Halftime Report
Solely two extra quarters stand between the Magic and the victory they have been favored to gather coming into this night. They’ve jumped out to a 59-50 lead in opposition to the Pistons.
If the Magic hold enjoying like this, they will bump their report as much as 35-26 very quickly. However, the Pistons must make due with a 9-51 report except they flip issues round (and quick).
Who’s Enjoying
Detroit Pistons @ Orlando Magic
Present Data: Detroit 9-50, Orlando 34-26
How To Watch
- When: Sunday, March 3, 2024 at 6 p.m. ET
- The place: Kia Middle — Orlando, Florida
- TV: Bally Sports activities – Detroit
- Comply with: CBS Sports activities App
- On-line streaming: fuboTV (Strive without cost. Regional restrictions might apply.)
- Ticket Value: $32.32
What to Know
The Magic will likely be enjoying the complete 4 quarters on Sunday, however they’re anticipated to have issues wrapped up nicely earlier than that. They are going to be enjoying at residence in opposition to the Detroit Pistons at 6:00 p.m. ET at Kia Middle. The Magic will likely be strutting in after a win whereas the Pistons will likely be stumbling in from a defeat.
Despite the fact that the Magic haven’t completed nicely in opposition to the Jazz just lately (they have been 2-8 of their earlier ten matchups), they did not let the previous get of their approach on Thursday. Orlando walked away with a 115-107 win over the Jazz. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Magic.
The Magic can attribute a lot of their success to Paolo Banchero, who nearly dropped a double-double on 29 factors and 9 rebounds. Banchero did not assist the Magic’s trigger all that a lot in opposition to the Pistons final Saturday however the identical cannot be mentioned for this matchup.
In the meantime, the Pistons traveled a rocky street final season, and sadly for them the street hasn’t gotten any smoother. They took a 110-100 hit to the loss column by the hands of Cleveland on Friday. The Pistons have struggled in opposition to the Cavaliers just lately, as their contest on Friday was their ninth consecutive misplaced matchup.
Orlando is on a roll recently: they’ve received 5 of their final six matchups, which supplied a pleasant bump to their 34-26 report this season. As for Detroit, they dropped their report all the way down to 9-50 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight at residence.
The Magic skirted previous the Pistons 112-109 when the groups final performed final Saturday. Do the Magic have one other victory up their sleeve, or will the Pistons flip the tables on them? We’ll have the reply quickly sufficient.
Odds
Orlando is an enormous 11-point favourite in opposition to Detroit, in keeping with the most recent NBA odds.
The oddsmakers had a very good really feel for the road for this one, as the sport opened with the Magic as a ten.5-point favourite.
The over/underneath is 218 factors.
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Collection Historical past
Orlando has received 6 out of their final 10 video games in opposition to Detroit.
- Feb 24, 2024 – Orlando 112 vs. Detroit 109
- Feb 04, 2024 – Orlando 111 vs. Detroit 99
- Dec 08, 2023 – Orlando 123 vs. Detroit 91
- Apr 02, 2023 – Orlando 128 vs. Detroit 102
- Feb 23, 2023 – Orlando 108 vs. Detroit 106
- Dec 28, 2022 – Detroit 121 vs. Orlando 101
- Oct 19, 2022 – Detroit 113 vs. Orlando 109
- Mar 17, 2022 – Detroit 134 vs. Orlando 120
- Jan 28, 2022 – Orlando 119 vs. Detroit 103
- Jan 08, 2022 – Detroit 97 vs. Orlando 92
