Darius Garland scored 22 points, Donovan Mitchell added 21, and the cavaliers clicked a losing series of three games with a win of 110-91 above the pistons.
Claveland-Darius Garland scored 22 points, Donovan Mitchell added 21, and Cleveland Cavaliers snapped over the season, three games losing a series of 110-91 over the Detroit pistons on Monday night.
Cleveland, which led the Eastern Conference from the beginning, ended its mines with the 11th direct victory over Detroit. Cavs are 22-3 at home.
They also improved to 2-0 against former coach JB Bickestaff, who led Cleveland recovery and directed CAVS in the playoffs over the last two seasons. However, Bickledstaff was fired after last year’s exit after the season before being hired by Pistons.
Jeret Allen had 15 points and Evan marts 14 Cleveland fights.
Cade Cunningham scored 22 points and Malik Beasley 19 for Detroit. Jalen Duren had 12 points and 15 fights for Pistons, which had 23 wins after 14-68 last season.
CAVS were again without three rotary players, as Caris Lever (Kitka), Isaac Okoro (Ramo) and Dean Wade (knee) sat with injuries. Coach Kenny Atkinson had no Wade’s time line except to say “it’s not day to day.”
Output
Pistons: In addition to Kenningham and Beizley, Detroit’s crime was awful. Starting Auzar Thompson and Tobias Harris went on a combined 1 of 15 of the field.
Cavaliers: Cleveland returned to its protective principles, playing with a greater intensity and purpose than through the rough patch in the past week.
Key
Mobles followed his own gap with a bounce on the main line before throwing a pass through the tape to Mitchell, which knocked 3-pose to place the CAVS 77-62 and controlled in the third.
Key statistics
Cleveland entered the NBA leadership with a 3-point percentage (.398), but it had a rough night behind the arc, leaving only 12 out of 44.
Forward
Pistons visit Indiana on Wednesday. Cavs are in Miami tonight to face the heat.
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