- Terry Pluto
- Published: May. 06, 2026, 11:51 p.m.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — This week’s section of nan Terry’s Talkin’ podcast is live, pinch cleveland.com columnist Terry Pluto and big David Campbell. In this week’s podcast, Terry breaks down nan Cavs and really they tin get connected way vs. nan Pistons successful their playoff series.
They besides talk astir nan Guardians, and Terry has immoderate prospects that he thinks fans should support an oculus on.
And they see nan Browns' 2026 draft, and why they turned down a woody pinch nan Cowboys to move down from No. 9 overall.
Highlights:
- Was nan Detroit crowd underwhelming astatine Game 1 of Cavs-Pistons?
- The Cavaliers’ historical issues pinch sloppy turnovers, including 19 successful Game 1, straight fueled nan Pistons’ modulation discourtesy and sabotaged Cleveland’s power of nan game’s pace. They request to hole it, Terry says.
- Having Evan Mobley bring nan shot up nan tribunal helped Cleveland bypass Detroit’s backcourt pressure, though he must quickly return to nan interior to efficaciously found nan offense.
- Coach Kenny Atkinson: Did he misplay Jarrett Allen’s foul problem successful nan first half?
- Despite nan team’s struggles, Max Strus provided a agleam spot for Cleveland pinch an businesslike 19-point capacity and relentless hustle.
- Rookie Jaylon Tyson delivered a important protect boost for nan Cavaliers by efficaciously slowing down Pistons prima Cade Cunningham, earning a plus-nine standing successful his 18 minutes.
- Detroit successfully utilized its supporting formed to unafraid nan win, pinch Duncan Robinson’s perimeter shooting and Tobias Harris’s 20 points capitalizing connected Cleveland’s protect lapses.
- Head coach JB Bickerstaff has successfully transformed nan Pistons done a gritty, hard-nosed protect identity, starring nan franchise to 60 wins and its first playoff bid triumph successful 18 years.
- The Cavaliers whitethorn enactment pinch a heavy rotation to support players caller against nan Pistons’ beingness play and nan grueling every-other-day playoff schedule.
- Terry’s names to watch among Guardians prospects.
- Guardians imaginable Kody Huff is evolving from a strictly protect catcher into a vulnerable two-way subordinate pursuing an violative breakout this season.
- There is interest complete Guardians outfielder Steven Kwan’s prolonged and mysterious driblet successful violative accumulation making love backmost to nan 2nd half of past season.
- Is it clip to move balls and strikes complete to nan ABS system? One listener thinks so.
- Terry says nan Browns made nan optimal strategical move by rejecting a trade-down connection from Dallas, allowing them to unafraid elite violative tackle Spencer Fano to rebuild their line.
- Deshaun Watson: The champion solution arsenic QB1 successful 2026? Would his occurrence dissuade nan Browns from taking a imaginable franchise QB successful nan 2027 draft?
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