{"id":516570,"date":"2026-01-04T18:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/516570\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T18:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:34:13","slug":"cleveland-cavaliers-vs-detroit-pistons-01-05-2026-game-preview-when-and-where-to-watch-expected-lineup-injury-report-prediction-and-more-nba-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/516570\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Cavaliers vs Detroit Pistons (01-05-2026) game preview: When and where to watch, expected lineup, injury report, prediction, and more | NBA News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ClevelandCleveland Cavaliers vs Detroit Pistons preview (Image via Prime Video) Despite losing to the Miami Heat 118-112 at home on Thursday, the Pistons are still in first place in the Eastern Conference with a 25-9 record. They had a chance to finish the comeback in the fourth quarter, but eventually failed.With a 20\u201316 record, the Cavaliers are ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference. They defeated the Denver Nuggets 113-108 on Friday, their third consecutive triumph. In the victory, Donovan Mitchell scored a team-high 33 points.<\/p>\n

Cleveland Cavaliers vs Detroit Pistons – When and where to watch the game<\/p>\n

This afternoon, the Detroit Pistons will head to Rocket Arena to play the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference. At 2:00 PM ET, fans may watch the action on FanDuel Sports Network Detroit. Fubo and DirecTV Stream also offer streaming choices. For new users, both streaming services provide free trials and first-month discounts.<\/p>\n

Cleveland Cavaliers vs Detroit Pistons – Expected Starting Lineups<\/p>\n

Cleveland Cavaliers<\/p>\n

PG Darius GarlandSG Donovan MitchellSF Jaylon TysonPF Evan MobleyC Jarrett Allen<\/p>\n

Detroit Pistons<\/p>\n

PG Cade CunninghamSG Duncan RobinsonSF Ausar ThompsonPF Ronald Holland IIC Isaiah Stewart<\/p>\n

Cleveland Cavaliers vs Detroit Pistons – Injury Report<\/p>\n

Cleveland Cavaliers<\/p>\n

Jarrett Allen \u2013 Questionable (Illness)Sam Merrill \u2013 Questionable (Ankle)Chris Livingston \u2013 Questionable (Two-way contract)Max Strus \u2013 Out (Foot)Dean Wade \u2013 Questionable (Knee)Larry Nance Jr. \u2013 Out (Right calf) <\/p>\n

Detroit Pistons<\/p>\n

Jalen Duren \u2013 Out (Ankle)Tobias Harris \u2013 Out (Hip)Caris LeVert \u2013 Out (Knee)Wendell Moore Jr. \u2013 Questionable (Two- way contract)<\/p>\n

Cleveland Cavaliers vs Detroit Pistons – Game Prediction<\/p>\n

The Cleveland Cavaliers, who have defeated the Detroit Pistons in nine of their last ten encounters, will play the injury-plagued team at Rocket Arena. After a poor start, Cleveland is improving, and my predictions for the Pistons vs. Cavaliers are that the home team will destroy Detroit.At last, the Cavaliers are beginning to resemble the squad that won 64 games the previous season. They have won three straight games, two of which were as the underdog (against the San Antonio Spurs and the Denver Nuggets). Cleveland has won two straight games as the favorite and three straight at home.The Pistons, who were among the NBA’s most popular teams at the beginning of the season, have cooled off and will be without two important players on Sunday: Harris and Duren. In its last four away games, Detroit has a 1-3 ATS record.Also read: Los Angeles Clippers vs Detroit Pistons (12-28-2025) game preview: When and where to watch, expected lineup, injury report, prediction, and more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cleveland Cavaliers vs Detroit Pistons preview (Image via Prime Video) Despite losing to the Miami Heat 118-112 at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3773],"tags":[7,909,71753,193,5641,296,188,22260,3860,8449,6,48961,68963,297],"class_list":["post-516570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-detroit-pistons","tag-basketball","tag-cade-cunningham","tag-cavaliers-vs-pistons-game-prediction","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-cleveland-cavaliers-injury-report","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-detroit-pistons-injury-report","tag-detroitpistons","tag-donovan-mitchell-performance","tag-nba","tag-nba-eastern-conference-standings","tag-nba-streaming-options","tag-pistons"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115838272599720190","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}