The Cleveland Cavaliers’ four-game winning streak ended in Milwaukee on Friday at the start of a three-game road trip.
They’ll try to build a new one when they visit the banged-up Pistons in Detroit on Sunday.
Cleveland led the Bucks by 11 points at halftime but fell apart in the third quarter, getting outscored 35-10.
Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with 29 points and Darius Garland added 20, but the backcourt duo had as many turnovers (four) as assists. Cleveland recorded 12 assists while shooting 39.1 percent from the field.
Losing center Jarrett Allen to a hip injury contributed to the second-half collapse. He took a hard fall in the first half and played briefly in the second before departing.
It remains to be seen if he’ll need some time off.
The Cavaliers have already won in Detroit this month. They recorded a 112-88 victory on Nov. 4.
Mitchell and Garland sat out, but Allen picked up the slack, scoring 23 points.
Detroit played without four starters in Phoenix on Friday but hung tough before succumbing 108-102.
Star guard Cade Cunningham is out indefinitely with a shin injury. Saddiq Bey (ankle), Isaiah Stewart (toe) and Jaden Ivey (knee) were also sidelined, though Bey and Ivey might return on Sunday.
The team’s other starter, Bojan Bogdanovic, suffered an ankle injury in the late going.
Yet the Suns couldn’t put the game away until the final minute.
Bogdanovic finished with 19 points and Killian Hayes flirted with a triple-double (17 points, nine assists, eight rebounds). Alec Burks added 17 points off the bench.
