48pts
LeBron James
CLEvsDET
May 31, 2007
NBA head-to-headDivision Rivals
Cleveland Cavaliers vs Detroit Pistons Head-to-Head
Detroit Pistons lead the all-time record 144-129 across 273 recorded meetings.
Matchup fact
The Detroit Pistons led the 1980s 44-14; the Cleveland Cavaliers led the 2020s 21-9.
By Erik AnderssonStats synced May 18, 2026CLE
129
vs
DET
144
273 meetings
All-time
DET lead 144-129
Recent form
CLE 5-5 over the latest 10
Last meeting
CLE won 125-94 on May 17, 2026
Closeness
15 wins separate the teams
Series context
The average winning margin is 10.5 points across decided games.
Recent Games
Last 10 Games
May 17, 26
DET 94-125 CLE
CLEMay 15, 26
CLE 94-115 DET
DETMay 13, 26
DET 113-117 CLE
CLEMay 11, 26
CLE 112-103 DET
CLEMay 9, 26
CLE 116-109 DET
CLEMay 7, 26
DET 107-97 CLE
DETMay 5, 26
DET 111-101 CLE
DETMar 3, 26
CLE 113-109 DET
CLEFeb 27, 26
DET 122-119 CLE
DETJan 4, 26
CLE 110-114 DET
DET| Date | Home | Away | Score | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2026 | DET | CLE | 94–125 | CLE |
| May 15, 2026 | CLE | DET | 94–115 | DET |
| May 13, 2026 | DET | CLE | 113–117 | CLE |
| May 11, 2026 | CLE | DET | 112–103 | CLE |
| May 9, 2026 | CLE | DET | 116–109 | CLE |
| May 7, 2026 | DET | CLE | 107–97 | DET |
| May 5, 2026 | DET | CLE | 111–101 | DET |
| Mar 3, 2026 | CLE | DET | 113–109 | CLE |
| Feb 27, 2026 | DET | CLE | 122–119 | DET |
| Jan 4, 2026 | CLE | DET | 110–114 | DET |
Last Meeting
May 17, 2026Final
DET
94
HOME
CLE
125
AWAY
Cavalierswon by31
Game 273 of all-time series
Matchup context
The latest 10 scored meetings are split 5-5. Detroit Pistons lead the complete decided record 144-129. The 10.5-point average margin is reported separately from both win records.
- History span
- 1970 to 2026
- 56 seasons
- Average margin
- 10.5 points
- Across decided games
- Playoff history
- 28
- 28 playoff meetings across 5 postseasons
All-Time Record
Win Percentage
129W
144W
CLE
DET
47%53%
Cleveland CavaliersDetroit Pistons
Season Split & Biggest Wins
Regular season vs playoff record, plus each team's largest margin of victory
Regular Season245 games
110
135
Playoffs28 games
19
9
Cleveland Cavaliers Biggest Win
128–96+32
Mar 14, 2017
Detroit Pistons Biggest Win
116–77+39
Apr 17, 2012
Decade Breakdown
Click a decade to filter stats below
Season by Season
| Season ↓ | CLE ↕ | DET ↕ | Games ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2024–25 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023–24 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022–23 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021–22 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020–21 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019–20 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018–19 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017–18 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016–17 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Matchup Insights
Home / Away Split
AWAY
50-88
CLE
AWAY
56-79
DET
Streaks & Momentum
Current Streak
Cleveland Cavaliers won the most recent meeting
1
Avg. Margin of Victory
Games decided by 10.5 pts on average
10.5pts
Momentum (Last 10 vs All-Time)
CLE-Neutral
Last 1050%
All-Time47.3%
DET-Neutral
Last 1050%
All-Time52.7%
Last 10 Results
CLE / DET
Advanced Stats
1996-presentBased on 91 of 273 all-time meetings that have play-by-play dataOvertime History
Total OT Games
8
CLE OT Wins
5
DET OT Wins
3
Biggest OT Game
119-128 on Dec 26, 2020 (2OT)
Largest Leads
CLE Biggest Leads
+50pts
Apr 17, 2012
#2:+39 pts·Nov 20, 2017
#3:+38 pts·Mar 14, 2017
DET Biggest Leads
+35pts
Mar 4, 2023
#2:+35 pts·Dec 3, 2019
#3:+34 pts·Apr 9, 2014
Lead Changes
Most in a Game
22
Nov 21, 2000
Average per Game
6.2
per game
Times Tied
Most Ties in a Game
21
Apr 17, 2016
Average Ties per Game
5.6
per game
Attendance Records
Across covered games (1996+)
Highest
22,076
Dec 28, 2011
Lowest
750
Apr 19, 2021
Reduced capacity (COVID era)
Average
18,126
Shooting Percentages
Average per game, 1996 to 2023. Every bar uses the same 0 to 100% scale.
FG%
CLE45.3%
DET44.0%
CLE +1.3 pp
3P%
CLE34.4%
DET35.0%
DET +0.6 pp
FT%
CLE74.3%
DET73.8%
CLE +0.5 pp
TS%
CLE53.5%
DET52.2%
CLE +1.3 pp
Top Scorers (1996-present)
Career points, games, and biggest single-game vs this opponent
CLE Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeBron James | 1219 | 50 | 24.4 | 48 |
| Zydrunas Ilgauskas | 584 | 44 | 13.3 | 32 |
| Kyrie Irving | 421 | 18 | 23.4 | 38 |
| Kevin Love | 382 | 23 | 16.6 | 30 |
| Tristan Thompson | 255 | 25 | 10.2 | 35 |
| Shawn Kemp | 235 | 11 | 21.4 | 27 |
| Cedi Osman | 221 | 19 | 11.6 | 22 |
| Collin Sexton | 219 | 10 | 21.9 | 32 |
| Daniel Gibson | 203 | 23 | 8.8 | 31 |
| Darius Garland | 200 | 11 | 18.2 | 24 |
| Anderson Varejao | 199 | 29 | 6.9 | 16 |
| Andre Miller | 191 | 12 | 15.9 | 34 |
| Lamond Murray | 179 | 11 | 16.3 | 24 |
| Drew Gooden | 170 | 17 | 10.0 | 22 |
| Mo Williams | 163 | 11 | 14.8 | 25 |
DET Top 15 Scorers
| Player | Pts | G | Avg | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Hamilton | 692 | 39 | 17.7 | 44 |
| Tayshaun Prince | 465 | 43 | 10.8 | 29 |
| Andre Drummond | 460 | 28 | 16.4 | 28 |
| Chauncey Billups | 389 | 29 | 13.4 | 23 |
| Rasheed Wallace | 335 | 27 | 12.4 | 25 |
| Jerry Stackhouse | 331 | 17 | 19.5 | 38 |
| Rodney Stuckey | 276 | 21 | 13.1 | 29 |
| Grant Hill | 247 | 13 | 19.0 | 28 |
| Reggie Jackson | 247 | 16 | 15.4 | 24 |
| Lindsey Hunter | 238 | 25 | 9.5 | 26 |
| Antonio McDyess | 235 | 26 | 9.0 | 26 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 195 | 15 | 13.0 | 21 |
| Jason Maxiell | 188 | 23 | 8.2 | 16 |
| Greg Monroe | 172 | 14 | 12.3 | 19 |
| Stanley Johnson | 165 | 17 | 9.7 | 26 |
Biggest Individual Games (1996-present)
Single-game scoring highs in this matchup
44pts
Richard Hamilton
DETvsCLE
Nov 28, 2003
43pts
LeBron James
CLEvsDET
Nov 24, 2004
41pts
LeBron James
CLEvsDET
Mar 7, 2007
40pts
Jerami Grant
DETvsCLE
Mar 19, 2022
Rivalry Fingerprint
Focus or tap a row to compare the exact gap. Every value is an average from matched game-level records, not a projection.
Quarter scoring pulse
98 games with complete quarter lines
CLEDET
How they create points
86 games with complete style splits
Selected comparison
Second-chance points: DET +1.0 points86 games
CLE highest-scoring quarter
Q2 · 24.2
DET highest-scoring quarter
Q2 · 24.7
Widest fingerprint gap
DET +1.0 second-chance points
Questions about this record: Cleveland Cavaliers vs Detroit Pistons
What is the Cleveland Cavaliers vs Detroit Pistons NBA playoff record?
The playoff subset contains 28 games: Cleveland Cavaliers have 19 wins and Detroit Pistons have 9. Those games are already included in the complete all-time total.
How do recent Cleveland Cavaliers vs Detroit Pistons results compare with the complete record?
The latest 10 decided meetings are split 5-5. Detroit Pistons lead the complete decided record 144-129. The recent window is a subset of the complete history, so the page reports the two separately.
Methodology & Data Sources
Last updated
Every head-to-head record on SharkBetting is computed from scored game logs. Regular-season and playoff results come from the balldontlie API and historical records cross-checked against basketball-reference.com. All-time records, recent form, postseason splits, margins, streaks, decades, and seasons are calculated from the same listed results. Records without a final score are excluded from decided-game statistics.
Stats are refreshed after completed game days when new source data is available. Each page's Last updated date shows when its underlying data was actually synced. If you spot an error, head to our contact page with the game date and we will verify against the source feeds.
Pre-1996 game scores partially derived from the nbadb dataset by Wyatt Walsh, distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0.