Schedule and 2015-16 Results
Regular Season Records: Cleveland 57-25, Detroit 44-38
Game 1 on Sunday, 17 April: Detroit loses at Cleveland, 106-pts-101
Game 2 on Wednesday, 20 April: Detroit loses at Cleveland, 107-pts-90
Game 3 on Friday, 22 April: Cleveland wins at Detroit, 101-pts-91
Game 4 on Sunday, 24 April: Cleveland wins at Detroit, 100-pts-98

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 4: The Cleveland Cavaliers visited and defeated the Detroit Pistons 100-pts-98 to complete a 4-games-nil best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1302 victory. With the series 1302 win, the Cleveland Cavaliers improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 14-9 overall and 7-0 in the Preliminary round. With the series 1302 loss, the Detroit Pistons see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 25-17 with an active three-series losing streak overall and 6-2 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Cleveland Cavaliers in series 1302 was WWWW: Series 1302 thus becomes the 23rd NBA Preliminary-round series, the 72nd NBA series (all rounds), and the 214th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. The 7-0 best-of-7 NBA Preliminary-round series record by the Cleveland Cavaliers is the best such record among NBA/NHL teams. Cleveland now has an 11-1 series record with an active three-series winning streak upon winning Game 1 of a best-of-7 NBA playoff series, a 9-0 series record upon winning Games 1-2 in such series, and a 6-0 Game 4 record upon winning Games 1-3 in such series; Detroit now has a 0-9 series record upon losing Games 1-2 in such series.

After Game 3: The Cleveland Cavaliers visited and bested the Detroit Pistons 101-pts-91 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1302 lead of 3-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Cleveland Cavaliers have a series record of 5-0 and a Game 4 record of 5-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-nil, the Detroit Pistons have a series record of 0-4 and a Game 4 record of 1-3 (with an active three-Game 4 losing streak). The visiting Cavaliers trailed the Pistons in Detroit by three points after the first quarter. In the history of best-of-7 format NBA playoff games since 1947, inclusive, road teams down three points after the first quarter had a game record of only 45-95 (.321).

After Game 2: The Cleveland Cavaliers hosted and defeated the Detroit Pistons 107-pts-90 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1302 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Cleveland Cavaliers have a series record of 8-0 and a Game 3 record of 5-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Detroit Pistons have a series record of 0-8 and a Game 3 record of 4-4.

After Game 1: The Cleveland Cavaliers hosted and outscored the Detroit Pistons 106-pts-101 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1302 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Cleveland Cavaliers have a series record of 10-1 and a Game 2 record of 8-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Detroit Pistons have a series record of 4-12 and a Game 2 record of 8-8.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2015-16 NBA regular season, the Cleveland Cavaliers finished 13 games ahead of the Detroit Pistons. From 1947 through the 2015 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 13 regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 12-2 (.857) with an active ten-series winning streak in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1302 is the 23rd best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the 42nd for the Detroit Pistons. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Cleveland Cavaliers have an all-rounds series record of 13-9, a Preliminary-round series record of 6-0, and a Game 1 record of 11-11, while the Detroit Pistons have an all-rounds series record of 25-16, a Preliminary-round series record of 6-1 (having achieved the 6-0 Preliminary-round series record now brandished by Cleveland and then lost in the 2009 Preliminary round), and a Game 1 record of 25-16. Series 1302 is the fourth best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Detroit Pistons. Detroit prevailed in their 2006 NBA Quarterfinals match-up but Cleveland emerged the victor in the 2007 NBA Semifinals and in the 2009 NBA Preliminary round (the last best-of-7 playoff series for the Pistons prior to this one).