NBA Playoffs
Cade Cunningham scored 39 points for the Pistons in their Game 5 loss to Cleveland. Gregory Shamus / Getty Images
DETROIT — As the ball found the bottom of the net on a Tobias Harris 3-pointer with 3:02 remaining in regulation, everyone on the Detroit Pistons’ bench rose to their feet in jubilation.
Harris had just put the Pistons up nine points and had given all their fans in Little Caesars Arena belief that they would be heading back to Cleveland with a chance to close out this second-round series.
It was a false sense of security, though, quickly evaporating as the Cavaliers scored nine straight points.
