On Monday January 27th at 7 pm eastern time, the 36-9 Cleveland Cavaliers hosted the 23-22 Detroit Pistons at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in downtown Cleveland Ohio. The Cavaliers last game was a 132-129 home loss to the Houston Rockets last Saturday. The Pistons last game was a 121-113 loss on the road to the Orlando Magic last Saturday as well. Out for the Cavaliers was Caris LeVert, Isaac Okoro, and Dean Wade. Out for the Pistons was Jaden Ivey, Tobias Harris was a game time decision with a head injury. Harris did play in the game. The Cavaliers will be facing their old coach J.B. Bickerstaff, and they are trying to end a three-game losing streak.

In the first quarter it was a back-and-forth close game, the Cavaliers led the Pistons at the end of the first 26-23. In the second quarter the Cavaliers pulled away from the Pistons and led at halftime 55-45. At the start of the second half the Cavaliers kept up their level of play and added to their lead. After three quarters of play the Cavaliers led the Pistons by a score of 82-67. In the fourth and final quarter, the Cavaliers were able close out the game and end their three-game losing streak by beating the Detroit Pistons 110-91.

The Cavalier’s leading scorer was Darius Garland with 22 points in 31 minutes. Jarett Allen had another double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds in 31 minutes of play. Up next for the 37-9 Cleveland Cavaliers is a trip to South Beach. The Cavaliers will play the Miami Heat on Wednesday January 29th at 7:30 pm eastern time, at the Kaseya Center. This should be an interesting matchup for the Cavaliers considering that Miami just suspended Jimmy Butler indefinitely. How a move like that can affect a team is unknown at this time. We will find that out on Wednesday night.