NBA legend Carmelo Anthony is challenging Jalen Duren to elevate his game. The Pistons center is struggling as Detroit faces a 3-1 playoff deficit against the Magic.
The No. 1-seeded Detroit Pistons were expected to cruise past the No. 8 Orlando Magic in their first-round Eastern Conference series. Instead, Detroit is on the brink of elimination, while star guard Cade Cunningham is making unwanted NBA history.
The Detroit Pistons are facing elimination because Orlando has turned their entire offense into a Cade Cunningham stress test. The Magic lead the series 3 to 1 after a 94 to 88 Game 4 win, and the numbers point to a roster problem that has been building all series.
The Detroit Pistons 94-88 Game 4 road loss to the Orlando Magic was enough to make Pistons fans scream. Turnovers, another poor start, and missed opportunities down the stretch in Game 4 have put the Pistons, the No.
After winning 60 games in the regular season and emerging as the best team in the Eastern Conference, the Detroit Pistons’ minds must have been filled with ambitions of winning the 2026 NBA championship.
Cade Cunningham’s postgame comments offered a revealing look into the Detroit Pistons’ mindset as their first-round series vs. the Orlando Magic has shifted in an unexpected direction.
Despite being the top-seeded team in the Eastern Conference, the Detroit Pistons find themselves on the brink of a first-round exit after suffering a 94-88 loss at the hands of the Orlando Magic in Game 4.
The Detroit Pistons must be wracking their brains right now in search of answers on how to avoid being just the seventh one-seed in NBA history to lose in the first round of the NBA playoffs.
Cade Cunningham’s high tendency to turn the ball over had him make unfortunate NBA history that featured LeBron James following the Detroit Pistons’ Game 4 clash with the Orlando Magic on Monday night.
LeBron's career can't go on forever, can it? If it were to end tomorrow, it would be the greatest run of sustained excellence the league has ever seen.
Desmond Bane is no longer a member of the Memphis Grizzlies. But playing in front of former teammates Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson, Jr., Bane was the star in a "grit-n-grind" style game, complete with bleeding arms.
As the Orlando Magic are on the verge of knocking off the Eastern Conference's top seed in the first round, they're benefiting from exactly what they were missing in the playoffs one year ago. Desmond Bane, 27, who the Magic acquired in a summer trade with the Memphis Grizzlies, has proven to be the difference-maker against the Detroit Pistons.
The Detroit Pistons are trying to overcome a 2-1 deficit to the Orlando Magic in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. For Jalen Duren, a chance to redeem himself after a sluggish start.
The Pistons are in trouble. Through three games, they have yet to put it all together against a tough and confident Orlando Magic team. Wes and Blake break down what has been going wrong and how the team can get back to their winning ways.
The Detroit Pistons are on the road on Monday night as they travel to take on the Orlando Magic in Game 4 of their first-round playoffs series. Detroit enters Monday’s game trailing 1-2 in the series after losing on the road to Orlando in Game 3 on Saturday afternoon.
The Detroit Pistons lost Game 3 to Orlando 113-105 and trail the series 2-1. The score is not the problem. The rebounding margin is. Orlando outrebounded Detroit 63-50 and grabbed 14 offensive rebounds.
It’s not the situation the Detroit Pistons thought they would be in when they entered the NBA playoffs as the Eastern Conference’s No. 1 seed, but heading into Monday night’s pivotal Game 4, the Pistons are down 2-1. The Pistons' 17-point fourth-quarter comeback against the Magic fell just short as they lost 113-105 in Game 3.
The Detroit Pistons are facing serious trouble in the first round of the 2026 NBA Playoffs, and Jalen Duren is partly to blame for it. Still, Pistons star guard Cade Cunningham believes that his teammate will get it together sooner rather than later.
Despite overcoming a 17-point deficit to take the lead late in the fourth quarter, the Detroit Pistons' comeback fell short as the Magic made key plays down the stretch to seal the 113-105 win in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference first-round series and take a 2-1 series lead.
The Pistons have a pretty clear formula right now. Defend. Pressure. Make everything uncomfortable. That showed up in a big way in Game 2 of their first-round series against the Magic.
The Detroit Pistons almost were unrecognizable for the first six quarters of their first-round series against the Orlando Magic, but that all changed in the span of about eight minutes.