Detroit Pistons @ Cleveland Cavaliers
East Semifinals - Game 3 • DET leads series 2-1
60-22, 28-13 Away
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60-22, 28-13 Away
52-30, 27-14 Home
116
52-30, 27-14 Home
Detroit Pistons
starters |
bench |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- | |
| 38 | 21 | 7-14 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +3 | |
| 36 | 15 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | |
| 29 | 11 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -14 | |
| 39 | 27 | 10-27 | 2-6 | 5-6 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | +6 | |
| 29 | 9 | 4-10 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | +12 | |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- | |
| 10 | 11 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | +11 | |
| 9 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -9 | |
| 17 | 6 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -10 | |
| 18 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -28 | |
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109 | 41-91 | 9-25 | 18-22 | 40 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 25 | |||
45% | 36% | 82% | ||||||||||||
Cleveland Cavaliers
starters |
bench |
team |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- | |
| 17 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -6 | |
| 32 | 18 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 4-7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +3 | |
| 36 | 13 | 4-6 | 0-2 | 5-10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +9 | |
| 40 | 19 | 8-14 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +8 | |
| 38 | 35 | 13-24 | 2-8 | 7-8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +7 | |
MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | OREB | DREB | PF | +/- | |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| -- | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | 11 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | 7 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | +8 | |
| 14 | 7 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +4 | |
| 14 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | |
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116 | 43-74 | 12-32 | 18-28 | 33 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 17 | |||
58% | 38% | 64% | ||||||||||||
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court
DET @ CLE Videos
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Game Information
Cleveland, OH
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Referee:Pat Fraher
Referee:Courtney Kirkland
Referee:Scott Foster
Referee:Tre Maddox
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