Paolo Banchero and the Orlando Magic stunned the No. 1 seed with a 112-101 Game 1 road win, overcoming Cade Cunningham's 39-point performance.

Paolo Banchero had 23 points, nine rebounds and four assists to lead the eighth-seeded Orlando Magic to a 112-101 win over the top-seeded Detroit Pistons in Game 1 of their first-round series

Game 1 victory in Detroit over the Pistons. Paolo Banchero led all 5 Magic starters in double figures with 23 points.

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Paolo Banchero scored 25 points and the Orlando Magic built a 35-point lead in the first half on the way to a 121-90 rout of Charlotte Hornets in a play-in tournament game on Friday night and advanced

The Orlando Magic locked up the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference with a blowout of the Charlotte Hornets on Friday, April 17.

The Detroit Pistons have rebuilt their franchise in two years, coming back from one of the worst stretches in NBA history to earn top seeding in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Oddsmakers, though, are not expecting them to make a deep run,

Behind a dominant performance, the Magic defeated the Hornets in the play-in tournament on Friday to earn the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference.