Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell is one win away from exorcising the ghost of playoffs past, but he knows that victory will not come easy. The Cavaliers lead their Eastern Conference semifinal series over the top-seeded Detroit Pistons 3-2, setting up a potential clincher in Game 6 on Friday night in Cleveland.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers finally won a road game in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the No. 1 seeded Detroit Pistons. Although the Cavs had a huge comeback in the second half of the game at Little Caesars Arena, they certainly didn't make things easy on themselves.
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There were moments Wednesday night where it felt like the season’s momentum was slipping away from the Cleveland Cavaliers. A hostile road crowd. A nine-point deficit with just over three minutes remaining.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers earned their first road victory of the playoffs on Wednesday night, defeating the Detroit Pistons 117-113 in Game 5. This game went down to the wire, with the Cavaliers storming back late to force overtime after trailing for most of the game.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers claimed a much-needed road win, their first of the playoffs, with a 117-113 victory over the Detroit Pistons. James Harden was one of three Cavs to score 20 points or more as he logged a team-leading 30 points in the overtime victory.
The Cavaliers were down nine with under three minutes left on May 13th in Detroit and still walked out with a 117-113 overtime win. That comeback did not happen because Donovan Mitchell had another takeover quarter.
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The Cavaliers looked finished late. Then they looked like a team with a great deal of belief. Cleveland erased a nine-point deficit in the final minutes, stunned the Pistons 117-113 in overtime, and grabbed a 3-2 series lead on the road.
There was an online debate among fans during the final seconds of the fourth quarter of the Detroit Pistons-Cleveland Cavaliers Game 5 on Wednesday. With the clock winding down, Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell drove to the basket to try to go for the win, with the score tied at 103.
DETROIT — After the game, Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson was asked what it took for this team to overcome a nine-point deficit in the final three minutes to complete the comeback.
Cade Cunningham put his basketball smartness on full display late in Game 5, leaving Donovan Mitchell flabbergasted in a sequence in the fourth quarter of their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
The Cleveland Cavaliers didn’t play their best basketball for much of Game 5 against the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night, but they battled their way to a gritty 117-113 overtime win to take a 3-2 series lead.
The Cleveland Cavaliers survived one of the wildest games of the postseason on Tuesday night, escaping Detroit with a dramatic 117-113 overtime victory after trailing for most of the night.
The Cavaliers thought about a change. But Dean Wade made them feel differently. Down 2-0 to the Pistons, coach Kenny Atkinson considered adjusting the starting lineup.
The Cleveland Cavaliers won Games 3 and 4 to improve their home record in the 2026 NBA Playoffs to an undefeated 6-0. Now, they’ll be tasked with doing something that they haven’t done this postseason – win a game on the road.
Cleveland didn’t just need a spark. They needed a lifeline. And on a night when the season felt like it was inching toward the edge, Mitchell delivered something far bigger than that—he delivered a performance that will live in Cavaliers playoff lore.