The Detroit Pistons defeated the Orlando Magic 93-79, erasing a 24-point deficit to force Game 7 in their Eastern Conference first-round series on Friday night.
Cade Cunningham led the Pistons with 32 points, while Tobias Harris scored 22 points to avoid elimination.
The Pistons trailed by 22 at the half, and Orlando’s lead went to 62-38 early in the third quarter.
Orlando became the first team since 1996-97 — when play-by-play began getting tracked digitally — to lose at home after leading by at least 24 points with a chance to win a series.
The Magic missed 23 consecutive shots from the field, and Detroit went on a 35-5 run.
Paolo Banchero and Desmond had 17 each to lead Orlando, but missed a chance to win the series at home.
Although the first quarter was back and forth, the Magic outscored the Pistons in the second with a 17-0 run from triple.
They held the Pistons to 2-for-11 shooting over the first 5:48 of the period and took a 60-38 lead into the half.
Meanwhile,. the 22-point halftime lead was the fourth-largest by a No.8 seed over a No.1 seed in this format.
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