James Harden scores 30, Cleveland rallies past Detroit

Cleveland trailed by 8 at the half and won 117–113. Conference semifinals series: Cleveland 3, Detroit 2. Cade Cunningham scored 39 for Detroit in the loss.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break

Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.

By quarter

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	T
CLE	27	25	32	19	14	117
DET	29	31	20	23	10	113

Who led

James HardenCLE30 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST

Donovan MitchellCLE21 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST

Cade CunninghamDET39 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST

Daniss JenkinsDET19 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST

Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.

Heating up

Donovan MitchellCLE

+5.1points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg

Points per game

33.0 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 27.9 in the regular season (70 games). Today: 21 points in 42 minutes.

Our take: Ride the hot hand

Losing minutes

Jaylon TysonCLE

−18.7minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg

Minutes per game

8.3 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 27.0 in the regular season (66 games). Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Our take: Bench until the minutes return

Stepped-up role

Daniss JenkinsDET

+20.8minutes, today vs reg. season avg

Minutes per game

41 minutes today, against 20.2 a game in the regular season (72 games). Line: 19 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Our take: Worth a pickup

Top performances

Cade Cunningham leads the day with 39

Cade CunninghamDET vs CLE · L

30.0 PPG playoffs to date

39 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST

James HardenCLE @ DET · W

20.8 PPG playoffs to date

30 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST

Donovan MitchellCLE @ DET · W

26.2 PPG playoffs to date

21 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST

Max StrusCLE @ DET · W

10.5 PPG playoffs to date

20 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST

Evan MobleyCLE @ DET · W

16.6 PPG playoffs to date

19 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST

Daniss JenkinsDET vs CLE · L

8.0 PPG playoffs to date

19 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST