Cavs rely on team effort to survive Game 1 test

Kyrie Irving scored 31 points in his first playoff game since he was injured in last year's NBA Finals, and Kevin Love added 28 to lead the Cavaliers to a 106-101 win over the Pistons.
4/17/2016 - Associated Press

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  • Kyrie Irving misses 15-foot jumper
  • Kevin Love makes three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • J.R. Smith misses three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes two point shot
  • Kyrie Irving misses 21-foot jumper
  • Kevin Love makes 17-foot two point shot (J.R. Smith assists)
  • Kevin Love misses 14-foot two point shot
  • LeBron James makes two point shot (Tristan Thompson assists)
  • Kyrie Irving misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes driving layup (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Kevin Love misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James misses two point shot
  • Kyrie Irving misses 17-foot jumper
  • J.R. Smith misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Kyrie Irving makes 24-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • LeBron James makes two point shot (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Matthew Dellavedova makes 7-foot two point shot (LeBron James assists)
  • J.R. Smith makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • LeBron James misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Matthew Dellavedova makes 8-foot two point shot
  • Kyrie Irving makes 18-foot jumper (Tristan Thompson assists)
  • Kyrie Irving misses driving layup
  • LeBron James makes layup (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Kyrie Irving misses 10-foot jump bank shot
  • Iman Shumpert misses three point jumper
  • Matthew Dellavedova misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kyrie Irving makes three point jumper
  • Kyrie Irving misses two point shot
  • Richard Jefferson misses driving layup
  • Kyrie Irving makes driving layup
  • Kyrie Irving makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kyrie Irving misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Timofey Mozgov misses jumper
  • LeBron James misses 30-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Love makes 14-foot two point shot
  • Kevin Love makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Kevin Love misses layup
  • Kevin Love makes tip shot
  • Kyrie Irving makes 26-foot three point jumper (J.R. Smith assists)
  • Kevin Love makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kevin Love makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kevin Love misses layup
  • Tobias Harris blocks Kevin Love 's 3-foot layup
  • Kevin Love makes two point shot
  • LeBron James makes layup (Matthew Dellavedova assists)
  • LeBron James misses finger roll layup
  • Kevin Love misses three point jumper
  • LeBron James misses jumper
  • Kevin Love makes 26-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • J.R. Smith makes layup (LeBron James assists)
  • Kevin Love misses jumper
  • Kevin Love makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kevin Love misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Kevin Love misses 22-foot jumper
  • J.R. Smith misses three point jumper
  • Kyrie Irving makes 25-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • Kyrie Irving makes 14-foot two point shot
  • Kyrie Irving makes 23-foot three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • J.R. Smith misses 29-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Love makes 5-foot two point shot
  • LeBron James makes 19-foot jumper (J.R. Smith assists)
  • Kyrie Irving misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • J.R. Smith misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Love makes two point shot (LeBron James assists)
  • Kyrie Irving makes 10-foot two point shot
  • J.R. Smith makes three point jumper (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • J.R. Smith misses 20-foot jumper
  • Kyrie Irving misses driving layup
  • Tristan Thompson makes dunk
  • Andre Drummond blocks Kevin Love 's 6-foot shot
  • Kyrie Irving misses three point jumper
  • Matthew Dellavedova misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James misses three point jumper
  • Kyrie Irving misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Iman Shumpert makes 21-foot two point shot (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Kyrie Irving misses driving layup
  • Matthew Dellavedova misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Love misses shot
  • Richard Jefferson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kevin Love assists)
  • Matthew Dellavedova makes 23-foot jumper (Richard Jefferson assists)
  • Matthew Dellavedova misses 3-foot jumper
  • LeBron James makes tip shot
  • Matthew Dellavedova misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Matthew Dellavedova makes free throw 2 of 2
  • LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
  • LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Richard Jefferson makes jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • Matthew Dellavedova misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Richard Jefferson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Kevin Love makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyrie Irving assists)
  • Kevin Love makes three point jumper (LeBron James assists)
  • Kyrie Irving misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • LeBron James makes free throw 1 of 2
  • LeBron James makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kyrie Irving makes technical free throw
  • Kevin Love misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kyrie Irving misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kyrie Irving makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kyrie Irving makes driving layup
  • Kevin Love misses 27-foot shot
  • LeBron James makes 5-foot two point shot
  • LeBron James misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Kyrie Irving makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kyrie Irving makes free throw 2 of 2
  • J.R. Smith misses free throw 1 of 2
  • J.R. Smith makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kyrie Irving misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Kyrie Irving makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Marcus Morris makes 19-foot jumper (Reggie Jackson assists)
  • Tobias Harris misses three point jumper
  • Andre Drummond misses 13-foot jump bank shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Tobias Harris makes tip shot
  • Marcus Morris makes two point shot (Reggie Jackson assists)
  • Marcus Morris makes jumper
  • Reggie Jackson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tobias Harris assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes jumper (Marcus Morris assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 27-foot three point jumper (Reggie Jackson assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 9-foot two point shot
  • Marcus Morris misses three point jumper
  • Reggie Jackson makes driving layup
  • Marcus Morris misses 13-foot two point shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 17-foot jumper
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 26-foot three point jumper (Steve Blake assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Marcus Morris makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Marcus Morris makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tobias Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Reggie Bullock makes 22-foot jumper (Steve Blake assists)
  • Stanley Johnson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Reggie Bullock assists)
  • Aron Baynes makes layup (Steve Blake assists)
  • Aron Baynes makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Timofey Mozgov blocks Tobias Harris's layup
  • Reggie Bullock makes 23-foot three point jumper (Steve Blake assists)
  • Stanley Johnson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Steve Blake assists)
  • Marcus Morris misses 16-foot jumper
  • Marcus Morris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
  • Andre Drummond makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Marcus Morris makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • Reggie Jackson misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Andre Drummond misses shot
  • Andre Drummond misses 11-foot hook shot
  • Marcus Morris makes 24-foot three point jumper (Reggie Jackson assists)
  • Marcus Morris makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Marcus Morris makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Steve Blake misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Steve Blake makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tobias Harris makes driving layup (Marcus Morris assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes three point jumper (Marcus Morris assists)
  • Andre Drummond misses 11-foot hook shot
  • Tobias Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
  • Marcus Morris misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Reggie Jackson makes 14-foot two point shot
  • Tobias Harris misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses
  • Andre Drummond makes tip shot
  • Andre Drummond makes two point shot (Reggie Jackson assists)
  • Marcus Morris misses 15-foot jumper
  • Andre Drummond misses 7-foot jumper
  • Andre Drummond makes 11-foot two point shot (Reggie Jackson assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 17-foot jumper
  • Stanley Johnson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Marcus Morris assists)
  • Stanley Johnson misses 9-foot jump bank shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses two point shot
  • Andre Drummond makes 10-foot two point shot (Kentavious Caldwell-Pope assists)
  • Andre Drummond misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Andre Drummond misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Andre Drummond makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Andre Drummond misses 82-foot three point jumper
  • Tobias Harris makes two point shot
  • Reggie Bullock makes 26-foot three point jumper (Steve Blake assists)
  • Tobias Harris misses 9-foot hook shot
  • Reggie Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Andre Drummond makes jumper (Reggie Jackson assists)
  • LeBron James blocks Reggie Jackson 's 1-foot shot
  • LeBron James blocks Tobias Harris 's 10-foot jumper
  • Marcus Morris misses jumper
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Reggie Jackson makes 26-foot three point jumper
  • Marcus Morris misses three point jumper
  • Andre Drummond misses 6-foot jumper
  • Reggie Jackson makes two point shot (Marcus Morris assists)
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Kyrie Irving blocks Tobias Harris 's 1-foot layup
  • Reggie Jackson misses 13-foot two point jumper
  • Reggie Jackson makes driving layup
  • Reggie Jackson makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Marcus Morris misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Marcus Morris makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Marcus Morris misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Reggie Jackson misses two point shot
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Kentavious Caldwell-Pope makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tobias Harris assists)
  • Reggie Jackson makes driving layup
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