The Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons faced off in a crucial Game 5 matchup during their second-round playoff series on Wednesday night. <\/p>\n
In the end, the Cavaliers emerged with a 117-113 win in overtime and moved one step closer to facing the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals.<\/p>\n
Here’s a closer look at Wednesday’s action as well as the upcoming playoff schedule.<\/p>\n
Wednesday Round 2 Results<\/p>\n
Cleveland Cavaliers 117, Detroit Pistons 113 (Cavaliers lead series 3-2)<\/p>\n
San Antonio Spurs at Minnesota Timberwolves, 9:30 p.m. ET (Spurs lead series 3-2)<\/p>\n
Cavaliers 117, Pistons 113<\/p>\n
Neither team was able to gain much separation throughout the first quarter of the game, as Detroit held a narrow 29-27 lead heading into the second.<\/p>\n
The Pistons thrived offensively once the second quarter started, hitting their first eight field-goal attempts and taking a 47-32 advantage with just under seven minutes left in the period.<\/p>\n
Cleveland cut into the deficit before halftime, but Detroit still led 60-52 at the break.<\/p>\n
The Cavs stepped up on both ends of the floor to begin the second half, outscoring the Pistons 32-20 in the third quarter to take a four-point lead into the fourth. <\/p>\n
Detroit was able to force turnovers and run in transition as the fourth quarter started to wind down, holding a 103-94 edge with three minutes remaining in regulation. <\/p>\n
Cleveland closed the fourth on a 9-0 run and had an opportunity to win at the buzzer, but star guard Donovan Mitchell was stripped by Pistons forward Ausar Thompson to send the game to overtime.<\/p>\n
Cleveland jumped out to a seven-point lead in overtime and Detroit wasn’t able to recover, as the Cavs eventually connected on four free throws in the final 30 seconds to seal the win.<\/p>\n
Mitchell finished with 21 points and four rebounds, shooting 7-of-18 from the field. <\/p>\n
James Harden was a key contributor for the Cavs in the win, scoring a team-high 30 points on 8-of-21 shooting. Harden also racked up eight rebounds, six assists and three blocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons faced off in a crucial Game 5 matchup during their second-round playoff…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-669773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}