The Magic are hoping the return of guard Jalen Suggs provides a boost following a stretch of games that has seen the team tread water in the Eastern Conference standings. Suggs had missed the past eight games because of a right knee MCL bruise. He suffered ...

Are the Pistons out of time? Orlando holds dominant 3-1 series lead as the top seed in the East is self-destructing.

The Detroit Pistons might need a miracle to come back from a 3-1 deficit to the Orlando Magic in the first round of the NBA playoffs. Only 13 teams have ever recovered from this deficit in the postseason and it hasn’t been done since the Denver Nuggets in 2020.

Desmond Bane scored 22 points and made one of his five 3-pointers with 1:16 left as the Orlando Magic beat the visiting Detroit Pistons 94-88 on ​Monday to take a 3-1 lead in their first-round Eastern Conference ‌playoff series.

Magic 94, Pistons 88. The No. 1 seed is trailing the No. 8 seed, 3-1. Too many turnovers – 20, leading to 23 points – and not enough shot-making in the fourth. They return home on Wednesday for Game 5.