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Friday, May 1, 2026Playoffs · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed ORL by 22 at halftime and won 93–79.

Final · R1 · G6
DET93
ORL79
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET -22; Q3 DET -9; Q4 DET +14
Final · OT · R1 · G6
CLE110
TOR112
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +2
Final · R1 · G6
LAL98
HOU78
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +18; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +20
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2024–25May 1, 2025: 2 games. Top scorer: Jalen Brunson (NYK @ DET), 40 points.
The lead · First round · Game 6 · DET @ ORL

Cade Cunningham drops 32 in 22-point comeback win over Orlando

Orlando led by 22 at the half. Final: 93–79. First round series: Detroit 3, Orlando 3.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-22-9+14DET AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2612243193
ORL253511879
Who led
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 6, 13, 14, 7, 39, 27, 27, 25, 45, 32DET32 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Tobias HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 8, 24, 17, 16, 23, 20, 23, 22DET22 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Paolo BancheroPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 18, 25, 23, 18, 25, 18, 45, 17ORL17 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Desmond BanePoints, last 10 games: 2, 8, 34, 13, 17, 12, 25, 22, 18, 17ORL17 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · CLE @ TOR · R1 · G6

Toronto pulls level with Cleveland

Game 6 to Toronto, 112–110. The first round series is tied 3–3. Scottie Barnes led Toronto with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 14 assists.

Series tracker · CLE vs TOR
G1 · @ CLECLE126–113G2 · @ CLECLE115–105G3 · @ TORTOR126–104G4 · @ TORTOR93–89G5 · @ CLECLE125–120G6 · @ TORTOR112–110Game by game through May 1, winner and final score. Pink = TOR win.
Fantasy angleRecent playoff games against each player's regular-season average.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Points per game
23.9Reg. season avg34.0Last 3 playoff games

34.0 points a game over his last three playoff games, against 23.9 in the regular season (64 games). Today: 32 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 playoff games vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
25.2Reg. season avg13.7Last 3 playoff games

13.7 minutes a game over his last three playoff games, against 25.2 in the regular season (82 games). Today: 7 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs reg. season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Reg. season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 20.4 a game in the regular season (72 games). Line: 24 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Cade Cunningham leads the day with 32

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Cade CunninghamPoints, last 10 games: 6, 13, 14, 7, 39, 27, 27, 25, 45, 32DET @ ORL · W
32.5 PPG playoffs to date · −0.6 vs his playoff average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 28, 18, 19, 28, 29, 10, 25, 28LAL @ HOU · W
23.2 PPG playoffs to date · +5.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Evan MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 22, 10, 17, 25, 15, 8, 23, 26CLE @ TOR · L
19.0 PPG playoffs to date · +8.4 vs his playoff average before tonight
26 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Scottie BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 15, 18, 21, 26, 33, 23, 17, 25TOR vs CLE · W
24.2 PPG playoffs to date · +1.0 vs his playoff average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 14 AST
RJ BarrettPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 22, 26, 24, 22, 33, 18, 25, 24TOR vs CLE · W
24.3 PPG playoffs to date · −0.4 vs his playoff average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Donovan MitchellPoints, last 10 games: 10, 25, 38, 31, 32, 30, 15, 20, 19, 24CLE @ TOR · L
23.3 PPG playoffs to date · +0.8 vs his playoff average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST