Orlando Magic @ Detroit Pistons

Orlando Magic guard Vince Carter was sidelined against the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night with a sprained left ankle. Carter was first injured Friday against New Jersey. Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said Carter aggravated the ankle again Tuesday night versus Detroit. Carter's status is day to day. The 32-year-old guard was Orlando's biggest free agent splash this summer...

Orlando Magic guard Vince Carter was sidelined against the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night with a sprained left ankle.

From the DetPistons Twitter: Wow – this just in: Tayshaun Prince out tonight. Just showed up with a “lower back strain” and he’s out. Consecutive games end at 496. It’s also being reported that Prince will not make the Pistons upcoming road trip: Prince will not travel with the team to Toronto on Wednesday or Orlando on Friday [...]

Even with Vince Carter’s ankle keeping him sidelined for his latest return to Toronto (where he could get booed in an Orlando uniform this time), there were more than enough ready-made story lines going into Magic/Raptors: Hedo Turkoglu’s first game against his old squad, the next chapter in the Dwight Howard vs. Chris Bosh rivalry [...]

AUBURN HILLS, Mi. --- Orlando Magic shooting guard Vince Carter, who missed Sunday's game with a sprained left ankle, will start tonight against the Detroit Pistons.

The Pistons (1-2, 0-1 home) will host the Orlando Magic (3-0) at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Tip off is 7:30 pm est and can be viewed locally on Fox Sports Detroit and can be heard on WWJ 950. Magic Snapshot Road record: 2-0 Last game: 11/01 (Sun) W 125-116 @ Raptors Streak: Won 3 Injuries: Vince Carter [...]

The Orlando Magic will make a game-time decision on whether shooting guard Vince Carter (sprained left ankle) will play tonight against the Detroit Pistons, but small forward Mickael Pietrus (flu-like symptoms) remained home in Orlando.

With Orlando playing without Vince Carter (sprained left ankle), Mickael Pietrus (flu-like symptoms) and Rashard Lewis (suspension), J.J. Redick picked up the scoring slack and poured in a career-best 27 points in Orlando's 125-116 defeat of the Raptors.

The Detroit Pistons’ constantly shifting rotation has forced the GM to answer questions about potential trades. Joe D, however, says nothing is in the works: “It was curious when Tayshaun Prince was a late scratch Tuesday due to what the team reported as a lower back strain, and Jason Maxiell didn’t play against Orlando. Was there a trade in the works? Were they...

Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your pumpkin banana meringue pie.Drew Sharp, Detroit Free Press: "It was one year ago Tuesday that the Pistons dealt Chauncey Billups(notes) to Denver for Allen Iverson(notes), officially bringing down the curtain on their reign of Eastern Conference excellence and initiating the start of their...

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What is about the Detroit Pistons? The Pistons no longer have Rahseed Wallace and Chauncey Billups. Tayshaun Prince and Richard Hamilton missed the game due to injury yet the Pistons still gave the Magic fits and were able to pull off the upset, winning 85-80. The Magic are now just 6-29 against Detroit since taking a [...]

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball. Ahh, remember those warm nights in college when girls would streak across the softball field? Whatever happened to those days? Sorry, getting a little off the subject. Tayshaun Prince Tayshaun Prince has started 439 games in a row, which in the modern NBA with all the travel, is quite a prodigious streak. Painfully...