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Jarrett Allen scored 14 of his career playoff-high-tying 22 points in the third quarter and grabbed 19 rebounds, powering the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 114-102 win over the visiting Toronto Raptors on Sunday night in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference first-round series.

Fourth-seeded Cleveland, which trailed by double digits in the first and second quarters, will play the top-seeded Detroit Pistons in the East semifinals, beginning Tuesday in Detroit. The home team won every game in the Cavaliers-Pistons series.

Donovan Mitchell also had 22 points and James Harden posted 18 points and six rebounds for the Cavaliers, who built a 94-72 lead early in the fourth. Allen had 10 rebounds — five offensive — in the third when Cleveland outscored the Raptors 38-19.

“Emotions were high and the crowd was into it,” Allen said, before laughing, “Dr. J-A. I just had to let ‘em know. I was just playing hard, trying to get us ahead.”

Mitchell agreed about Allen’s impact on both the game and the crowd.

“The crowd brought the same energy as Jarrett Allen,” Mitchell said. “That dude took over. He was doing everything, getting steals, rebounds, scoring points.”

Scottie Barnes collected 24 points, nine rebounds and six assists for fifth-seeded Toronto. RJ Barrett had 23 points on 9-of-25 field-goal attempts and Jamal Shead added 14 points and seven assists.

“For the stage of his career, (Barnes) gave it all,” Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic said. “I don’t want to sound like a broken record, but this is not the best version of Scottie we’re going to see. He’s going to be even better next season.”

Despite his coach’s praise, Barnes found plenty to blame for his team’s loss.

“They worked harder than us in this game,” he said. “They had 20 offensive rebounds. They had four guys crashing every play, even 5-10, 5-11 guys crashing the glass.”

Cleveland is 5-0 all-time at home in Game 7 and has beaten the Raptors all 11 times in the playoffs in its arena. The Cavaliers also have won all four of their postseason series against Toronto.

Evan Mobley, who had 13 points, scored the first basket of the second half to give Cleveland its initial lead at 51-49. It turned into a 20-2 run spanning the second and third quarters when Mitchell made a hoop with 9:28 remaining in the third to make it 58-49.

“Jarrett (Allen) really took us over the top with that third-quarter performance,” Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson said. “That’s the best I’ve ever seen him. He was just absolutely incredible tonight.”

Cleveland used an 11-2 run to close the opening half, tying the score for the first time at 49-all on a Jaylon Tyson 3-pointer. Shead and Barnes led all players at the half with 14 points apiece, while Harden had 10 points and Sam Merrill added eight off the bench.

“It felt like we had them,” Barrett said. “That’s what’s going to hurt. We definitely could have won this game and won this series.”

The Cavaliers committed 13 turnovers in the first half, which Toronto turned into 14 points. Cleveland had six miscues in the first quarter and seven in the second.

Barnes netted the first five points of the evening after Allen missed a dunk on Cleveland’s opening possession. Shead made a runner to give the Raptors a 22-12 advantage, but Merrill had five points in the final three minutes to cut it to 26-24.

Shead scored seven points in the period and Barnes had five points and four assists, helping Toronto shoot 55% (11 of 20) from the floor.

The Raptors were without two starters, small forward Brandon Ingram (right heel soreness) and point guard Immanuel Quickley (right hamstring strain).

Pistons complete comeback from 3-1 hole, vanquish Magic in Game 7

Cade Cunningham scored 32 points and added 12 assists, and Tobias Harris contributed 30 points and nine rebounds to lead the host Detroit Pistons to a 116-94 victory over the Orlando Magic on Sunday in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series.

Daniss Jenkins came off the bench to score 16 points and Jalen Duren had 15 points and 15 rebounds for the top-seeded Pistons, who won the final three games of the series to advance in the playoffs for the first time since 2008. Detroit is the 15th team in NBA history to rally from a 3-1 deficit.

Paolo Banchero scored a game-high 38 points and added nine rebounds and five blocked shots, while Desmond Bane contributed 16 points for the Magic, who blew a 3-1 first-round series lead to Detroit for the second time, with the previous collapse coming in 2003.

Detroit advances to the Eastern Conference semifinals and will host fourth-seeded Cleveland beginning Tuesday.

Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff never wavered in his faith in his upstart club.

“I mean, it’s expected, and that’s the amount of belief that we have in this group,” he said.

“This is a special group, and can’t count us out, no matter the circumstances, no matter the situation.

I like our chances to fight our way back. I thought we did a hell of a job of that, obviously, in this series.”

The Pistons scored 11 of the first 13 points of the third quarter, six coming from Cunningham, to take control and build a 71-51 lead. Orlando responded with a 7-0 run to cut it to 13, but Detroit pushed the advantage back to as many as 20 in the quarter.

Detroit built a 25-point lead with just more than eight minutes remaining in the game. The Magic responded with a 15-4 run to pull within 100-86 with 4:22 left, but the Pistons scored 16 of the final 24 points to secure the win.

Harris knocked down 11 of 18 shots from the floor and 5 of 7 from long range. In his 17th NBA season, Harris’ postseason play matched his maturity and leadership for the youthful Pistons.

“I think obviously, when we got down to 3-1 we looked at ourselves and just to see if we were going to step up to the moment,” said Harris. “We did a great job blocking out the noise and really just staying connected, understanding what our main goal was, really just taking one game at a time, in each and every game, taking one moment at a time every quarter, every possession.

“So I’m extremely proud of this group’s resilience all year long.”

Defense ruled a tightly played first quarter, with neither side able to seize control. The teams traded the lead five times and were tied on three occasions, as physical play and contested shots kept scoring in check. Orlando led, 22-20, after 12 minutes.

There were seven more lead changes in the second quarter before the Pistons closed the half on a 20-6 run to take a 60-49 lead. Detroit erupted for 40 points in the period, fueled by 17 from Harris and 10 from Cunningham, while Banchero led Orlando with 23 points in the half.

Detroit shot the ball well on all three levels, hitting 51.2% from the floor (41 of 80) 48.5% (16 of 33) and 81.8% (18 of 22) from the free throw line.

Banchero and Bane converted 7 of 12 from behind the arc for the Magic, but the rest of the team misfired on 15 of 18 attempts.

“It’s frustrating being in the same spot three years in a row and getting the same result,” said Banchero.

“We got to be better, and it doesn’t start in April when the playoffs start. It starts in September, October, when we get everybody in the building. You build habits. You create an environment where losing isn’t acceptable. Losing in the first round is not acceptable. It’s not good enough, and that should be the attitude.”

Cunningham and Harris became the first Detroit teammates to score 30 points in a playoff game since Bob Lanier (33) and Howard Porter (30) against the Golden State Warriors on April 17, 1977.

“To do what we did this series only made us better for the next one,” said Bickerstaff. “And I know a lot of people would have liked it to just be easier, but I think it was great for our guys to go through what they went through, to understand what it looks like and where they have to be in order to get it done. We understand that with it now we take that with us to the second round.”