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NBA Communications: Eastern Conference Semifinals schedule: Detroit Pistons vs. Cleveland Cavaliers
Eastern Conference Semifinals schedule: Detroit Pistons vs. Cleveland Cavaliers ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/ye6Xp9HKdx
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) May 4, 2026
Jason Beede: “Mindset in Game 7 is pretty much everything,” #Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said ahead of Game 7 at Detroit. “I think our guys are in a great mental space because at the end of the day we’re not asking them to do anything they haven’t done before.”
The Magic have downgraded Jonathan Isaac (left knee sprain) to out for Sunday’s Game 7 against Detroit.
While others bend and break, Detroit bends and somehow strengthens. It’s a quality that has carried the Pistons to 60 wins and the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. One that limited Orlando to 1-of-20 shooting in the fourth quarter. And one Detroit believes will continue carrying it as far as possible. “I have a philosophy I like to say,” Paul Reed told The Athletic over the blaring locker room speaker after the Pistons’ 93-79 Game 6 win. “Pressure either bursts pipe or makes diamonds. Tonight, we came out there and did what we had to do to go get the W and handled business.”
These Pistons are unique. It’ll take more than a 24-point deficit or roughly 19,000 fans cheering for their demise to supplant them from their top spot in the conference. They feel pressure is a privilege. And Detroit has found a way to summon its fiercest competition style with its season on the line — twice. “I don’t know how to say it enough about this group, but they’re so dialed in and they’re so connected,” Bickerstaff said. “They just don’t want to let each other down. In adverse situations, you’ve got two options: you fight or you run. The nature of this group is they fight. That’s why they’re able to continue to fight through these things. They don’t get down. They don’t put their heads down. “There is no woe is me, there is no selfishness. … It’s ‘what can I do to help the team?’ Time and time again, that’s what they’ve done.”
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Jason Beede: “There’s no other way to put it, it does suck,” #Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said after Orlando’s Game 6 loss to Detroit.
There is an anticipation that Mark Williams, like Detroit's Jalen Duren and Utah's Walker Kessler, will attempt to generate interest from Chicago in restricted free agency since the Bulls are projected to wield some $65 million in salary cap space. Projecting the Bulls' offseason intentions with certitude will naturally be easier once they've installed a new head of basketball operations, but Chicago's lack of a proven center on the current roster is undeniable.
Jason Beede: Free throws and rebounding,” #Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said when asked what he felt were the differences between Orlando and Detroit in Game 5. “Free throws and rebounding.”
Jason Beede: FINAL: Pistons 116, #Magic 109 Banchero and Cunningham both notch 45 points, but Detroit holds off late to extend its season. Orlando leads the series 3-2 and Game 6 is back at Kia Center on Friday night.
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Jason Beede: #Magic forward Paolo Banchero told reporters after shootaround in Detroit that the team isn’t expecting Franz Wagner to be available for tonight’s Game 5 against the Pistons. Wagner did not participate in Orlando’s shootaround this morning, I’m told.
NBA Courtside: Jeff Teague says Detroit needs to trade for Kevin Durant: “They desperate for another scorer and Kevin Durant is still playing at a high level, that would take so much pressure off Cade and so much pressure off Kevin Durant to do everything. I think it would be an easy fit.”
Jason Beede: The NBA’s L2M report found one incorrect non-call from Saturday’s Game 3 between the #Magic and Pistons: — Detroit’s Duncan Robinson failed to inbound the ball within 5 seconds with 1:46 remaining in the game.