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Before Friday’s matchup between the Magic and the Pistons inside Little Caesars Arena, Orlando coach Jamahl Mosley was asked whether or not the contest felt similar to a playoff setting due to the stakes of the NBA Cup.

“A little bit,” Mosley said at the time.

He wasn’t far off when the Magic and the Pistons battled back and forth all night in downtown Detroit until the closing moments when Orlando was able to escape with a 112-109 victory and secure their spot in the Cup quarterfinals.

Desmond Bane scored a season-high 37 points, Franz Wagner had 21 and Anthony Black added 16 off the bench in the 3-point win. Black blocked Detroit sharpshooter Duncan Robinson’s 3-point attempt with less than a second left in the game.

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