Orlando — The Pistons and Orlando Magic are at the bottom of the Eastern Conference and appear to have promising futures with their collectives of young talent, but are currently going through the growing pains of their respective rebuilds.
Sunday marked the fourth meeting of the season between the Pistons and Magic and the common theme of their series ran true, yet again. The home team prevails.
After taking the first two games in Detroit, the Magic evened the series with a dominating 128-102 victory over the Pistons. The loss marked nine consecutive losses for Detroit (16-62), while Orlando improved to 34-44 and avoided elimination from the Play-In tournament.