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Cleveland CavaliersVERSUSDetroit Pistons

2006-07 · Eastern Conference Finals Game 5 · May 31, 2007

#2 Cleveland Cavaliers vs #1 Detroit Pistons

Cleveland and Detroit played a double-overtime East finals game that became an early superstar arrival point.

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Verified starters

Home starting five
Detroit Pistons
StarterCBChauncey Billups
StarterCWChris Webber
StarterRWRasheed Wallace
StarterRHRichard Hamilton

Before the game

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LeBron James had reached the conference finals at 22 but still faced the Detroit team that had controlled the East for years. With the series tied, Cleveland needed a road win to create the first Finals opportunity in franchise history.

  • The series was tied 2–2 and Detroit had home court for the pivotal game.
  • Cleveland's offense depended almost completely on James creating against an elite veteran defense.

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Starter
TPTayshaun Prince
Away starting five
Cleveland Cavaliers
StarterDGDrew Gooden
StarterLHLarry Hughes
StarterLJLeBron James
StarterSPSasha Pavlovic
StarterZIZydrunas Ilgauskas

The five starters come from each team’s saved NBA box-score order. Exact positions are omitted because this archive does not reliably provide them.