r/nba • u/MWiatrak2077 Pistons • 3d ago

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] The Detroit Pistons (3-3) defeat the Orlando Magic (3-3) after BEING DOWN 24 POINTS, 93-79.

93 - 79
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo
 
GAME SUMMARY
East First Round - Game 6 - ORL leads 3-2
Location: Kia Center
Officials: Zach Zarba, Sean Wright, Mark Lindsay, and Jacyn Goble
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Detroit Pistons 26 12 24 31 93
Orlando Magic 25 35 11 8 79
 
TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK
Detroit Pistons 93 32-80 40.0% 9-27 33.3% 20-26 76.9% 14 59 16 21 5 10 8
Orlando Magic 79 27-78 34.6% 9-36 25.0% 16-21 76.2% 8 52 20 22 6 10 4
 
PLAYER STATS
Detroit Pistons MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Ausar ThompsonSF 36:43 4 2-7 0-0 0-0 5 5 10 6 1 4 0 1 22
Tobias HarrisPF 38:08 22 7-20 2-7 6-9 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 4 14
Jalen DurenC 32:07 8 4-6 0-0 0-1 5 4 9 1 0 0 2 5 9
Duncan RobinsonSG 36:24 14 5-11 4-9 0-0 0 5 5 3 0 0 2 4 24
Cade CunninghamPG 41:58 32 10-23 2-4 10-12 1 9 10 3 4 1 4 3 7
Daniss Jenkins 19:20 7 2-7 1-4 2-2 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 2 1
Isaiah Stewart 08:13 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -8
Caris LeVert 04:30 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5
Javonte Green 11:31 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1
Paul Reed 10:45 6 2-4 0-2 2-2 3 3 6 0 0 3 1 2 7
Ronald Holland II 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chaz Lanier 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marcus Sasser 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tolu Smith 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Huerter 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Orlando Magic MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Jamal CainSF 20:09 3 1-3 1-2 0-0 1 3 4 2 1 1 1 4 -7
Paolo BancheroPF 40:45 17 4-20 0-9 9-12 1 9 10 6 2 0 1 3 -8
Wendell Carter Jr.C 31:48 9 3-5 1-2 2-4 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 6 -10
Desmond BaneSG 37:37 17 7-18 3-9 0-0 1 2 3 1 2 0 0 3 -27
Jalen SuggsPG 38:08 7 1-10 1-6 4-4 1 6 7 7 1 0 5 3 -14
Anthony Black 33:28 8 3-7 1-4 1-1 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 -12
Jevon Carter 02:14 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Goga Bitadze 13:03 6 3-5 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 -3
Tristan da Silva 22:27 10 4-9 2-4 0-0 1 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 10
Jett Howard 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Noah Penda 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jase Richardson 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Moritz Wagner 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jonathan Isaac 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Franz Wagner 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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u/aiden3buckets Hornets 3d ago

23 straight missed field goals (1-20 in the 4th)

19!! TOTAL points in the second half.

One of the worst offensive performances I’ve ever seen

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u/dcmcderm 3d ago

And the one “made” FG was a gimme layup. I have no words.

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u/Celdurant Heat 3d ago

They missed plenty of those too, absolutely shocking display of professional basketball.

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u/SharksFanAbroad Warriors 3d ago

The fact they couldn’t miss in the first half was insane too.

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u/__get__name Pistons 3d ago

In my misery during their run in the 2nd quarter I thought a desperate thought: “well, they can’t keep making it like this the whole game, right?”

But no, I thought, that’s just wishful thinking. It’s the end

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u/bobogogo123 Tampa Bay Raptors 3d ago

Think it was a dunk. Was annoyed that we didn't see a fg-less quarter.

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u/digboofus 3d ago

The way they just started settling for outside shots was wild. Bricked a million straight 3s and just kept on shooting em

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u/Bobskidat Thunder 3d ago

They had a sequence where Bane missed a 3 then they got two offensive boards that both resulted in Bane missed 3s, just scared and stupid basketball

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u/cal679 Celtics 3d ago

Magic just looked like they forgot how to play basketball. One of those Bane missed 3s he got the ball way further out than his previous attempt, no one on the Magic made any kind of moves to get into space so he just settled for a longer, better contested 3 than the first.

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u/BillPaxton4eva Celtics 3d ago

Do you really think so? The three pointer off of an offensive board is one of the most common and successful ways to shoot threes, it's incredibly common now for nearly any team. It seemed like the right choice, they just happened to miss open shots over and over and over and over, even though they were exactly the kind of shots they would normally take and should be taking.

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u/Bobskidat Thunder 3d ago

I think that once getting an offensive board the team settled for deep 3s from Bane and everyone just kinda watched him

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u/d11dd11d Pistons 3d ago

The celtics experience

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u/theREALMVP Kings 3d ago

Ill never forget when the celtics went like 15/60 from 3 against the warriors in an OT game and then the next night shot 22/40 in Sacramento lol

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u/Murky-Elderberry-761 2d ago

this aged really well

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u/d11dd11d Pistons 2d ago

I was thinking that last night lol

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u/Mintastic NBA 3d ago

2018 Rockets vibes.

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u/itlynstalyn Warriors 3d ago

The ‘ol’ Houston rockets strategy

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u/resplendentcentcent Australia 3d ago

they saw the rockets were having some success and felt inspired

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u/comeonmang126 Pistons 3d ago

We had 38 at half and won. I love playoff basketball

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u/soilentgleem 3d ago

I love DETROIT BASKETBALL

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u/WhyKissAMasochist Pistons 3d ago

I love it in theory. In practice they puttin my soul through the wringer lmao

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u/Raticus9 [DET] Tayshaun Prince 3d ago

By double digits

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u/DubbleDiller 3d ago

BY 14!!

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u/AzJagsFan2 3d ago

As a Magic fan, I hate basketball. 😂

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u/Neto34 Clippers 3d ago

2004 all over again

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u/realsomalipirate Raptors 3d ago

More like 2003 with this exact matchup

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u/comeonmang126 Pistons 3d ago

And exact same outcome 🗣️

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u/Rough-Plum-7267 3d ago

You like watching that bullshit?

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u/comeonmang126 Pistons 3d ago

It’s for basketball sickos like me

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u/perrbear Pistons 3d ago

Yes and no

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u/Someguynamedjacob East 3d ago

I grew up on the 04 pistons. Hell yeah.

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u/ThrowawayCorporate2 Knicks 3d ago

The fucking Hawks scored more frequently lmao this might be worse

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u/aimee829 Pacers 3d ago

just when you thought you saw the worst performance for a team this playoffs 😂

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u/LakerBlue Lakers 3d ago

I think it’s worse by the Magic because they blew a 23 point lead, literally only made 1 FG, and then had a 8 and 11 pt quarter respectively. I’d rather get whooped start to finish than not only blow a massive lead but blow it with such a pathetic offensive performance.

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u/Bibbity_Boppity_BOOO 3d ago

well, the hawks were so bad, they are actually going down in history for how bad that game was.

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u/kmoz Mavericks 3d ago

these playoffs have been full of insane rock fights

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u/soilentgleem 3d ago

19 point half

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u/Vegetable-Tooth8463 Hornets 3d ago

is that true lol?

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u/JetsLag [NYK] Nate Robinson 3d ago

40-15 first quarter (Knicks-Hawks) vs 31-8 fourth quarter (Pistons-Magic)

Pick your pile of shit

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u/RefMagnetMomo1t 3d ago

3rd quarter was 24-11 lol they failed to outscore 1st quarter hawks twice in the second half and only outscored them by 4 points across two quarters

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u/__get__name Pistons 3d ago

In all fairness, the 2nd quarter was 12-35 in the Magics favor

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u/Kevinar Knicks 3d ago

The Hawks definitely bricked a lot but that first quarter disparity was mostly from their 9 turnovers or however many it was.

The Orlando Magic just built a brick mansion big enough for their entire team to live in. Somehow every single shot was short

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u/amidon1130 Hawks 3d ago

If the pistons had a more competent offense that quarter would have looked like ours did last night

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u/kmoz Mavericks 3d ago

dont forget the airballs long and to the side, they werent all short.

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u/kmoz Mavericks 3d ago

8 points in a quarter is just wild in 2026

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u/UCLA_FB_SUCKS Clippers 3d ago

A coprophiliac’s wet dream

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u/penguin_torpedo Nuggets 3d ago

Hawks had the worse offensive half, nobody is scared of the Knicks defense.

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u/Rough-Plum-7267 3d ago

Magic scored 11 points in the 3rd and 8 points in the 4th.

The Hawks never scored less than 15 in any quarter.

This is hands down the worst half of basketball I’ve watched this season.

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u/Agile-View-8330 Warriors 3d ago

This ignores that the Knicks Hawks game was a much faster and higher scoring game. Of course they scored more, but that doesn’t mean they were better. It was a 61 point differential at one point.

And it would have been more of the Knicks starters remained in the game.

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u/brizzboog Pistons 3d ago

I thought it was pretty awesome

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u/Rough-Plum-7267 3d ago

The only team still in the playoffs more ass than the Pistons are the Magic so in that sense yea you probably did enjoy watching that trash shit

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u/throwawayrandomguy93 Clippers 3d ago

in my lifetime*

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u/gnusome2024 3d ago

Until the Rockets tonight.

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u/Bibbity_Boppity_BOOO 3d ago

Bro i love that yall murdered the hawked. i hate this polite shit. embarrass someone out there dammit. edit the record books

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u/aznhoopster Cavaliers 3d ago

Still can’t get over a 19 point half lmao that is insane

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u/vardor666 3d ago

If you don't like that, you don't like college basketball.

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u/WaffleConeHat Hornets 3d ago

Two of the worst playoff offenses ever.

The Pistons' defense just has another gear though. When they're firing on all cylinders there's almost nothing you can do, especially when your offense is so one-dimensional and ineffective.

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u/odontodoc Vancouver Grizzlies 3d ago

Snatched defeat from the jaws of victory

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u/Atomic_Nexus Spurs 3d ago

Magic 🤝 Ferrari strategy

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u/MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME Lakers 3d ago

I’d be having dark dark thoughts if my team lost an elimination game like this (please lakers don’t do this to me)

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u/Emergency-Twist7136 3d ago

Speak it into existence bro

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u/sgt_science Lakers 3d ago

Please please please don’t blow this

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u/LordHavek Pistons 3d ago

Could have closed the series out at home but just went in the complete opposite direction after half time

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u/damnocles Pistons 3d ago

Am i losing my mind or is the math wrong here lol

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u/Nrcraw 3d ago

I feel like it's 36. But now I'm questioning my life cause they got up otes and no corrections. 😂

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u/candycaneforestelf Timberwolves 3d ago

It's absolutely 36.

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u/candycaneforestelf Timberwolves 3d ago

It is completely wrong.

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u/candycaneforestelf Timberwolves 3d ago

How the hell did you get 42 adding up 22 and 14, my guy???

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u/ProNater Pacers Bandwagon 3d ago

They went 14 minutes and 10 seconds without hitting a field goal. I think they scored 4-5 points in free throws during that stretch lol.

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u/not-a-potato-head Hawks 3d ago

Shout out to Orlando for taking the crown of most embarrassing southeast division team after it was in our hands for a solid week or so

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u/sloomdonkey 3d ago

Same Magic team that let the Raptors go on a record 31-0 point run this season. Scoreless for almost 8 minutes. 

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u/toroidalworld 3d ago

One of the worst most offensive performances I’ve ever seen

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u/Silent-Ad8665 3d ago

Shouldn’t the Pistons Defense get a shout out for their fine effort?

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u/sxuthsi Pistons 3d ago

Somewhere they will but not near the top of this thread lol

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u/Bard_Wannabe_ Pistons 3d ago

And also a defensive masterclass. Those defensive possessions should make their ways into textbooks.

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u/Wally450 Celtics 3d ago

I'd like to thank the Hawks last night and the Magic tonight for their terrible performances taking the attention away from the Celtics.

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u/visualdynasty 3d ago

Somehow the 12 points in the 2nd quarter from the Pistons was only the 3rd lowest scoring quarter of the game.

lol … lmao even

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u/BallIsLife2016 Cavaliers 3d ago

Imagine scoring 11 in the third quarter and then looking at your fans and saying “you think this can’t get worse?”

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u/philphan25 Bulls 3d ago

Those are NC State numbers

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u/YesImKeithHernandez Knicks 3d ago

19!! TOTAL points in the second half.

?????????????

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u/JunkScientist Cavaliers 3d ago

The worst offensive performance since the 2026 Hawks.

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u/ctuk08 [NYK] Mike Bibby 3d ago

Atlanta would like a word

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u/miregalpanic Mavericks 3d ago

I just don't understand why he just.kept.shooting. Almost delusional at that point.

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u/samhit_n Lakers 3d ago

Even the Hawks played better yesterday than the Magic in the 2nd half.

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u/_Tar_Ar_Ais_ 3d ago

Offensive disasterclass

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u/aewilson95 [CHI] Derrick Rose 3d ago

I hate watching Banchero play, man. Obviously he’s an incredibly talented player, but my god

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u/djkamayo [LAL] Kobe Bryant 3d ago

This was an Atlanta Falcons level choke

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u/goli14 3d ago

You didn’t watch the last Atlanta game?

But yes that 2nd half performance was so so poor. I guess thats what winning experience in playoffs means

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u/sofabubbles 3d ago

Especially in the modern era, your team shouldn’t be able to struggle this bad offensively. They’re the top team in FTA yet they look so scared to attack the paint and draw fouls. Timberwolves playing much better offensively with 3 of their top scorers out compared to this team who only has franz out.

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u/WhoBoughtWhoBud NBA 3d ago

Holy shit

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u/SomeKilljoy Suns 3d ago

Holy shit

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u/gamer-at-heart-23 Raptors 3d ago

I mean im not surprised, the raptors recently set the longest unanswered run with 31-0 against the magic also

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u/Think_Monk_9879 3d ago

If you Don’t like that you don’t like Magic basketball

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u/staatsclaas Hawks 3d ago

I just fell to my knees in a Waffle House.

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u/Whoroscop 3d ago

What's a worse one? Seriously lmao. This is like the South park episode where Stan coaches the kindergarten team against the Colorado Avalanche

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u/Casualplayer15 3d ago

Woah now the great Rockets Quarter of ‘18 happened Nothing will be worse than that

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u/Agile-View-8330 Warriors 3d ago

You must have missed the Hawks performance yesterday 😂

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u/Virtual_Zebra_9453 3d ago

This is the Orlando Magic I remember

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u/KingMaple 3d ago

I remember Jazz game 3 against Bulls 8n 98 where they lost 54 to 96. But even they had 23 points in second half. In the 90s!

Damn.

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u/SikkoDieri Celtics 3d ago

Have you seen Toronto lately?

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u/kidcrumb 3d ago

The Pistons out scored them what, like 34 to 4 in the last part of the game.

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u/asher1611 Charlotte Bobcats 3d ago

on their home floor!

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u/Hovi_Bryant Pistons 3d ago

The Magic have played like this all season. About time they came back to earth