Cleveland Cavaliers face Detroit Pistons in the NBA on Saturday 19 December 2026 at Little Caesars Arena, Detroit. Start time is 7:30pm EST / 12:30am GMT.
Confirmed broadcast details and any schedule changes are updated here as they are announced.
BASKETBALL · MATCH
Cleveland Cavaliers at Detroit Pistons
Date
18 December 2026Friday
Venue
Detroit, United States
Status
Scheduled
Format
Match · Basketball
Schedule contextNBA · rest, travel and time zones from the published schedule
Cleveland Cavaliers Away
- Rest
- 1 day
- Last game
- Wed at Magic
- Travel
- 1,542 km (958 mi)
- Schedule
- 3rd game in 4 nights · 3 in last 7 days
- Body clock
- Tip 7:30pm
3 in 4 nights
Detroit Pistons Home
- Rest
- 1 day
- Last game
- Wed v Suns
- Travel
- No travel · game 3 of 3-game home stand
- Schedule
- 3 in last 7 days
- Body clock
- Tip 7:30pm
Home stand
IndoorDivisional
The Cavaliers play their third game in four nights, with 1,542 km (958 miles) of travel.
The Pistons have had 1 day off since Wednesday's game against the Suns, game 3 of a 3-game home stand.
Divisional game indoors.
NBA teams playing their third game in four nights have won 48% of regular-season games since 2015 (6,395 team-games).
From the published schedule, computed 6 Sep 2026. No odds or predictions. All NBA games this week
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