Pistons seek Game 2 rebound against Magic in first-round playoff matchup

In the opening act of their first-round playoff series, the Detroit Pistons found themselves outmatched not by a single star but by the collective will of an Orlando Magic team that arrived with something to prove. A 31-point defeat has a way of clarifying what a team lacks, and for Detroit — despite Cade Cunningham's luminous 39-point debut — the absence of support, composure, and defensive discipline revealed the fragility beneath their top-seed standing. Game 2 becomes less a basketball game than a referendum on whether this young Pistons team can absorb adversity and respond, or whether th