Pistons–Magic rivalry

The Pistons-Magic Rivalry or Magic-Pistons Rivalry refers to the rivalry between two teams in the National Basketball Association's Eastern Conference, the Detroit Pistons and the Orlando Magic. The rivalry peaked in the 2007 NBA Playoffs, featuring players such as Chauncey Billups, Rasheed Wallace, Dwight Howard, Richard Hamilton, Hedo Turkoglu, Tayshaun Prince, Rashard Lewis, and Jameer Nelson.These teams met in the NBA Playoffs two times in the past five seasons from 2007-2008, with the Magic winning none of them, and the Pistons coming out on top in both of them.

NBA Playoff Series

2007 Eastern Conference First Round

Game 1: ORL 92 DET 100
Game 2: ORL 90 DET 98
Game 3: DET 93 ORL 77
Game 4: DET 97 ORL 93

Detroit wins series 4-0.

2008 Eastern Conference Semifinals

Game 1: ORL 72 DET 91
Game 2: ORL 93 DET 100
Game 3: DET 86 ORL 111
Game 4: DET 90 ORL 89
Game 5: ORL 86 DET 91

Detroit wins series 4-1.

Regular season

2007

The Pistons swept the season series against the Magic 4-0, just like they did in the Playoffs that season.

2008

The series was tied 2-2.

2009

Despite the Magic adding Rafer Alston and rookie Courtney Lee, the Pistons still swept the series 2-0

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