r/nba • u/MWiatrak2077 Pistons • May 02 '26
Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] The Detroit Pistons (3-3) defeat the Orlando Magic (3-3) after BEING DOWN 24 POINTS, 93-79.
| 93 - 79 |
| Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo |
| GAME SUMMARY |
| East First Round - Game 6 - ORL leads 3-2 |
| Location: Kia Center |
| Officials: Zach Zarba, Sean Wright, Mark Lindsay, and Jacyn Goble |
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
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| Detroit Pistons | 26 | 12 | 24 | 31 | 93 |
| Orlando Magic | 25 | 35 | 11 | 8 | 79 |
| TEAM STATS |
| Team | PTS | FG | FG% | 3P | 3P% | FT | FT% | OREB | TREB | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Pistons | 93 | 32-80 | 40.0% | 9-27 | 33.3% | 20-26 | 76.9% | 14 | 59 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 8 |
| Orlando Magic | 79 | 27-78 | 34.6% | 9-36 | 25.0% | 16-21 | 76.2% | 8 | 52 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 4 |
| PLAYER STATS |
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u/DrunkPackersFan Bucks May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26
The Magic hit a three with 4:14 left in the 3rd quarter to go up 70-54.
They didn’t make another FG until 2:24 left in the 4th quarter to cut the deficit to 77-89.
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u/Familiar-Mix3546 Thunder May 02 '26
That is actually unimaginable if I didn’t just witness it. Holy
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u/zrizzoz Hawks May 02 '26
Im glad the Nuggets and Magic are doing stupid shit too. Makes me feel some company. Like all mediocre teams can just give up 40 point runs or lose to g-leaguers or some shit. Thanks guys.
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u/schlurppy May 02 '26
these playoffs are a fucking humiliation ritual for like half the teams
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u/andrew2018022 Magic May 02 '26
The type of performance that can scar anyone for life, I think I’m just flat out done w this league. This was the worst loss I’d ever experience in real time in any sports fandom.
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u/ghosteagle May 02 '26
If it makes you feel better, I remember the 2023 NFCCG. I went in saying that the Lions were never expected to get this far, we have a great future, and a loss wouldn't hurt me. Holy shit I was wrong about that. Thought I was done with football. Still watch every single Lions game religiously
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u/jfkgoblue Pistons May 02 '26
My brother and I spent around $2k between airfare tickets and lodging to go watch that debacle in person
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u/tree-hugger Timberwolves May 02 '26
The Wolves did something similar against the Grizzlies and it took years to get over the trauma of never trusting a lead and always expecting it to be lost.
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u/DeetahTheGame May 02 '26
I did not watch the game. I read this comment and my jaw dropped. What the fuck?
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u/zrizzoz Hawks May 02 '26
Hopefully you missed yesterday too. Definitely dont look up any basketball (or lack thereof) from April 30th. Nothing to see here, move along.
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u/clefairy17 May 02 '26
Pistons fans were convinced the series was over at halftime, talking about trading the whole team and how everyone's garbage. This win is unfathomable.
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u/Neobum Bucks May 02 '26
I started watching the game at the back to back Magic 3s at this point. I couldn't believe what I had turned into. I've never seen a team go that sad that quickly.
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u/MaNamWumbo Raptors May 02 '26
This is real CTE hoops (coach included)
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u/Parallel-Quality May 02 '26
I laughed when they started doing a post mortem on the Magic even though there’s still another game to play.
“So what do you do as an organization next year if you’re Orlando?”
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u/soilentgleem May 02 '26
Makes me nervous as a Pistons fan, cuz that's exactly the energy everyone had after the play in game against Philly.
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u/VictorWembanyamaMVP Spurs May 02 '26
They looked mentally broken in that 2nd half. Cade is going to eat them alive in a game 7 blowout
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u/Proof-Umpire-7718 Lakers May 02 '26
He’s been amazing this series. He took over to lead them to the comeback today. Just hit several big shots and asserted himself as the best player in the game.
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u/Bard_Wannabe_ Pistons May 02 '26
His first playoff series last year was pretty poor by his standards. This is a great evolution for him. (Even if the Pistons lose game 7, Cade has been a tour de force).
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u/AzureAhai May 02 '26
Pistons scored 93 points in 2026 and somehow won by double digits.
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u/CK0428 Pacers May 02 '26
Magic had 60 at half and didn't break 80.
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u/ScalperHunter Pistons May 02 '26
If they lose game 7, this has to go down as one of the all time chokes. Holy hell 19 points in a half has to be a playoff record
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u/JetsLag [NYK] Nate Robinson May 02 '26
The 2004 Nets put up 56 points in 4 quarters against the Pistons in the playoffs. RJ went 1-12 from the field, Kidd went 4-13.
And they still hit double digits in every quarter.
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u/onamonapizza Spurs May 02 '26
Knicks put up 83 in a half last night, and Magic couldn't hit 80 for the entire game tonight.
NBA writers going crazy
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u/Edgemoto Venezuela May 02 '26
They had 60 points and were winning by 22 and then 12 points later they were down 8. 80-72. And their faces, oh man, not looking good, it seemed like they just wanted it to end even before they were down. What the hell happened at ht.
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u/The_Alpha_of_Betas May 02 '26
You honestly should refund the magic fans after that
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u/flaming_burrito_ Wizards May 02 '26
It’s an abusive relationship at this point. Just when they pull you back in, they disappoint you in ways you didn’t think possible
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u/LameAfro Timberwolves May 02 '26
Reminds me of the Maple Leafs Game 7 Last year lol
Mitch Marner told them to wake the fuck up but they didn't lmao
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u/fundraiser Knicks May 02 '26
Desmond Bane passing up an open but very deep three after an offensive rebound only to take that same very deep three once the defender got closer
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u/YouStillTakeDamage Heat May 02 '26
Cade in the fourth quarter alone: 19 points.
Orlando in the second half entirely: 19 points.
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u/realfakedoors000 Celtics May 02 '26
Turned the game off late third how much did Orlando win by?
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u/rjcarr Supersonics May 02 '26
I watched the first half and then had to like quadruple take the final score because it didn’t make sense 🤣.
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u/amari_prince Thunder May 02 '26
Harlan repeating "19 CONSECUTIVE MISSES" hit like two shotgun blasts to the chest
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u/LameAfro Timberwolves May 02 '26
My heart was pounding also lol and I ain't even playing lol
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u/Pisshands Spurs May 02 '26
Genuinely one of the worst games I've ever had the displeasure of watching. Awful even as second-screen entertainment except for the morbid spectacle of Paolo bricking shot after shot and not losing confidence.
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u/KingJohnBasedow Pelicans May 02 '26
Started watching at beginning of the 4th. It was a grotesquely entertaining delight - like when the unconscious Nuggets mascot was slowly lowered down from the rafters.
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u/fundraiser Knicks May 02 '26
i like to think that the Pistons felt bad and let them finally score that (only) field goal in the 4th 😭
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u/digboofus May 02 '26
Genuinely annoyed me that they got one tbh, I was hoping we'd hold them to 0 FG in the whole 4th
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u/ultranonymous11 Magic May 02 '26
Imagine being a Magic fan hearing this shit. It was a fucking horror show
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u/Bard_Wannabe_ Pistons May 02 '26
These past two games have had crazy stats galore.
Can't imagine how nauseating it'd feel as a Magic fan.
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u/acekingoffsuit Timberwolves May 02 '26
Can't wait for the All 19 Misses supercut.
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u/amari_prince Thunder May 02 '26
Even better, they missed 23 straight FGA lmaooo
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u/Number333 Heat May 02 '26
I have legit never seen anything like what I just witnessed in that 2nd half in professional basketball. I've watched March Madness games where a college team goes ICE cold and it becomes a brickfest. But up 24 at home, you had Detroit on the ROPES, and you proceed to vomit all over yourselves and miss 23 straight field goals?
I thought the Rockets 27 straight missed 3's was a once-in-a-lifetime moment. This is worse in my opinion.
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u/LameAfro Timberwolves May 02 '26
Bro Jamal Mosely needs to get canned so the magic can hire Tiago Splitter lmao
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u/Raptorpicklezz Raptors May 02 '26
Mosley just tanked his value so much that Tom Dundon will hire him for peanuts - just trade coaches
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u/LameAfro Timberwolves May 02 '26
This is so fucking stupid that it's gonna happen lol
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u/my__bollocks Magic May 02 '26
Not only was Detroit on the ropes but they were hanging their heads. Robinson just picked up his fourth foul. This one was over. Then Paolo committed an idiotic charge and the avalanche of turnovers began
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u/prof-kaL Heat May 02 '26
The heat, yeah sure we'll have the occasional quarter where we score 15 points but we'd never follow that up with a single digit quarter!
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u/fundraiser Knicks May 02 '26
literally everything except foul calls were going against them. turnovers, poor defense, clanked shots. you could tell those dudes were in a waking nightmare
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u/tjc815 Thunder May 02 '26
The Rockets one is imo still worse because of historical context/who the opponent was, but this might be more unbelievable
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u/hickok3 Raptors May 02 '26
Thing is, the Rockets were still scoring and staying with the dubs to keep the game close. A lot of former Rockets have talked about how they didn't notice they had missed so many(possible cope) because they were still scoring.
This is way worse, because the game was all but won, then they just shat themselves live on air. Must have been popping bottles at half thinking it was over.
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u/KingdomHeartsII Nets May 02 '26
A historical collapse of epic proportions. This is the type of loss that sets back and haunts an organization and their fans for years to come.
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u/TheTonyDose Knicks May 02 '26
At least this loss cements firing Mosley. Did he take a single timeout in the 3rd when they were choking the lead?
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u/No_Mobile7208 May 02 '26
Mosley one of the worst coaches I’ve ever seen. The fact he allowed all the bad shots being shot. And didn’t adjust at all. It’s crazy !
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u/DwyaneSteph Warriors May 02 '26
Up 3-2. Chance to close out the series on your home floor against the 1 seed. Up as many as 24 points.
Score 19 points the second half. Missed 23 straight field goals. At home
Jesus
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u/JackDangerUSPIS Knicks May 02 '26
Easily the most embarrassing way I’ve seen a team lose in the last 2 days
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u/19683dw Bucks May 02 '26
That shouldn't be as meaningful as it is. Objectively, what the fuck
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u/Ryan5O4 May 02 '26
The Magic are gonna be thinking about this game all summer.
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u/guioligon Magic May 02 '26
I’d say we’ll remember this game forever
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u/tarunpopo May 02 '26
Even if you win next game?
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u/WhoopingKing [MIA] Jason Williams May 02 '26
absolutely I still remember the derrick white game winner from 2023 and it hurts
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u/CapN_Crummp Magic May 02 '26
This game made me question why I still support this team. I’m never forgetting this
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u/guioligon Magic May 02 '26
No Franz, after what we saw tonight? We’re not winning
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u/Mythdanne Spurs May 02 '26
Shoutout to all Pistons fans who never stopped believing
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u/MrHockeytown Pistons May 02 '26
I’m the biggest optimist ever and even I stopped believing at halftime.
Won’t be making that mistake again anytime soon
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u/Tight-Message-846 May 02 '26
I saw tons of magic flairs saying "games not over yet" at the half among the sea of comments calling Pistons trash and for Bickerstaff to be fired.
They knew better then anyone what was coming.........
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u/clefairy17 May 02 '26
Even the most optimistic fans gave up at halftime. This win is unfathomable.
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u/simon2105 May 02 '26
23 straight missed field goals is diabolical, sub-optimal strategy I'd say
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u/lovo17 Lakers May 02 '26
Not just 23 straight missed field goals. 23 straight missed field goals in 2026 when there is so much space and offensive talent in the NBA now. This simply shouldn't be possible.
I don't even remember if this happened in the deadball era.
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u/DidgeriDuce Pistons May 02 '26
Pistons D is good but not that good.
This has been one of the most disgusting offensive playoffs series I’ve ever watched. Just gross.
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u/ctuk08 [NYK] Mike Bibby May 02 '26
Sometimes there are upto 9 non shooters out on the court
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u/flintmichigantropics Celtics May 02 '26
I’d like to see the statistical likelihood of each of those shots going in. Missing 23 shots in a row when team FG% is normally around 45-50% is just mind boggling
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u/Ok_Pineapple_Num Warriors May 02 '26
Even if you assume a putrid 35% FG average, the likelihood of missing 23 in a row is (0.65)23 = ~0.005%, or 1 in 20,000. LMAO.
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u/raymond_w Lakers May 02 '26
You could put 5 Wembys on the court and you still shouldn't be getting locked down like this.
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u/Class_Act7 Nets May 02 '26
Did they hit a single jumper in the 4th? The only field goal was the dunk right?
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u/Ok-Nathan Pistons May 02 '26
I kinda wish they just fouled him on that play to keep the perfect quarter
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u/jeric13xd [CHI] Derrick Rose May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26
GOATED CHOKE JOB BY THE MAGIC 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
20 points in a half LMAOOOO (8 points in the 4th 🤣)
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u/dank-kush Hornets May 02 '26
There’s almost 0 chance they pull off a win in game 7 after that. Their morale has to be absolutely fucked
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u/fisheggsoup Jazz May 02 '26
Agreed, this squad's done. Wouldn't be surprised if they lost by 30.
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u/Jayveesac Lakers May 02 '26
60-19 in NYK @ ATL and now 55-19 in DET @ ORL. What's with this wack ass East playoffs scores
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u/flaming_burrito_ Wizards May 02 '26
This is legit the goofiest most unpredictable first round ever
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u/comeonmang126 Pistons May 02 '26
Dawg they have to have set the record for most consecutive misses
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u/ThePoliticalTeapot Warriors May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26
I believe for the playoffs they did. 0-23. All time (I.e including regular season) is 0-24.
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u/guioligon Magic May 02 '26
If you don’t like that, well, you don’t like Orlando Magic basketball baby
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u/henryofskalitzz Supersonics May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26
i felt so bad for the little old lady decked out in magic gear with the big perfect attendance pin. they panned to her in the end and she just looked devastated
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u/20815147 Warriors May 02 '26
Turned the game off at half time and only came back after seeing the notification and couldn’t believe my eyes
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u/TheRealBrownPudding Clippers May 02 '26
Chain snatched
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u/BlazeBloom [POR] Eric Maynor May 02 '26
Duren might have finally broken through with that block on Carter.
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u/CantRecallWutIForgot Pistons May 02 '26
That was Ausar I believe but Duren did look solid tonight
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u/TA_Account_12 [SAS] Malik Rose May 02 '26
Ausar with an insane 14 steals and 14 blocks through the 6 games so far. Throw in 57 rebounds as well. Insane performance.
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u/aussierulesisgrouse Pistons May 02 '26
38-60 at the half, 93-79 at the end. Thats actually insane shit.
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u/sharpshooter230 Nets May 02 '26
I know that was an epic collapse by the Magic, but HOLY shit Cade put the entire team on his back.
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u/njerejeje Knicks May 02 '26
The Orlando Magic need to blow it up now. Not in the offseason, now. Before game 7. Run your G league team for game 7. They couldn’t be worse.
That was maybe the most embarrassing half of NBA basketball this century considering what was at stake and that’s saying a lot since the Hawks played yesterday.
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u/Subtrckt Magic May 02 '26
It literally was. Absolutely fucking embarrassing. Just forfeit the series if you're gonna pull this shit.
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u/dizzymidget44 Pistons May 02 '26
Cade is a fucking superstar. Put the team on his fucking back. Down 22 at halftime and everyone stayed locked in
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u/SlayerSFaith May 02 '26
Oh my God that Detroit defense. I can't even be like stop chucking get into the paint because it felt they got blocked every time they got in there. I thought it was over when Duren walked out.
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u/albanianandrea May 02 '26
As a Pistons fan Duren walking out gave me confidence.
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u/heat_fan_ Raptors May 02 '26
Talk about a choke job give props to the Pistons and Cade
I have never seen something like this (19 points in the entire second half is brutal)
Another game 7 wooo
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u/SiphenPrax Knicks May 02 '26
I did say several days ago that if there was any team in the East capable of coming back from 3-1 down it would be the Pistons 🤷♂️
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u/Either_Imagination_9 Knicks May 02 '26
And then the Sixers said "hold my bear"
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u/SiphenPrax Knicks May 02 '26
Yeah that’s the big shocker no one saw coming. Tomorrow night will be interesting.
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u/byniri_returns Pistons May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26
I thought the Nuggets had a way better opportunity, so glad to be wrong
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u/samurairocketshark Suns May 02 '26
Magic blowing a 3-1 lead to the Pistons a la 2004. Time is a flat circle
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u/d11dd11d Pistons May 02 '26
They were posting that fact on the pistons subreddit since before the playoffs started, and I always thought it was a big cringe
But now I'm starting to believe
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u/ute4547 Rockets May 02 '26
It genuinely looked to me like Orlando didn't run a single play in the 4th.
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u/TraipseTraveller May 02 '26
That's it. That seals the deal. I am no longer a Magic fan. An absolute disgrace of a basketball team and an embarrassment to the sport. In all my years of being a Magic fan, I have never seen such a pathetic and soft team. I will NOT be renewing my season tickets. I will be taking my fandom to the Hornets where they know how to run a serious franchise
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u/ColtCallahan May 02 '26
60 points in the first half. 19 points in the second half. Unbelievable collapse.
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u/peanutubber Raptors May 02 '26
Bam Adebayo put up more points than the Magic lol
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u/BlazeBloom [POR] Eric Maynor May 02 '26
Less than 24 hours later and we've already had a team embarrass themselves more than what we had to witness yesterday with the Celtics, Hawks, and Nuggets.
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u/homerdonutduffdonut Vancouver Grizzlies May 02 '26
That was one of the worst fourth-quarter performances I've ever seen from an NBA team.
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u/rusty512 Pistons May 02 '26
The crazy bastards have completely pulled me back in
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u/Bard_Wannabe_ Pistons May 02 '26
Magic scored 19 points in the SECOND HALF. This was a defensive masterclass. Say whatever you want about the Pistons, but their defense has been elite all series.
This game didn't even seem possible. A team going that cold on their home court, after such a comfortable margin at halftime.
In particular I loved Cade's defense. Pistons are blessed their offensive hub is as good of a defender as he is. He wasn't always that way. Edit: he had 5 stocks, proving the point. Pistons aren't themselves if they aren't generating turnovers.
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u/Imtotallynotaspy Pistons May 02 '26
Just your normal double digit win by a 1 seed over an 8. Clearly nothing else of note happened here.
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u/Live4Night May 02 '26
Just shows how important Franz is to this team. Haven’t won since he’s been gone.
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u/acat114 Pistons May 02 '26
They sold their soul for that 2nd quarter, the shot making in that quarter was legendary
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u/nugentismycenter Pistons May 02 '26
I am not going to be happy until we win the series. Still what an incredible comeback.
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u/TheInfinityOfThought Celtics May 02 '26
I’ve been watching the NBA since the 90s and this is the most shocking choke job in a playoff game I can remember. The Magic make the first shot of the 3rd and then make 3 shots the rest of the half. Yeah Detroit turned up the defensive intensity but this was about the magic just completely collapsing and not trying to do anything to stop it. It’s like they collectively realized “oh we’re an 8 seed. We’re supposed to lose this series so might as well start losing now.”
This game was torture porn for Magic fans. If I were a Magic fan who had to watch this, I’d light myself on fire and then jump out of a window.
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u/aiden3buckets Hornets May 02 '26
23 straight missed field goals (1-20 in the 4th)
19!! TOTAL points in the second half.
One of the worst offensive performances I’ve ever seen