Pistons at Cavaliers: First-Place Detroit Visits as Cleveland Seeks Fifth Straight Home Win

Injury questions on both sides cloud rotations for a defense-versus-offense test.

Overview

Tipoff is 2 p.m. ET at Rocket Arena, with Detroit entering 25-9 atop the East and Cleveland at 20-16.
Cleveland.com reports Detroit will be without Jalen Duren (ankle), Tobias Harris (hip) and Caris LeVert (knee), while the Cavs list Jarrett Allen, Dean Wade and Sam Merrill as questionable with Max Strus and Larry Nance Jr. out.
Cleveland aims to push a four-game home streak to five in the teams’ second meeting after the Cavaliers won 116-95 on Oct. 27.
Donovan Mitchell has been on a surge at roughly 33.0 points over his last 10 games, with Cade Cunningham averaging about 31.0 points and 8.0 rebounds over Detroit’s last 10.
Coverage frames a stylistic contrast: Detroit’s physical defense and elite offensive rebounding versus a higher-scoring Cavaliers group that has leaned into a two-big look with Evan Mobley and, if available, Allen.