{"id":257184,"date":"2026-05-04T01:44:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T01:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/257184\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T01:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T01:44:20","slug":"detroit-pistons-defeat-orlando-magic-116-94-for-first-playoff-series-win-since-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/257184\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Pistons defeat Orlando Magic 116-94 for first playoff series win since 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cade Cunningham had 32 points and 12 assists, Tobias Harris added 30 points and the Detroit Pistons<\/a> beat the Orlando Magic 116-94 in Game 7 on Sunday to win a playoff series for the first time in 18 years.<\/p>\n

Cunningham averaged 32.4 points for Detroit, which last won a postseason series by beating Orlando in the second round in 2008. The Pistons advance to play the winner of Sunday evening’s Game 7 between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Toronto Raptors. Game 1 will be on Tuesday at Little Caesars Arena.<\/p>\n

The Pistons became the 15th team in NBA history to overcome a 3-1 deficit and the second in the last two nights, after the Philadelphia 76ers came back to eliminate Boston.<\/p>\n

They trailed by 24 points in Game 6<\/a> in Orlando before rallying to take the series at home. Orlando only scored 113 points in the final six quarters of the series \u2014 an average of 18.8 per period.<\/p>\n

Cunningham and Harris became the first Pistons teammates to score 30 points in a playoff game since Bob Lanier (33) and Howard Porter (30) against the Golden State Warriors on April 17, 1977.<\/p>\n

Paolo Banchero scored 38 for the Magic.<\/p>\n

Each team needed a second scoring option in Game 7. Cunningham had carried the Pistons while Banchero was Orlando’s only weapon after Franz Wagner was injured in Game 4<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Harris filled that role for Detroit, but Orlando only had one other player reach double figures in the first three quarters, as Desmond Bane had 10.<\/p>\n

The Pistons also got a big game from All-Star center Jalen Duren. He was outplayed by Wendell Carter Jr. in the first six games, but put up his first double-double of the series with 15 points and 15 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Harris scored 17 points in the second quarter as the Pistons finished the half on a 9-2 run to take a 60-49 lead.<\/p>\n

The Pistons’ surge continued into the second half, as they opened the third quarter with a 11-2 run to go up 71-51. Nine of the points came from Cunningham and Harris.<\/p>\n

The Magic finished the third quarter with 15 points \u2014 the third time in their last five periods they couldn’t reach 20 points.<\/p>\n

Daniss Jenkins hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to give Detroit a 83-64 lead going into the fourth, and the Magic never threatened down the stretch.<\/p>\n

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