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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Magic | 31 | 28 | 30 | 23 | 112 |
 Pistons | 33 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 109 |
ORLTeam statsDET| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORL | 40-9741.2% | 5-3016.7% | 27-3284.4% | 44 | 14 | 13 |
| DET | 37-8444.0% | 11-2839.3% | 24-3177.4% | 49 | 22 | 24 |
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Orlando Magic112| 39 | 37, Season high (his best before, 27) | 13-25 | 0-5 | 11-12 | 0 | +7.0 | ||||||||
| 36 | 21 | 8-19 | 0-3 | 5-6 | 0 | −23 | −0.5 | |||||||
| 34 | 14 | 4-17 | 2-11 | 4-4 | 0 | −20 | −5.0 | |||||||
| 32 | 8 | 2-7 | 2-4 | 2-2 | +7 | −2.8 | ||||||||
| 21 | 8 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −2.9 | |||||
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| 32 | 16 | 6-17 | 1-4 | 3-6 | 0 | +27 | −3.7 | |||||||
| 18 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +13 | −3.0 | |||||
| 14 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | −4 | +1.7 | ||||||
| 14 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +26 | +0.6 | |||||
| Team | 112 | 40-9741.2% | 5-3016.7% | 44 | 14 | 13 | 25 | 27-3284.4% | 14 | 15 | 7 | |||
Bench 24 points on 10 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Jase Richardson, Noah Penda and Jett Howard (coach’s decision).
Detroit Pistons109| 40 | 39 | 13-26 | 4-7 | 9-12 | 0 | 0 | +16 | +6.4 | ||||||
| 35 | 9 | 3-12 | 3-11 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −5.1 | |||||
| 31 | 16 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 6-6 | +22 | +2.4 | ||||||||
| 30 | 18 | 8-15 | 1-4 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +15 | −0.7 | |||||
| 23 | 8 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | +15 | −3.5 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 7 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −17 | −3.7 | |||||
| 14 | 8 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −18 | −1.6 | ||||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | −10 | −2.5 | |||||||
| 10 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −19 | −5.5 | |||
| 9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −16 | −3.0 | ||||
| 8 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −2.7 | |||
| 6 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −0.1 | |||
| Team | 109 | 37-8444.0% | 11-2839.3% | 49 | 22 | 24 | 27 | 24-3177.4% | 14 | 7 | 8 | |||
Bench 19 points on 5 for 16 shooting
Did not play: Chaz Lanier (coach’s decision).
Magic112Pistons109ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Desmond Bane scored 37 points (24 in the paint), and the Orlando Magic beat the Detroit Pistons 112-109.
Bane’s driving layup answered Cade Cunningham’s driving layup and put the Magic back ahead for good with 2:11 left in the fourth quarter.
The Pistons got within 110-109 on Tobias Harris’ 3-pointer with 1:33 to play, but Jalen Suggs answered with 2 free throws, and the Pistons got no closer. They had the ball down 3 with 3.8 seconds left, but Anthony Black blocked Duncan Robinson’s 3-pointer. It would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the teams each scored 12. Cunningham (No. 7 in clutch points, 2025-26) scored 7 of the Pistons’ 12 on 2 for 4 shooting. He made his first 9 free throws and missed his last 3.
Franz Wagner had 21 points (14 in the paint) and 3 steals.
For the Pistons, Cunningham had 39 points, a career-high 13 rebounds and 11 assists, his 13th career triple-double.
The Pistons turned it over 24 times, about 8 more than usual for this many possessions. The Magic outscored the Pistons 39-13 in 10 minutes with Jones, Isaac, Carter, Bane and Black on the floor together.
Orlando MagicDetroit PistonsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Magic’s chance bottomed out at 19% (1st quarter, 4:00 left).
85 points from the field on 97 shots: 13.9 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 13-17 | 76.5% | 67% |
| In the paint | 18-38 | 47.4% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 4-12 | 33.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-7 | 42.9% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 2-23 | 8.7% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caris LeVert | 19 | 7 | 3-5 | +2 |
| Cade Cunningham | 13 | 2 | 0-2 | −1 |
| Ausar Thompson | 13 | 2 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Duncan Robinson | 12 | 4 | 2-4 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 26 | 17 | 7-11 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 32 points on 83 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobias Harris | 25 | 4 | 1-2 | −4 |
| Ausar Thompson | 19 | 2 | 0-1 | −4 |
| Cade Cunningham | 9 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Jalen Duren | 5 | 11 | 5-8 | +9 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 4 | 2-5 | −1 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 23 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan Robinson | 22 | 3 | 1-2 | −2 |
| Cade Cunningham | 14 | 2 | 1-4 | −1 |
| Caris LeVert | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Jaden Ivey | 5 | 4 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 18 | 7 | 2-7 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 64 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
Score margin over time — positive = DET leads, negative = ORL leads
DET Largest Lead
13
Q1 4:36
ORL Largest Lead
10
Q4 9:25
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
DET 9-0 run
Q1 7:25 – Q1 6:33
0 → +9
ORL 15-0 run
Q1 1:07 – Q2 10:43
+10 → -5
ORL 8-0 run
Q3 5:23 – Q3 3:24
+3 → -5
DET 10-0 run
Q4 6:12 – Q4 4:10
-10 → 0
