The bench players that either didn’t play or barely played are showing the energy needed to win playoff games. Won’t end in much but they got it to a 10 point deficit
Pistons trail 107-92 with 2:48 left. Games likely over. Caris has 24 points and is a +17. He is the only Piston to have a positive +/- with over 10 minutes played
Timeout (Cleveland) Cavs lead 100-86. Detroit finally putting some good defensive possessions together, leading to a 7-0 run. If they want to comeback it has to be now. 6:56 to go
Timeout (Cleveland) Cavs lead 80-72. Pistons have ended the run and start crawling their way back. Caris is up to 22 points and Paul Reed already has 7. 3:12 left in the 3rd
Timeout (Detroit) Cavs lead 68-56. Cleveland’s run is now 16-0. Pistons defensive continues to have lapses and the offense is nonexistent. 8:16 left in the 3rd
Timeout (Detroit) Cavs lead 60-56. Cleveland opens the half on a 8-0 run as the Pistons are 0/3 from the field. Some missed defensive rotations and fouls have lead to easy points. 10:24 left in the 3rd
Timeout (Cleveland) Pistons lead 42–38. Ausar has been having a rough time. He has 4 turnovers in just under 9 minutes of playing. Luckily Caris has made up for him, he is already up to 14 points. 5:04 left in the 2nd
Timeout (Detroit) Cavs lead 32-31. Pistons collapsed the defense to much and over helped on multiple possessions leading to easy threes. The Ausar turnover didn’t help either. 8:48 left in the 2nd
Timeout (Cleveland) Cavs lead 18-15. Pistons closing the gap thanks to some Caris Levert buckets. Want to point out Cleveland just hunted JD on defense despite Detroit trying to switch off the possibility. 5:18 left in the 1st
Timeout (Orlando) Pistons lead 105-86. Tobias hits another corner three, something he has struggled at all season. He has 5 threes tonight and is up to 30 points. 3:23 remains
Timeout (Detroit) Pistons lead 100-86. Tobias just passed it to Daniss on the edge of the court so he could get trapped. Orlando is pressing and the Pistons are struggling. 4:22 to go