2-21 Detroit 110 Orlando 88

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The Orlando Magic need to find a way to win on the road if they hope to end their three-year playoff drought.

It won't be easy, though, as they visit the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons on Wednesday in the first game of a home-and-home series.

The Magic (27-27) - who have not been to the playoffs since 2003 - got off to a fast start, winning they 14 of their first 19 games and going 7-4 in road games in that span.

Since then, not much has gone right for Orlando on the road. The Magic are just 2-13 away from Amway Arena since Dec. 6, and are now tied with Miami for the final playoff spot in the East.

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 21 (AP) -- The Detroit Pistons were in danger of letting another weaker team stay close.

Chauncey Billups talked them out of it.

Spurred on by Billups' pep talk, the Pistons put together a second-quarter rally and cruised to a 110-88 victory over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night.

The Pistons have won nine of 10, while Orlando has lost six straight on the road.

"We let Milwaukee stay in the game last night, and it looked like we were going to do that again tonight - we were turning the ball over and taking bad shots,'' said Billups, who finished with 17 points and seven assists.

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