Magic grind out another win to push No. 1 Pistons to brink - ESPN

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic are one win away from knocking off a No. 1 seed and winning their first playoff series in 16 years.

They're not celebrating yet.

Desmond Bane scored 22 points, Franz Wagner had 19 in three quarters and the Magic beat the Detroit Pistons 94-88 Monday night to take a 3-1 series lead, putting the East's No. 1 seed on the brink of elimination.

Game 5 is Wednesday night in Detroit.

«We put our ourselves in position to try to get four, but right now it means nothing,» Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said. «We have the advantage and now we have to try and make sure we keep that advantage.»

Orlando, which had to win an elimination game at home in the play-in tournament, is on the verge of becoming just the seventh No. 8 seed to defeat a No. 1 in a series in league history. It's happened only four times since the playoffs were expanded to a best-of-seven series for all rounds in 2003.

«This is a team that won 60 games. I'm sure they're not blinking an eye about not being able to win three games in a row,» Bane said. «They did it multiple times throughout the regular season.»

Paolo Banchero scored 18 points for the Magic on 4-of-18 shooting. Orlando shot just 32.6%, with Jalen Suggs going 1 for 13, including 1 for 11 from 3-point range.

The Magic overcame their shooting woes by protecting the ball. They had only 12 turnovers to 20 for Detroit.

Cade Cunningham led the Pistons with 25 points and Tobias Harris had 20. Cunningham had eight turnovers.

«We went into the series saying we needed to win a possession game,» Harris said. «That came down to the rebounding battle and also taking care of the basketball and in all of our losses that's what we haven't been at our best at. Obviously, we need to limit