The Orlando Magic dropped back-to-back games, most recently falling to the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons 106-92 behind a 29-point performance from Cade Cunningham.

The Magic controlled much of the game before a rough third quarter swung momentum. Detroit outscored Orlando 31-18 in the frame. The bigger issue came with ball security. Orlando committed 19 turnovers, including nine from forward Paolo Banchero. He said he tried to find teammates but needed to stay more aggressive.

"Yeah, definitely thought we had too many turnovers,” Banchero said. “I had too many turnovers. Just gave them too many opportunities…I think it was a couple bad passes, trying to give it up to my teammates when maybe I should have just shot it. A couple of those travel over and back calls. Just a bad night. Last game had no turnovers. This game had nine. So pretty frustrating."

“I mean I only took 10 shots,” Banchero added. “So I think I could have been a lot more aggressive. Could have looked to score a lot more, but I did a great job getting downhill in the first half and second half our offense just got stagnant. And I think that me having nine turnovers just wasn't a good enough effort by me.”

It wasn’t just the turnovers that put the Magic in a deficit, but Detroit’s ability to capitalize on them. The Pistons converted those mistakes into 26 points, which proved to be the difference in the loss. Coach Jamahl Mosley said giving up that many points off sloppy errors is a recipe for disaster.

“26 points off turnovers,” Mosley said. “That's what they did. We talked about it before the game, showed the film—they reach, they grab, they swipe at the ball. We were too loose with it in a lot of these moments. But you got to give Detroit a ton of credit. That's the reason why they're the number one team in the East—because they get after it physically, they get after it defensively. We've got to do a much better job of valuing the possessions in a game like this. You hold a team to 106, but you gave them 26 of them."

Despite Banchero’s team-high nine turnovers, Mosley credited the Pistons’ defensive pressure and active hands for disrupting the offense and affecting Banchero’s decision-making in the loss.

" I think tonight you just have to credit Detroit with so much of it because of how they play,” Mosley added. “There's a reason why they lead the league in points off turnovers, top five in deflections and steals. They're getting their hand on the basketball at all times. When we get downhill, we have to know guys are reaching and swiping. The moment you turn your back, you're going to have three guys ready to take the basketball from you. We've got to create pockets and open space for guys to be able to have outlets. Then we just got to be tighter with the basketball."

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