Inside the numbers: How Detroit escaped elimination in Orlando with a stunning comeback
The Detroit Pistons overcame a 24-point deficit to defeat the Orlando Magic 93-79 in Game 6, avoiding elimination in a stunning playoff comeback. Orlando scored only 17 points in the final 23 minutes and shot 5% in the fourth quarter, their worst quarter performance in decades. The Magic missed 23 consecutive field goals, the longest such drought in playoff history during the play-by-play era.
- ▪The Pistons were down by 24 points in the second half before mounting their comeback.
- ▪Orlando scored just 17 points in the final 23 minutes of the game.
- ▪The Magic shot 5% in the fourth quarter, their worst quarter shooting performance in over a decade.
- ▪Orlando missed 23 consecutive field goals, the most in a playoff game since the 1996-97 season.
- ▪Cade Cunningham led the Pistons' effort to avoid elimination on the road.
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