Cavs take 3-2 series lead over Pistons
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🗓️ 14 May 2026
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Summary
Dave DuFour and Zena Keita react to the Cavaliers comeback win over the Pistons to take a 3-2 series lead, James Harden's performance, and a possible lineup change for Detroit. Then, Josh Robbins joins the show to discuss the Washington Wizards' plan for the number one overall pick, Anthony Davis' future in DC, and who stood out at the combine.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita and Josh Robbins
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for May 14th, 2026. I'm Dave DeFora here with Zena Keda coming up. |
| 0:07.0 | The Cavs take a 3-2 lead over the Pistons. And Josh Robbins is here to talk about the Wizards and who they might draft with the number one overall pick. |
| 0:22.6 | Good morning, everybody. |
| 0:24.2 | How's it going, Zena? |
| 0:25.5 | What is up? |
| 0:27.2 | Nasty game last night. |
| 0:29.5 | Oh, I mean, nasty, which way? |
| 0:31.5 | Like, great way or the way it ended. |
| 0:34.0 | Like, there's so many ways that we can interpret that. |
| 0:37.5 | Of all the basketball that you've been watching in the playoffs, |
| 0:41.4 | how many of the worst games have the Pistons or the Cavs in them? |
| 0:43.0 | I mean, a lot of them. |
| 0:43.8 | A lot of them. |
| 0:47.5 | But they give us some exciting endings, so we appreciate the balance. |
| 0:48.7 | You got to bounce it out. |
| 0:52.0 | And a little bit of controversy as well. |
| 0:59.3 | The Cavaliers, they win 117, 113 in Detroit in overtime. And Zina, |
| 1:04.3 | look, the story of this game is really, it's the last two and a half minutes and overtime. |
| 1:14.7 | The Pistons were up by nine with 237 left in the fourth quarter. They were then outscored 23 to 10 in the rest of the fourth quarter and overtime. |
| 1:17.0 | They shot 4 of 17 from the field. |
| 1:20.2 | James Harden really got it done down the stretch. |
| 1:22.8 | You know, a few flops here and there. |
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