ORLANDO – The upstart Orlando Magic, who came into Wednesday playing their best basketball yet, might be well-served to study the herky-jerky plight of the Detroit Pistons this season.
Riding some good fortune in close games, Detroit surprisingly opened the season with four straight victories. However, the fickle nature of close games soon caught up to the Pistons and they proceeded to drop their next five games. Just as Detroit won those first four by a narrow average of 5.7 points, it dropped the next five straight, including two overtime decisions, by an average of 7.