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Pistons Fans Troll Magic With Angel Reese Chant in Game 7 Win
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Fox NewsMay 4
Pistons fans chant 'Angel Reese' at Wendell Carter Jr. during Game 7 blowout win over Orlando Magic
There is home-court advantage, and then there is the Angel Reese treatment.In a winner-take-all Game 7 that felt like a messy episode of "Love & Basketball", Detroit Pistons fans turned Little Caesars Arena into a house of psychological warfare.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON'T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!The target was Orlando Magic center Wendell Carter Jr.The weapon was his own girlfriend.As the Magic big man stepped to the stripe during Detroit’s 116-94 blowout win, a deafening chant of "AN-GEL RE-ESE" rained from the rafters.The backstory is all soap opera.Before dating Carter Jr., Reese was linked to Pistons star Jalen Duren.The blood boiled over during this series when Angel Reese posted Instagram highlights of Carter Jr. dunking on Duren, captioned: "PLAY THE SONGGGGG."PACERS' GAME 1 HERO'S GIRLFRIEND TAKES SHOT AT KNICKS AFTER PLAYOFF COLLAPSEPistons fans did not forget. And the tactic worked.While Duren played like a man possessed with a 15-point and 15-rebound double-double, Carter Jr. looked rattled. Angel Reese of the Atlanta Dream reacts to a foul against the Washington Mystics in the second quarter of a preseason game at Gateway Center Arena in College Park, Ga., on May 3, 2026. (Paras Griffin/Getty Images) Jalen
NewsweekMay 4
Pistons Fans Troll Magic With Angel Reese Chant in Game 7 Win
The Detroit Pistons had their home arena rocking as they surged to a double-digit lead going into halftime, and rode that all the way through the second half to a huge Game 7 win.Cade Cunningham scored 32 points to go with 12 assists, while teammate Tobias Harris chipped in 30 points and nine rebounds. Jalen Duren also powered his team in the paint with an impressive 15-point, 15-rebound performance that this Pistons team needed.A 51 percent field goal shooting performance featured the Pistons connecting on 16-of-33 three-pointers, while limiting the visiting Orlando Magic to 10-of-30 three-pointers and a 41 percent overall shooting percentage.And with their team on the verge of ousting Paolo Banchero and his No. 8-seeded Magic, Pistons fans unloaded with a merciless chant to roast one of Orlando's biggest recent fans.Read more: Jayson Tatum Reacts to Missing Celtics’ Game 7 With ‘Unfortunate’ Injury..."Angel Reese, Angel Reese," rang out throughout the arena, as fans repeatedly chanted the name of the famous WNBA star. Reese famously showed her fandom throughout this series, drawing attention to a highlight play by one of the Magic players against the Pistons.Specifically, Reese went on her Instagram Story after Orlando won an earlier game in