Cleveland Cavaliers: What caught our eye vs Detroit Pistons

The Cleveland Cavaliers dropped their fifth straight game to start the season with a 110-103 loss to the Detroit Pistons.

The Cleveland Cavaliers desperately missed Kevin Love who was out due to foot soreness. Even with Love not starting the season in the most efficient manner (as he has an effective field goal rate of just 37.7 percent), Cleveland was at a loss without him inside. They didn’t have an answer for Detroit’s lumbering bigs in Blake Griffin or Andre Drummond on either end of the floor or on the glass.

Griffin and Drummond poured in 26 points each and combined for 32 rebounds in this one. As a result, the Pistons out-rebounded the Cavs by 18, and those extra possessions were likely the difference in the game.

Nonetheless, Cleveland did a good job of fighting even though they were shorthanded inside, and head coach Tyronn Lue has to see that as an encouraging sign. Kyle Korver led the team in scoring with 21 points off the bench on four-of-seven shooting from deep.

Even at 37 years of age, his ability to heat up in no time is still very impressive, and he’s been doing that for his whole career. Bench scoring extraordinaire Jordan Clarkson continued his run of hot shooting with 18 points on eight-of-12 shooting.

Collin Sexton showed flashes of brilliance for the second straight night as he finished with 14 points and five assists.

On the other end of the spectrum Cedi Osman and Rodney Hood continue to struggle offensively. Osman went one-for-eight from the field for just three points. Hood wasn’t much better, going just four-of-12 from the field with 10 points.

Here’s what we learned from another loss.