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Well, that game took a turn, didn’t it? Full disclosure, this recap is coming so late because I had given up. It had been a tough work day, followed by an unwelcome call to a plumber, followed by an abysmal second quarter for the Detroit Pistons. Facing elimination and needing to deliver their A game, the Pistons delivered a D-, scoring just 12 points in the second quarter and facing a 22-point deficit. I was done. I needed to do something else with my time.
This is the moment I turned the game off, thinking it was the last time I’d see the 2025-26 Pistons.
Little did I know what the Pistons had in store in the second half.
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The Pistons jumped out of the gate early, cutting a 24-point deficit to a 10-point margin by the 6:58 mark. A pair of Orlando threes from Tristan da Silva and Anthony Black and a Paolo Banchero free throw boosted the lead back up to 17, and it seemed like maybe time was out on the Pistons’ season.
That Banchero free throw at the 3:55 mark represented Orlando’s final points of the third quarter. Banchero’s missed jump shot on the ensuing possession started a string of 23 consecutive misses by the Orlando Magic. By the time they made their next field goal, an uncontested Banchero dunk down the middle of the lane, the Pistons were somehow up by 12, there was less than three minutes remaining, and it was clear we were headed back to Detroit for a deciding Game 7.
Cade Cunningham led the way for Detroit, scoring 24 points in the second half, including 19 in the fourth quarter. Those 19 points matched Orlando’s output as a team in the third and fourth quarters combined. Cunningham had his stepback game working; he was bullying his way into the rim for easy looks off the glass and hit a pair of threes.
Duncan Robinson was also able to get some clean looks courtesy of Detroit’s ability to turn defense into free-flowing offense. He hit four of his nine three-point attempts. Tobias Harris was another hero for Detroit, especially when things were at their most precarious.
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It was unclear if the veteran forward was going to be able to suit up for this one, as he was…
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