(TNS) — Before Friday’s matchup between the Magic and the Pistons inside Little Caesars Arena, Orlando coach Jamahl Mosley was asked whether or not the contest felt similar to a playoff setting due to the stakes of the NBA Cup.

“A little bit,” Mosley said at the time.

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