4	.862	-	W4
Milwaukee	15	12	.556	9	W1
Indiana	14	15	.483	11	W4
Chicago	13	16	.448	12	L1
Detroit	12	17	.414	13	W1

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