'Disorganized' Magic earn split, blitzed 30-3 in loss to Pistons

In Game 2 of their first-round matchup between the Pistons and the Magic, Orlando seemed poised to yet again shock everyone, heading into halftime in a 46-46 tie. They had already taken home-court advantage from the Pistons, beating them 112-101 on Sunday night to be the only lower-seeded team to win their Game 1. Questions started to arise about Detroit's scoring outside of Cade Cunningham, if Orlando's physicality and size was too much for the Pistons, the Eastern Conference's top seed.

Then in just one quarter, those questions seemed to go away. Detroit went on a 30-3 run through the first seven minutes and 40 seconds of the third quarter, turning a tie game into a dominant lead fitting of a No. 1 seed and fueling Detroit to tie the series at 1-1.

Imagine being on the other end of that scoring run, going 5-for-17 from the field, 2-for-8 from three-point range, committing seven turnovers and letting your best chance to seize a commanding 2-0 lead as the eighth seed literally slip away. "I think we just got a little disorganized offensively, and they started to try to speed us up with ball pressure, and just not letting us get into what we try and get into," Magic forward Paolo Banchero said. Banchero himself felt that disorganization, going 0-for-5 from the field in that third quarter to finish with 18 points on 7-for-17 shooting, a far cry from his 23-point, nine-rebound Game 1 with much better efficiency.

"But I think it was moreso us ... not being on the same page to start the quarter, and they just took full advantage. I think we just tried to get into some things that they blew up.