Cavaliers vs Pistons: head-to-head

54 meetings since 2015-16

Cleveland Cavaliers34wins

Detroit Pistons20

Regular season26-17

Playoffs8-3

Avg. margin (CLE)+4.7

CLE at home19-7

DET at home13-15

Avg. total points214.8

Current streakCLE 1

Rivalry analysis

Since the 2015-16 season, the Cavaliers and the Pistons have met 54 times, regular season and playoffs combined. The Cavaliers lead the series 34-20.

Over the last 6 meetings, the Cavaliers won 4 and the Pistons won 2. The most recent game, on May 17, 2026, ended Cavaliers 125-94 in the playoffs.

The home team won 32 of the 54 games (59%). These matchups averaged 214.8 total points, with a typical winning margin of 12.5 points; 15 of them were decided by five points or fewer.

Season-series sweeps: Cavaliers in 2023-24, Cavaliers in 2022-23. They have also met 11 times in the playoffs (2025-26, 2015-16), with the Cavaliers winning 8 and the Pistons 3. Their next meeting is scheduled for December 18, 2026 in Detroit.

Next meetings

Dec 18, 2026	Cavaliers @ Pistons	7:30 PM EST	DET 68%
Jan 18, 2027	Pistons @ Cavaliers	12:00 PM EST
Jan 27, 2027	Pistons @ Cavaliers	7:00 PM EST
Mar 9, 2027	Cavaliers @ Pistons	8:00 PM EST

Probability from today's Elo ratings (home court included); the frozen pre-game figure appears on the game page 7 days before tip-off.

Biggest wins

Cavaliers	DET 96 – 128 CLE · 2017-03-14
Pistons	DET 129 – 93 CLE · 2019-03-02

2025-26 CLE 6 – 5 DET

2026-05-17 · playoffs	CLE 125 – 94 DET	Final
2026-05-15 · playoffs	DET 115 – 94 CLE	Final
2026-05-13 · playoffs	CLE 117 – 113 DET	Final/OT
2026-05-11 · playoffs	DET 103 – 112 CLE	Final
2026-05-09 · playoffs	DET 109 – 116 CLE	Final
2026-05-07 · playoffs	CLE 97 – 107 DET	Final
2026-05-05 · playoffs	CLE 101 – 111 DET	Final
2026-03-03	DET 109 – 113 CLE	Final
2026-02-27	CLE 119 – 122 DET	Final/OT
2026-01-04	DET 114 – 110 CLE	Final
2025-10-27	CLE 116 – 95 DET	Final

2024-25 CLE 3 – 1 DET

2025-03-28	CLE 122 – 133 DET	Final
2025-02-05	CLE 118 – 115 DET	Final
2025-01-27	DET 91 – 110 CLE	Final
2024-10-25	DET 101 – 113 CLE	Final

2023-24 CLE 4 – 0 DET

2024-03-01	CLE 110 – 100 DET	Final
2024-01-31	DET 121 – 128 CLE	Final
2023-12-02	CLE 110 – 101 DET	Final
2023-11-17	DET 100 – 108 CLE	Final

2022-23 CLE 4 – 0 DET

2023-03-04	DET 90 – 114 CLE	Final
2023-02-08	DET 85 – 113 CLE	Final
2022-11-27	CLE 102 – 94 DET	Final
2022-11-04	CLE 112 – 88 DET	Final

2021-22 CLE 2 – 2 DET

2022-03-19	DET 109 – 113 CLE	Final
2022-02-24	CLE 103 – 106 DET	Final
2022-01-30	CLE 105 – 115 DET	Final
2021-11-12	DET 78 – 98 CLE	Final

2020-21 CLE 2 – 1 DET

2021-04-19	CLE 105 – 109 DET	Final
2021-01-27	DET 107 – 122 CLE	Final
2020-12-26	CLE 128 – 119 DET	Final/2OT

2019-20 CLE 2 – 2 DET

2020-01-27	CLE 115 – 100 DET	Final
2020-01-09	CLE 115 – 112 DET	Final/OT
2020-01-07	DET 115 – 113 CLE	Final
2019-12-03	DET 127 – 94 CLE	Final

2018-19 CLE 1 – 3 DET

2019-03-18	DET 119 – 126 CLE	Final
2019-03-02	DET 129 – 93 CLE	Final
2018-11-19	CLE 102 – 113 DET	Final
2018-10-25	CLE 103 – 110 DET	Final

2017-18 CLE 3 – 1 DET

2018-03-05	DET 90 – 112 CLE	Final
2018-01-30	CLE 114 – 125 DET	Final
2018-01-28	DET 104 – 121 CLE	Final
2017-11-20	CLE 116 – 88 DET	Final

2016-17 CLE 2 – 2 DET

2017-03-14	DET 96 – 128 CLE	Final
2017-03-09	CLE 101 – 106 DET	Final
2016-12-26	CLE 90 – 106 DET	Final
2016-11-18	DET 81 – 104 CLE	Final

2015-16 CLE 5 – 3 DET

2016-04-24 · playoffs	CLE 100 – 98 DET	Final
2016-04-22 · playoffs	CLE 101 – 91 DET	Final
2016-04-20 · playoffs	DET 90 – 107 CLE	Final
2016-04-17 · playoffs	DET 101 – 106 CLE	Final
2016-04-13	DET 112 – 110 CLE	Final
2016-02-22	DET 96 – 88 CLE	Final
2016-01-29	CLE 114 – 106 DET	Final
2015-11-17	CLE 99 – 104 DET	Final

Results from BALLDONTLIE. Our database starts with the 2015-16 season, so this is not an all-time franchise record.