Turkoglu had 18 points, nine rebounds and seven assists for the Magic. Dwight Howard, Rashard Lewis and Jameer Nelson each had 14 points.

Nelson had guaranteed his team would extend the series with a win.

“We played them tough,” Nelson said. “If there’s anyone in their locker room who didn’t think this was tough, they don’t know what tough is.”

Howard also had 17 rebounds and three blocks, but his night was marred by going 6-of-15 at the line.

Orlando was in the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 1996.

Lewis had as many missed shots (four) as turnovers in a scoreless first.

When he finally scored midway through the second quarter, his hook capped a 10-2 run that put Orlando ahead 33-27.

Detroit then went on a 16-3 run, and took a 47-41 lead into halftime.

The Pistons enjoyed quite an advantage at the line.

The Magic carried a 68-65 lead into the final period but struggled at the start of the fourth. After Lewis made two free throws in the opening seconds, Orlando went scoreless for nearly 7 minutes as the Pistons went ahead on Stuckey’s steal and layup during a McDyess-led 13-0 run that put them ahead 78-70.

The Magic still wouldn’t go away until fading in the final seconds.

“We played good basketball for three quarters and then we didn’t get it done,” Howard said.

Notes: With his 11th point, Hamilton broke Isiah Thomas’ career playoff scoring record of 2,261 points and he did it in 110 games — one fewer than Thomas needed to set the mark. “That’s a great honor because Isiah is Detroit basketball,” Hamilton said. “To pass one of his records is crazy because I haven’t been here that long.” ... Hamilton is four games away from breaking Bill Laimbeer’s franchise record of 113 playoff appearances. ... Saunders said McDyess was told as he was arriving at the arena that his 84-year-old grandmother, Beatrice Harris, had died. “She was my mother, basically,” McDyess said. “The most important thing for me is that she had an opportunity to see me play in the league and I had the opportunity to take away all of her worries financially.” ... Lewis had six turnovers while Turkoglu and Howard each had five.

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