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The Valenti Show

How Important Is Game 3 For The Pistons?

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Do the Pistons need to win Game 3 against the Magic in order to win the series?

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0:00.0

Okay, hour one, we talked a lot about last night with the draft.

0:04.3

We will look forward to hour two.

0:05.8

You can use odyssey.com rewind.

0:08.1

Going to bring up the pistons because I don't know.

0:11.8

You tell me if you disagree with it.

0:13.4

I know trends don't define everything.

0:16.5

But if a series is tied at one, the winner of game three wins 80% of the time.

0:22.1

And as you go to Orlando, you're not a 10 or a 9 or an 8-point favorite.

0:28.0

Somehow, some way, after what you did to Orlando coming out of halftime with one of the greatest

0:33.1

playoff runs in the history of the NBA, I've just never seen a 30 to 6 run.

0:37.7

You just don't see it.

0:39.6

I don't care if Michigan was playing the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

0:43.2

You don't see that.

0:46.2

You're a two and a half point favorite.

0:49.4

I would love to hear from Piston fans.

0:52.0

Now, again, game two was weird. They can announce whatever

0:56.5

crowd they want. There were plenty of empty seats. Ticket prices were coming down. You want to tell

1:01.0

me it's because the Tigers were at home. I'll tell you it's an April baseball game. This is a

1:05.0

playoff game. I'm not buying that. But if you're a Piston fan, what's your confidence level? We all talked about it, RICO. For me, I was like, I expect you to play best game of your season. They played the best seven minutes of their season. The first half, I don't know what I was watching. Yeah, it was tied up, yeah. It was gross. It was 45, 45, and it was disgusting basketball. But that third quarter, they dropped a bomb on this team.

1:27.8

But you know what it is, to me, what that number is saying?

1:33.0

Honestly, if you, I'm not taking away a 30 to 6 run.

1:36.6

That's not what I'm doing.

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