(Photo: Clarence Tabb Jr., Detroit News)
One of the most popular Schoolhouse Rock! educational cartoons drove the point that 3 is the magic number.
It’s most apt for the Pistons, who can clinch a spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs if three things happen today. The Pistons (39-40) still have three games remaining in the regular season, with the logjam for the sixth through eighth spots — and a margin of just a half-game separating the Orlando Magic, Brooklyn Nets and Pistons, who are in eighth place.
The Miami Heat are in ninth, just a game behind the Pistons and the Charlotte Hornets are two games behind Detroit.