Pistons rally from 24 down, beat Magic 93-79 to force Game 7
Cade Cunningham scored 32 points and the top-seeded Detroit Pistons pulled off an incredible rally by erasing a 24-point deficit and beating the Orlando Magic 93-79 to force a Game 7 in their Eastern Conference first-round series.
Detroit trailed by 22 at the half Friday night and Orlando's lead went to 62-38 early in the third quarter.
The Magic looked poised to become the seventh No. 8 seed to eliminate a No. 1 seed in the first round.
And then everything went wrong for Orlando.
The Magic missed 23 consecutive shots from the field during one stretch and Detroit went on a 35-5 run to take control.
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