Cavaliers Complete Sweep With 100-98 Victory

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The Cleveland Cavaliers took Game 4 against the Detroit Pistons by a 100-98 score. This result completes a series sweep and sends the Pistons home for the offseason. If you remember correctly, I originally said after Game 1 it wouldn’t be a sweep, then said it would be a sweep after Game 3, so there you go!

I will say that Detroit could’ve easily won two of these four games had they executed better in late-game situations. That said, a sweep is the end reality. It was made possible by 31 points from Kyrie Irving, a 22/11/6 line from LeBron James, and an 11/13 double-double from Kevin Love. J.R. Smith also made 5-of-7 three attempts for his 15 points.

Overall, the Pistons shot 48.7 percent from the field and 41.7 percent on threes. They had 9 turnovers. The Cavaliers won the turnover battle with a total of 6, but shot worse than Detroit from the field and deep (41.9 percent/36.1 percent). Much like in Game 1, Detroit suffered the loss despite winning key categories and receiving production from a range of players.

Marcus Morris put up 24 points on 9-12 shooting as Tobias Harris went for 23 points and 13 boards on 8-14 shooting. Andre Drummond snatched 11 rebounds to go along with 17 points. Reggie Jackson put up 12 assists to go with his 13 points.

For a young Detroit team with a first year head coach in the organization, Stan Van Gundy, this season can be deemed a positive. That’s especially true when taking into account the improved quality of the Eastern Conference. However, winning a game or two and making the Cavaliers nervous would’ve been an even brighter light.

In the East, teams featuring LeBron typically turn off the lights of others. I don’t see any squad remaining in the East capable of eliminating the Cavs.

As Detroit goes home, Cleveland waits for the winner of the Atlanta Hawks/Boston Celtics series which is currently tied 2-2.

 

Cleveland
Player	Pos	Min	FGM-FGA	FTM-FTA	3PM-3PA	+/-	OR	Reb	A	Blk	Stl	TO	PF	Pts
L. James	F	41:27	9-19	3-3	1-6	+5	2	11	6	0	2	2	4	22
K. Love	F	34:36	3-15	4-4	1-5	-2	4	13	2	0	1	0	3	11
T. Thompson	C	38:22	2-5	1-2	0-0	0	3	5	0	1	1	1	3	5
K. Irving	G	40:25	12-25	3-4	4-11	-2	0	3	5	0	1	2	2	31
J.R. Smith	G	35:23	5-8	0-0	5-7	+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	15
R. Jefferson		16:36	2-6	0-0	1-4	+5	0	4	1	0	0	0	2	5
M. Dellavedov		14:50	3-5	4-4	1-2	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	11
C. Frye		8:57	0-1	0-0	0-0	+2	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0
I. Shumpert		9:24	0-2	0-0	0-1	+2	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
D. Jones	DNP — COACH’S DECISION
J. Jones	DNP — COACH’S DECISION
T. Mozgov	DNP — COACH’S DECISION
M. Williams	DNP — COACH’S DECISION
S. Kaun	DNP — INACTIVE
J. McRae	DNP — INACTIVE
Totals		240	36-86 (.419)	15-17 (.882)	13-36 (.361)	–	10	41	16	1	6	5	22	100

 

Detroit
Player	Pos	Min	FGM-FGA	FTM-FTA	3PM-3PA	+/-	OR	Reb	A	Blk	Stl	TO	PF	Pts
T. Harris	F	41:17	8-14	5-5	2-4	+6	2	13	2	0	0	1	0	23
M. Morris	F	31:08	9-12	3-5	3-4	-13	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	24
A. Drummond	C	31:18	6-13	5-10	0-0	-2	1	11	0	2	0	1	2	17
K. Caldwell-P	G	42:48	3-10	0-0	3-5	+1	2	4	5	0	2	0	2	9
R. Jackson	G	37:26	6-13	1-1	0-6	+4	0	3	12	1	0	5	2	13
S. Johnson		29:35	2-8	0-0	1-4	+7	0	5	0	0	1	1	2	5
S. Blake		10:34	1-2	0-0	1-1	-6	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	3
A. Baynes		10:13	1-3	0-0	0-0	-6	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	2
A. Tolliver		5:41	1-1	0-0	0-0	-1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
J. Anthony	DNP — COACH’S DECISION
S. Dinwiddie	DNP — COACH’S DECISION
D. Hilliard	DNP — COACH’S DECISION
J. Meeks	DNP — COACH’S DECISION
L. Brown	DNP — INACTIVE
R. Bullock	DNP — INACTIVE
Totals		240	37-76 (.487)	14-21 (.667)	10-24 (.417)	–	7	42	22	4	3	9	18	98

 

Officials: Marc Davis, Bill Kennedy, Courtney Kirkland Time of Game: 2:30