This was the biggest weekend of the season for the Pistons. A back-to-back road trip in Orlando and Miami that would determine whether the Pistons would still hang on in the postseason race or fall off the pack.
Unfortunately, it was the latter.
Which is especially a shame since things were stacked up in the Pistons favor. The Pistons came into the Magic game just 2.5 games out of the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference thanks to Miami getting toasted by the Lakers the night before. And the Magic were in the middle of a seven game losing streak.