The Cleveland Cavaliers were searching for energy Sunday night. Searching for rhythm. Searching for somebody willing to take control before the series completely slipped away.

Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff said the referees’ “whistle has changed” after Detroit’s 112-103 Game 4 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night. Bickerstaff specifically complained postgame about the free-throw disparity after Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell attempted more free throws (15) than the Pistons did as a team (12).

The Cleveland Cavaliers come up big for a game three win at home. Here are three takeaways from the 116-109 victory.

Cleveland didn’t just need a spark. They needed a lifeline. And on a night when the season felt like it was inching toward the edge, Mitchell delivered something far bigger than that—he delivered a performance that will live in Cavaliers playoff lore.

Cleveland Cavaliers star James Harden was feeling generous with his girlfriend, Paije Speights, before playing the Detroit Pistons.

Down 2-1 to the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Cleveland Cavaliers need something to shift. After a Game 3 victory on Saturday that kept the series alive, head coach Kenny Atkinson addressed the media on Sunday and laid out what this team has to do as the series shifts to Cleveland for Game 4 on Monday.