Detroit Pistons ANNIHILATE Orlando Magic in HISTORIC 3rd Quarter Turnaround, OKC Thunder ROLL again

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4.2 • 987 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Detroit Pistons break their playoff home drought with a dominant third-quarter surge, stifling the Orlando Magic offense in a 97-83 win. Cade Cunningham leads a decisive turnaround as the Pistons’ relentless defense forces turnovers and fast break points, while Orlando’s shooting woes and limited playmaking expose their postseason vulnerabilities. Can the Magic recalibrate at home to keep this series competitive? Tony East and Ryan Blackburn analyze the Pistons’ championship credentials, Jalen Duren’s underwhelming performances, and the ongoing struggles for Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner. The discussion shifts to the Oklahoma City Thunder’s commanding victory over the Phoenix Suns, despite a concerning hamstring injury to Jalen Williams. Is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s brilliance and the Thunder’s disruptive bench enough to offset the loss? Plus, with several 1-1 first-round series, which favorites should worry about an upset as Game 3 looms? Don’t miss this high-stakes NBA playoff breakdown. Everydayer Club If you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-free audio, access to our members-only Discord, and more — all built for our most loyal fans. Click here to learn more and join your team’s community: https://lockedonpodcasts.com/everydayerclub Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! 5-Hour ENERGY Get candy-flavored chaos with Fruity Rainbow 5-hour ENERGY®️ Shots - available online at https://5hourENERGY.com or Amazon PrizePicks Download the PrizePicks app today and use code LOCKEDONNFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. Click Here: https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/LOCKEDONNBA Indeed Listeners of this show get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to help give your job the premium placement it deserves at http://Indeed.com/podcast Gametime Today's episode is brought to you by Gametime. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDON for $20 off your first purchase. Terms and conditions apply. FanDuel Today's episode is brought to you by FanDuel. Right now new customers can bet just five dollars and get two-hundred and fifty dollars in bonus bets if your first bet wins. Visit https://FANDUEL.COM to get started — Play Your Game. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)

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0:00.0	The Pistons get even and the thunder keep it rolling.
0:03.6	Big nights for the one seats outside of a J-dub injury.
0:07.8	Can any of these eight seats keep up?
0:09.5	And what is the hardest series to predict?
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0:20.0	All the postgame reactions to every game
0:22.3	across the league every single night with insights only the hosts that locked on can provide
0:28.0	it's the true NBA fans one stop for all the actions every game every night it's locked on
0:36.0	NBA game night tipping off now what now. What's up everybody? Happy Thursday and
0:41.3	welcome to lockdown NBA game now where you get the latest and great. It's from around the
0:44.9	association on the court every single day talking about the playoff games from April 22nd,
0:50.8	2026, where two one seeds showed why they are one seeds after one of them did not in the
0:55.9	first game Detroit absolutely smokes the Orlando magic a huge third quarter the sons
1:01.7	mostly smoke outside of Dylan Brooks going crazy down the stretch the Phoenix suns to take a commanding
1:06.6	to a lead and he had the biggest story of that game and maybe the night in general an injury
1:11.5	to jalen williams could that actually impact the thunder title defense well we don't really know
1:16.5	we didn't get good answers from around it we have a lot to get to i'm tony east i host i host on
1:19.7	pastures ryan blackburn from lockdown nuggets this year we might be talking about the nuggets later
1:23.5	ryan but we start in detroit where the pististons have done it, Ryan, for the first time
1:29.2	since they created their official team Twitter account. They have won a home NBA playoff
1:34.2	game. A massive 3816 third quarter was the difference after it was tied at halftime. Very
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