{"id":618229,"date":"2026-04-20T01:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T01:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/618229\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T01:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T01:40:08","slug":"magic-stun-top-seeded-pistons-with-upset-in-game-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/618229\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic stun top-seeded Pistons with upset in Game 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DETROIT &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4432573\/paolo-banchero\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paolo Banchero<\/a> had 23 points, nine rebounds and four assists to lead the eighth-seeded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/orl\/orlando-magic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando Magic<\/a> to a 112-101 win over the top-seeded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/det\/detroit-pistons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Pistons<\/a> on Sunday night in Game 1 of their first-round series, extending the longest home playoff losing streak in NBA history.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit has dropped 11 straight home games in the postseason, a drought that dates to 2008.<\/p>\n<p>The Pistons will get another chance against Orlando on Wednesday night in Game 2.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4432166\/cade-cunningham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cade Cunningham<\/a> scored a playoff career-high 39 points and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/6440\/tobias-harris\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tobias Harris<\/a> added 17 for the Pistons, but the rest of their teammates were quiet offensively.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/48506456\/2026-nba-playoffs-eastern-conference-round-one-takeaways\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776649208_148_r1646048_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4566434\/franz-wagner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Franz Wagner<\/a> scored 11 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter to help seal the victory for the Magic, who never trailed. Orlando&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4066320\/desmond-bane\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Desmond Bane<\/a> and Wendell Carter scored 17 points each and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4432165\/jalen-suggs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jalen Suggs<\/a> had 16.<\/p>\n<p>The Pistons haven&#8217;t advanced beyond the first round in the postseason in 18 years and the Magic haven&#8217;t since 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando looked ready and Detroit looked rusty early.<\/p>\n<p>The Magic, coming off a rout of Charlotte in a play-in game on Friday, led 18-5 midway through the first quarter after holding the Pistons to 1-of-6 shooting with four turnovers in their first game in a week.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit rallied to pull within two before Orlando closed with six straight points to lead 35-27 after Banchero and Suggs combined to score 20 points.<\/p>\n<p>The Magic led 55-51 at halftime.<\/p>\n<p>The Pistons came out flat in the second half and Orlando took advantage, scoring eight of the first nine points and prompting Detroit coach J.B. Bickerstaff to call a timeout.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit scored 10 straight points and 13 of 15 to pull into a 65-all tie on Cunningham&#8217;s 3-pointer.<\/p>\n<p>Banchero answered with a long jumper over <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4433621\/jalen-duren\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jalen Duren<\/a> and Bane followed with a 3-pointer over Cunningham, leading to the Magic restoring a double-digit lead. Orlando led 81-74 going into the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DETROIT &#8212; Paolo Banchero had 23 points, nine rebounds and four assists to lead the eighth-seeded Orlando Magic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-618229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}