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Pistons Are Who We Thought They Were & NBA Officiating Problem

Locked On NBA – Daily Podcast On The National Basketball Association

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🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Detroit Pistons dominate the Orlando Magic with a third-quarter surge—does Cade Cunningham’s all-around brilliance mark a series turning point? Wes Goldberg, Matt Moore and Haize break down the Pistons’ Game 2 win, spotlighting Cade Cunningham’s efficient 27-point, 11-assist effort and key contributions from Jalen Duren and Ausar Thompson. The conversation explores Orlando’s shooting woes, questions about their ability to bounce back at home, and whether this was just a bad run or a sign of deeper problems for the Magic’s offense.

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0:00.0

Coming up on Locked-on NBA Daily, the Pistons beat the magic in game two, but was one third-quarter run enough to swing the series back in their favor?

0:09.3

Meanwhile, players and coaches keep complaining about the officiating in the playoffs.

0:12.8

Does the NBA have a problem that it needs to address?

0:15.3

And finally, we'll talk about what adjustments the Knicks and Nuggets can make to bounce back in their games tonight.

0:20.2

Locked on NBA Daily starts now.

0:28.4

You are locked on NBA, your daily NBA podcast.

0:33.2

Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day.

0:55.9

Hello and welcome back to Lockdown NBA Daily. I'm Wes Goldberg. That's Matt Moran Hayes. We have a great show for you today. Make-A-Take-It is back, and I'm going to ask the guys if they think the NBA has an officiating problem and their thoughts on six men of the year. We're also going to look ahead to tonight's games and one adjustment that we think each team needs to make. But let's start with the Pistons win over the magic last night to even the series at 1-1. After a bad game one performance, the Pistons looked a lot more like themselves. Here's Cooke-Kill with more from the Pistons side of things. obviously we got to talk about Kate Cunningham, who I think,

1:12.0

I think,

1:18.1

I think this game Cade just played was a better game than the one he played in the first game.

1:23.1

Because a lot of his impact in that first game that they lost was in the second half.

1:26.5

First half, I thought Cade was flat out bad in that first quarter, in that first half.

1:32.2

A lot of turnovers, tough shots, wasn't getting't getting clean looks this game I think he was excellent from start to finish not only in the offensive event he had 27 points on an 11 assists six rebounds on

1:38.6

11 of 19 shooting he was very efficient this game played a very good game offensively was

1:42.9

dissecting the magic half court, especially in the second half,

1:46.9

was creating open shots, got Dern going in that third quarter,

1:50.1

got him a few easy looks underneath the basket to get his confidence going.

1:53.5

He was fantastic, obviously, offensively.

1:56.1

But defensively, he was completely locked in.

2:01.5

So let's get into this game. Matt, what was the biggest difference for you between the

2:05.5

Pistons in game one and in game two? The real Orlando magic showed up. That's, that's who they are.

2:12.6

I was, I last night when I saw that their offense fall apart as they shot 32.5% from the field, I did the Leo DeCaprio meme.

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