Harden hit three shots in the final two minutes Saturday to lift the Cavaliers to a 116-109 victory over the Pistons in Game 3.

In a fight to save their season, the Cleveland Cavaliers responded with the kind of urgency that shows they really wanted to win.

Harden hit a late step-back midrange jumper to give Cleveland a four-point lead, followed it with a floating runner after a Cade Cunningham dunk, and then delivered the game’s biggest shot with 25 sec...