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Key takeaways
- Coming into Saturday's Game 3, the Cleveland Cavaliers knew what they were missing.
- The star backcourt of Donovan Mitchell and James Harden was struggling badly against the top-seeded Detroit Pistons' vaunted defense.
- "You think of just little things, spacing, trying to get [Harden] easier looks," Mitchell said after Game 2.
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Coming into Saturday's Game 3, the Cleveland Cavaliers knew what they were missing.
The star backcourt of Donovan Mitchell and James Harden was struggling badly against the top-seeded Detroit Pistons' vaunted defense. Harden had just gone 3-for-13 in a Game 2 loss, while Mitchell's 31 points weren't enough to save the Cavaliers from an 0-2 deficit.
"You think of just little things, spacing, trying to get [Harden] easier looks," Mitchell said after Game 2.
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