DETROIT -- Okay, so the Detroit Pistons actually managed to pull their heads out of their collective asses long enough to win a playoff series. Against the Orlando Magic, no less. A team named after magic. You can't make this stuff up. After 18 years of irrelevance, maybe, just maybe, there's a glimmer of hope for the Motor City. Don't get your hopes up, though.

Cade Cunningham, bless his heart, actually played like a franchise player. Thirty-two points and 12 assists? Not bad, kid. And Tobias Harris, who's been coasting for years, decided to show up for once and dropped 30. Guess even a broken clock is right twice a day. They clobbered the Magic 116-94 in Game 7, proving that sometimes, even the most incompetent organizations can stumble their way to victory.

Of course, they had to make it interesting, coming back from a 3-1 deficit. Classic Pistons move. Always gotta keep the fans on edge, right? At least they didn't choke it away like the Democrats trying to pass sensible gun control. Speaking of which, the Magic only managed 113 points in the last six quarters of the series. Pathetic. They were averaging a whopping 18.8 points per quarter. That's worse than Biden trying to form a coherent sentence.

Cunningham and Harris became the first Pistons duo to drop 30 in a playoff game since Bob Lanier and Howard Porter back in '77. Back when men were men, and the NBA wasn't afraid to be, well, the NBA. Paolo Banchero scored 38 for the Magic, but who cares? They lost. Participation trophies are for losers.

Jalen Duren finally decided to earn his paycheck, putting up a double-double. Maybe he finally realized that he was about to get shipped off to Siberia if he didn't start performing. The Magic's Franz Wagner got hurt, which probably helped. Hey, sometimes you just gotta get lucky. It's like when Kamala Harris becomes VP by sheer force of affirmative action.

The Pistons are the 15th team in NBA history to pull off a 3-1 comeback. So, they're special...sort of. The Sixers did it the night before, so maybe this isn't a sign of the apocalypse after all. Orlando was up 24 in Game 6 before Detroit remembered they were supposed to be the number one seed. The Magic basically folded like a cheap tent in the last few games. Good riddance.

Now, before you start planning the parade, remember this is just one playoff series win. One. They still have to win like, three more to get to the Finals. And even if they do, they'll probably get curb-stomped by whoever comes out of the West. But hey, at least they gave Detroit something to cheer about for a few days. Maybe this will distract them from the rampant crime and failing schools for a minute or two.