Keon Ellis and the Cleveland Cavaliers ended the Eastern Conference Semifinals with a commanding 125-94 Game 7 win over the No. 1 seeded Detroit Pistons, sending Cleveland (East No. 4) to the Eastern Conference Finals against the No. 3 seeded New York Knicks.
Sunday night ended the way a Game 7 is supposed to—loud, decisive, and impossible to mistake.
The Cleveland Cavaliers closed out their Eastern Conference Semifinal series with a dominant 125-94 win over the No. 1 seeded Detroit Pistons. For Keon Ellis, it was another clear moment in a postseason where action hasn’t slowed down. The result sent Cleveland—listed as the East’s No. 4 seed—into the Eastern Conference Finals, where they will face the No. 3 seeded New York Knicks.
Ellis saw the floor in four of Cleveland’s games during the semifinal series. His production wasn’t built on volume; it was built on efficiency. Across those appearances, Ellis averaged 1.8 points while shooting 50% from the field and 60% from three. He also hit a three-pointer in each of Games 1, 2, and 7.
Defensively and on the ball, Ellis added more sparks than the box score might suggest at first glance. In Game 1, he grabbed a series-high three rebounds and recorded two steals.
By the time the Cavaliers moved on from Detroit. Ellis’s playoff resume with Cleveland had grown to eight total games across the first two rounds. In that span, he has scored 12 points with 12 rebounds, six steals, two assists, and one block. Every one of those 12 points has come off a made three-point shot.
There’s only one former Alabama player whose NBA season is still active, and it’s Ellis. With Cleveland now set for the next stage, the postseason picture narrows quickly: the Cavaliers will begin their Eastern Conference Finals series against the New York Knicks on Tuesday night.
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