LeBron James scored 37 points, but the Cavaliers still lost to the Detroit Pistons by the score of 90-87, seriously damaging their chances of qualifying for the playoffs.

"Everybody knows that this was a costly loss," James said. "We played well in the first half. We gave ourselves a good chance to win. That has just been our luck this year. We have been in plenty of close games, we just cannot finish them out."

Cleveland has two games left in the regular season: at home against Boston on Tuesday and at Toronto on Wednesday, needing to win both to improve its postseason chances.