This 2026 Playoff Series between the Orlando Magic and the Detroit Pistons is starting to strikingly resemble the 2003 Playoff Series between the Orlando Magic and the Detroit Pistons. After building 3-1 leads, each iteration of the Magic lost two straight, with Detroit forcing a Game 7 both times. Orlando wasted big scoring performances from Tracy McGrady back then, as the Magic did with Paolo Banchero in Game 5 this time around. In 2003, the series ended with a Detroit 3-1 comeback, securing Orlando's playoff collapse. Doc Rivers, Orlando's Head Coach at the time and former Coach of the Year by then, would be fired 11 games into the following season. What does 2026 have in store for Magic basketball fans? Will Detroit do the job again, hosting the Magic for Game 7 after stealing back home court advantage by winning Game 6 on the road? Or can Orlando surprise the basketball world one last time for one final twist of fate?…