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- Published: Jan. 04, 2026, 5:05 p.m.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cade Cunningham scored 27 points, Daniss Jenkins added 25 — 21 successful nan 2nd 4th unsocial — and nan Detroit Pistons held connected down nan agelong for a uncommon roadworthy triumph astatine Cleveland, beating nan Cavaliers 114-110 connected Sunday.
Despite playing without 2 starters, nan Eastern Conference-leading Pistons snapped a nine-game losing streak astatine Rocket Arena and hit nan Cavaliers for conscionable nan 2nd clip successful 15 games.
Donovan Mitchell scored 30 — 23 aft halftime — to gait Cleveland, which trailed by 13 pinch little than 5 minutes to spell earlier cutting Detroit’s lead to 108-106 connected Darius Garland’s handbasket pinch 1:16 left.
However, Pistons guardant Ausar Thompson scored connected a tip-in pinch 17.2 seconds remaining, and Jenkins made 4 free throws successful nan last 5.7 seconds to put nan Cavs away.
Cunningham went 11 for 11 from nan statement and nan Pistons made each 21 free-throw attempts.
Cleveland’s Darius Garland scored 16 but went 0 for 7 connected 3-pointers. Evan Mobley and Sam Merrill added 15 points apiece for nan Cavs, who saw their winning streak stopped astatine three.
With his 21-point outburst connected 7-for-7 shooting successful nan second, Jenkins group nan franchise scoring grounds for a Pistons reserve successful 1 quarter. He collapsed nan erstwhile people of 20 points shared by Ron Holland (2024) and Jodie Meeks (2014).
The Pistons were without starters Tobias Harris (hip) and Jalen Duren (ankle) and reserve Caris LeVert (knee) because of injuries. Harris, whom coach J.B. Bickerstaff calls his “safety blanket,” could miss respective weeks.
Jenkins gave nan Pistons immoderate instant discourtesy and a needed assistance successful nan 2nd by making six 3-pointers — and converting a three-point play — arsenic Detroit scored a season-high 47 points successful nan play to unfastened a 66-56 halftime lead.
Up next
Pistons: Host New York connected Monday.
Cavaliers: At Indiana connected Tuesday.
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