Pistons win Game 7, 116-94

The Pistons finally have a playoff breakthrough — and it was not subtle. Detroit crushed Orlando 116-94 in Game 7 on Sunday, May 3, at Little Ca(espn.com)es win. The big deal is not just that Detroit advanced. It’s that a No. 1 seed that looked shaky two games ago suddenly looked composed, physical, and completely in control when the pressure was highest. (espn.com) ### How did Detroit win this so comfortably? Detroit’s two best offensive engines showed up at (espn.com)nine rebounds. That gave the Pistons 62 points from the pair — enough to keep Orlando chasing all afternoon. (gmanetwork.com) ### Why does the Harris game matter so much? Because this wasn’t just a Cade rescue mission. Orlando could load up on Cunningham earlier in the series and dare someone else to punish it. In Game 7, Harris did exactly that. Whe(espn.com)r, and Cunningham gets cleaner reads. (nytimes.com) ### What flipped after Detroit went down 3-1? Basically, the series stopped looking fragile and started looking grown up. Detroit won thre(gmanetwork.com)hat matters because playoff comebacks like this usually require more than one hot night — they require a real adjustment and a team that doesn’t panic. (mlive.com) ### Was Orlando actually bad in Game 7? Not exactly. Paolo Banchero still erupted for 38 po(nytimes.com)lanced attack, and once the Pistons opened the game up, Orlando never found enough secondary offense or enough stops to make Banchero’s scoring feel dangerous late. (nba.com) ### Why is this such a big Detroit moment? Because the drought was real. Detroit had not won a playoff series since 2008, and the franchise had spent year(mlive.com)re now has an actual postseason marker — not “interesting,” not “ahead of schedule,” but through to the second round. (espn.com) ### What does this say about Cunningham? It says he handled the hardest version of the job. Plenty of stars put up numbers in Games 1 through 6. Game 7 is different —(nba.com)ill gave Detroit scoring and table-setting, which is exactly what a franchise centerpiece is supposed to do in a pressure game. That’s why this performance is landing as a statement, not just a stat line. (gmanetwork.com) ### What happens next? Detroit moves on to the Eastern Conference (espn.com)is series is immediate — no long runway, no time to bask in the nostalgia. The Pistons got their breakthrough. Now they have to prove it wasn’t the finish line. (nba.com) ### Bottom line This was the kind of win that changes how a team is talked about. Detroit didn’t just advance. The Pistons buried a long playoff stigma, did it from 3-1 down, and got a pressure-game masterpiece from the players they most needed to trust. (espn.com)