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Cavaliers at Pistons · Fri, Dec 18 · 7:30 PM ET

Cleveland at Detroit. Here is where each team has the edge.

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Pregame win chance

The win-chance line starts at tip-off.

Every basket moves it.

From team Elo ratings, home court and rest. How this works

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01Where the edges are

Based on 2025-26

Cavaliers edges

No clear mismatch in Cleveland's favor.

Pistons edges

No clear mismatch in Detroit's favor.

Key battles

  • Cleveland's offense shoots efficiently (4th), but Detroit's defense contests every shot (1st). Watch the shooting.

An edge is where one team ranks top 5 on a four-factor battle and the other ranks bottom 8. How edges work

Using last season's numbers until both teams have played 10 games this season. Rosters may have changed.

02Tale of the tape

Based on 2025-26
CLERankStatRankDET
120.26thOffensive rating9th119.0
116.015thDefensive rating2nd110.8
+4.19thNet rating3rd+8.2
99.113thPace18th98.3
56.14thEffective FG %15th54.6
11.79thTurnover %16th12.3
26.99thOffensive rebound %3rd30.9
20.616thFree throw rate5th22.3
54.314thOpponent eFG %1st51.7
12.513thForced turnover %1st14.1
74.411thDefensive rebound %14th74.2
20.917thOpponent FT rate30th25.1

Game plan

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03Form and season series

Cavaliers4-6 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. L
  5. W
  6. L
  7. W
  8. W
  9. W
  10. L

Pistons6-4 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. W
  3. L
  4. L
  5. L
  6. W
  7. W
  8. W
  9. W
  10. W

2025-26 series: Mon, Oct 27 CLE 116, DET 95 · Sun, Jan 4 DET 114, CLE 110 · Fri, Feb 27 CLE 119, DET 122 · Tue, Mar 3 DET 109, CLE 113 · Tue, May 5 CLE 101, DET 111 · Thu, May 7 CLE 97, DET 107 · Sat, May 9 DET 109, CLE 116 · Mon, May 11 DET 103, CLE 112 · Wed, May 13 CLE 117, DET 113 · Fri, May 15 DET 115, CLE 94 · Sun, May 17 CLE 125, DET 94

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers