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Pistons at Cavaliers · Wed, Jan 27 · 7:00 PM ET

Detroit at Cleveland. 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

Pistons edges

No clear mismatch in Detroit's favor.

Cavaliers edges

No clear mismatch in Cleveland'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
DETRankStatRankCLE
119.09thOffensive rating6th120.2
110.82ndDefensive rating15th116.0
+8.23rdNet rating9th+4.1
98.318thPace13th99.1
54.615thEffective FG %4th56.1
12.316thTurnover %9th11.7
30.93rdOffensive rebound %9th26.9
22.35thFree throw rate16th20.6
51.71stOpponent eFG %14th54.3
14.11stForced turnover %13th12.5
74.214thDefensive rebound %11th74.4
25.130thOpponent FT rate17th20.9

Game plan

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03Form and season series

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

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

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