{"id":414075,"date":"2026-04-28T00:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T00:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/414075\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T00:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T00:48:09","slug":"pistons-magic-opens-a-three-game-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/414075\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistons-Magic opens a three-game night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2180957\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2180957\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bane2-1-1568x882.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"882\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2180957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Desmond Bane and the Orlando Magic look to take a commanding 3-1 lead over the Detroit Pistons to open tonight\u2019s slate on NBC and Peacock.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re bringing you the best of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/playoffs\/2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 NBA Playoffs<\/a>, presented by Google, with the NBA.com live blog, featuring all of the meaningful moments, performances, observations, news, notes and highlights from Monday\u2019s action.<\/p>\n<p>What we know about Monday\u2019s games:<\/p>\n<p>Teams with a 2-1 lead have historically gone on to win an NBA Playoffs series 80% of the time.<br \/>\nWith a 3-1 lead, it\u2019s been 95.6% of the time, with 13 teams recovering from such a gap in NBA history.<br \/>\nIf the series goes to 2-2, the home team for Game 5 has won 73.1% of the time.<br \/>\nWith a 3-0 lead, NBA teams have won 100% of the time in the Playoffs, with the 2023 Boston Celtics the last to force a seventh game.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>APRIL 27, 2026 \/ 8:20 ET<\/p>\n<p>Detroit can\u2019t keep possession<\/p>\n<p>Seven turnovers in the first six minutes for the Pistons, including on five straight possessions. Orlando has an early 12-3 lead in points of turnovers.<\/p>\n<p>19-10 Orlando with 6:13 to go in the first.<\/p>\n<p>APRIL 27, 2026 \/ 8:13 ET<\/p>\n<p>Magic force an early timeout<\/p>\n<p>12-5 Orlando to start the contest on NBC and Peacock, with Wendell Carter Jr. and Desmond Bane knocking down early 3-pointers.<\/p>\n<p>Bane hit seven 3-pointers in Game 3 \u2014 Detroit would like to avoid seeing that again.<\/p>\n<p>Carter Jr.\u2019s confidence is a bellwether for this series. He\u2019s been threatening to outdo the All-Star Jalen Duren \u2014 if that happens, we could have an upset.<\/p>\n<p>APRIL 27, 2026 \/ 7:45 ET<\/p>\n<p>Starting Lineups: Pistons-Magic, Game 4<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2169267\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2169267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271623319_cropped-1568x882.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"882\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2169267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cade Cunningham and the Detroit Pistons look to even their 2026 NBA Playoffs first-round series against the Orlando Magic on NBC and Peacock at 8 ET.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit:<\/p>\n<p>PG Cade Cunningham<br \/>\nSG Duncan Robinson<br \/>\nSF Ausar Thompson<br \/>\nPF Tobias Harris<br \/>\nC Jalen Duren<\/p>\n<p>Orlando:<\/p>\n<p>PG Jalen Suggs<br \/>\nSG Desmond Bane<br \/>\nSF Franz Wagner<br \/>\nPF Paolo Banchero<br \/>\nC Wendell Carter Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the matchup between Wendell Carter Jr. and Jalen Duren tonight \u2014 Carter had 14 points and 17 rebounds in Game 3, dominating the pivot battle.<\/p>\n<p>APRIL 27, 2026 \/ 7:30 ET<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s injury report<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Huerter is available for the Pistons, while Jonathan Isaac is out for the Magic.<\/p>\n<p>Jalen Williams is out for the Thunder. Jordan Goodwin is questionable for the Suns, while Mark Williams is out.<\/p>\n<p>Donte DiVincenzo and Anthony Edwards are out for the Timberwolves. Aaron Gordon is questionable for the Nuggets, while Peyton Watson is out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Desmond Bane and the Orlando Magic look to take a commanding 3-1 lead over the Detroit Pistons to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[195521,85,46,102929,192667,195522,105,195523],"class_list":["post-414075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-april-27-nba-playoffs","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-nba-live-blog","tag-nuggets-timberwolves","tag-pistons-magic","tag-sports","tag-thunder-suns"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}