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The scouting report on the Orlando Magic is no mystery—they struggle from beyond the arc.
That trend has carried into the first two games of their Round 1 series with the Detroit Pistons. Orlando, a 34% three-point shooting team on the season, has gone just 18-for-66 from deep (27%) as the series shifts back home for Game 3.
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With the Magic unable to consistently punish defenses from outside, Detroit has been content to pack the paint and essentially dare Orlando to knock down perimeter shots.
Even so, our Pistons vs. Magic predictions aren’t completely fading Orlando’s outside game. In fact, our NBA picks see value in Jalen Suggs breaking out of the slump and finding his rhythm from deep at home on Saturday.
Pistons vs Magic prediction
Who will win Pistons vs Magic Game 3?
Pistons: The Detroit Pistons took six quarters to wake up from their slumber and looked like the top seed in the East in the final 24 minutes of Game 2. Detroit’s defense swarmed the Orlando Magic and flipped those stops and long rebounds into easy buckets on the other end. This spread is tight but gives the Pistons the nod as road chalk – a role that’s produced a 20-11 SU record this season.
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Pistons vs Magic best bet: Jalen Suggs Over 2.5 made threes (+102)
The Detroit Pistons know the Orlando Magic can’t make them pay from the perimeter and have given their first-round foes nothing but clean air on the outside.
Of the 66 3-point attempts taken by the Magic through two games, 62 have come with no Detroit defender within at least four feet, including 29 long-range looks qualifying as “wide open” with no Pistons player within six feet of the shooter. Orlando has made only 16 of those open 3PAs.
Jalen Suggs is the Magic’s most consistent 3-point threat and has gone 3 for 10 from distance in each of the first two playoff contests. Nineteen of his total 20 shots from downtown have been either “open” or “wide open” with Suggs making good on just five of those attempts.
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However, with the series swinging…
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Publish date : 2026-04-25 14:13:00
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