{"id":633396,"date":"2026-05-09T19:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T19:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/633396\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T19:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T19:15:10","slug":"final-injury-report-for-pistons-cavaliers-game-3-will-sam-merrill-kevin-huerter-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/633396\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Injury Report for Pistons-Cavaliers Game 3: Will Sam Merrill, Kevin Huerter Play?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> are at home on Saturday afternoon as they host the Detroit Pistons<\/a> in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.<\/p>\n

Cleveland enters Saturday\u2019s game trailing 0-2 in the series after losing on the road to Detroit in Game 2 on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

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Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell.Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

In Thursday\u2019s loss to the Pistons, Donovan Mitchell<\/a> led the way for the Cavaliers as he recorded 31 points, six rebounds and three assists while Jarrett Allen<\/a> added 22 points, seven rebounds and three assists of his own.<\/p>\n

Now Cleveland will try to bounce back at home on Saturday as they look to grab a victory over the Cavaliers to avoid falling behind 0-3 in the series.<\/p>\n

On the other side, Detroit enters Saturday\u2019s contest leading 2-0 in the series after defeating the Cavaliers at home on Thursday night in Game 2.<\/p>\n

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Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham.Mike Watters-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Cade Cunningham<\/a> led the way for the Pistons in Thursday\u2019s victory as he ended the game with 25 points, three rebounds and 10 assists while Tobias Harris<\/a> recorded 21 points and seven rebounds.<\/p>\n

While both teams are looking to pick up a victory in Game 3 on Saturday afternoon, both squads may be without one of their key players due to injury.<\/p>\n

Pistons Injury Report: Will Kevin Huerter<\/a> Play?<\/p>\n

For the Pistons, they have only one player listed on their injury report as they have listed Kevin Huerter as doubtful.<\/p>\n

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Detroit Pistons guard Kevin Huerter (27)Brad Mills-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Detroit has listed Huerter as doubtful due to a left adductor strain and he is expected to miss his sixth consecutive contest on Saturday.<\/p>\n

With Huerter likely to remain sidelined for Game 3, Daniss Jenkins<\/a>, Caris LeVert<\/a> and Javonte Green<\/a> could all continue to have increased roles.<\/p>\n

Cavaliers Injury Report: Will Sam Merrill<\/a> Play?<\/p>\n

On the other side, the Cavaliers have only one player listed on their injury report as well as they have listed Sam Merril as questionable.<\/p>\n

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Cleveland Cavaliers guard Sam Merrill (5)Ken Blaze-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Cleveland has listed Merrill as questionable due to a left hamstring strain and he is in danger of missing his second straight game.<\/p>\n

If Merrill is sidelined once again, Keon Ellis<\/a>, Max Strus<\/a> and Dennis Schroder<\/a> could all be in line for increased roles.<\/p>\n

Fans can catch Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Pistons and Cavaliers from Cleveland on Saturday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on May 9, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Cavaliers are at home on Saturday afternoon as they host the Detroit Pistons in Game 3…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[88728,25172,8174,42227,6423,4576,13054,58832,27495,27695,27127,58423,27497,355,111822,99,148694],"class_list":["post-633396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-cade-cunningham","tag-caris-levert","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-daniss-jenkins","tag-dennis-schroder","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-donovan-mitchell","tag-eastern-conference-semifinals","tag-jarrett-allen","tag-javonte-green","tag-keon-ellis","tag-kevin-huerter","tag-max-strus","tag-nba","tag-sam-merrill","tag-sports","tag-tobias-harris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}