{"id":220184,"date":"2026-04-06T06:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/220184\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T06:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:55:07","slug":"detroit-faces-orlando-on-3-game-win-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/220184\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit faces Orlando on 3-game win streak"},"content":{"rendered":"

Detroit Pistons<\/a> (57-21, first in the Eastern Conference) vs. Orlando Magic<\/a> (42-36, ninth in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n

Orlando, Florida; Monday, 7 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Pistons -3.5; over\/under is 225.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Detroit will try to keep its three-game win streak intact when the Pistons take on Orlando.<\/p>\n

The Magic are 24-25 against Eastern Conference opponents. Orlando is ninth in the Eastern Conference with 32.4 defensive rebounds per game led by Paolo Banchero<\/a> averaging 7.2.<\/p>\n

The Pistons are 36-12 in conference matchups. Detroit is the top team in the Eastern Conference with 57.7 points per game in the paint led by Jalen Duren<\/a> averaging 14.5.<\/p>\n

The Magic make 46.3% of their shots from the field this season, which is 2.0 percentage points higher than the Pistons have allowed to their opponents (44.3%). The Pistons average 10.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.1 fewer made shots on average than the 12.0 per game the Magic allow.<\/p>\n

The teams play for the fourth time this season. In the last meeting on March 1 the Pistons won 106-92 led by 29 points from Cade Cunningham<\/a>, while Banchero scored 24 points for the Magic.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Desmond Bane<\/a> is averaging 20.4 points and 4.2 assists for the Magic. Banchero is averaging 21.3 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Duren is scoring 19.5 points per game with 10.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists for the Pistons. Daniss Jenkins<\/a> is averaging 19.0 points and 4.4 rebounds while shooting 44.8% over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Magic: 4-6, averaging 114.6 points, 40.3 rebounds, 26.4 assists, 7.3 steals and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 45.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 123.1 points per game.<\/p>\n

Pistons: 8-2, averaging 117.8 points, 44.1 rebounds, 31.2 assists, 10.3 steals and 6.0 blocks per game while shooting 49.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 106.2 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Magic: Jett Howard<\/a>: day to day (ankle), Anthony Black<\/a>: out (abdomen), Jonathan Isaac<\/a>: out (knee).<\/p>\n

Pistons: Tobias Harris<\/a>: day to day (knee), Cade Cunningham: out (lung), Isaiah Stewart: out (calf), Duncan Robinson<\/a>: day to day (hip).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detroit Pistons (57-21, first in the Eastern Conference) vs. Orlando Magic (42-36, ninth in the Eastern Conference) Orlando,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[5815,38323,99826,5798,5834,38475,70652,53582,9804,35695,16489,139,141,1239,140,5799,38617],"class_list":{"0":"post-220184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-anthony-black","9":"tag-cade-cunningham","10":"tag-daniss-jenkins","11":"tag-desmond-bane","12":"tag-detroit-pistons","13":"tag-duncan-robinson","14":"tag-event_preview","15":"tag-jalen-duren","16":"tag-jett-howard","17":"tag-jonathan-isaac","18":"tag-national-basketball-association","19":"tag-orlando","20":"tag-orlando-headlines","21":"tag-orlando-magic","22":"tag-orlando-news","23":"tag-paolo-banchero","24":"tag-tobias-harris"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}