Six former Michigan Wolverines made the NBA playoffs, with most of them being on the Orlando Magic. However, Tim Hardaway Jr.’s Detroit Pistons were the only ones to avoid the play-in tournament. To wind down the regular season, several guys had breakout games, and some of those performances mattered a great deal.
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Having locked up the No. 7 seed in the Eastern Conference and the top spot in the play-in tournament, Orlando decided to rest its starters for the last two games of the season.