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NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · NBA Cup · East Group A · Meeting 1 of the season

What does Pistons vs Magic change in the NBA playoff race?

Pistons

Detroit Pistons

6-3

7:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Magic

Orlando Magic

2-7

Tue, Nov 24, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET (Nov 25, 09:00 KST)Kia Center, Orlando

What's at stake

Current standings (146 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 East teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Pistons win

Magic win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
PistonsEast #3 · 6-370-72
MagicEast #12 · 2-7-72-

Magic number = wins left to lock a top-10 (play-in) finish (top-6 magic: a direct berth); tragic number = losses left until elimination. Ties count against the team. How we calculate →

Season series

Meeting 1 of 3 this season

Pistons 0Magic 0

Before this game

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Tue, Nov 24 game · Orlando

Local date

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Pistons

  • Jalen DurenOut
  • Isaiah JoeOut

Magic

  • Jonathan IsaacOut
  • Izaiyah NelsonOut
  • Noah PendaOut
  • Paolo BancheroOut
  • Jalen SuggsOut
  • Desmond BaneDay-To-Day

BALLDONTLIE injury report (status only). It can change before tip-off.

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Game data: BALLDONTLIE. Magic and tragic numbers are computed by this site.