A lane violation by Wendell Carter Jr on his second free throw cost the Magic a final opportunity to tie or win the game The Rockets secured the 117-113 victory after Amen Thompson sank free throws to ice it

Wendell Carter Jr hits a corner 3 the Magic put defensive pressure on the Pistons who turn the ball over twice and the Magic score on three consecutive possessions cutting the Pistons' lead to 14

LeBron James misses the 3-pointer to cut the Rockets lead to 1 and Jabari Smith Jr converts both clutch free throws to put the Rockets up 6 with 119 seconds remaining in regulation

Amen Thompson hits his second corner 3 of the night putting the Rockets up 10

Wendell Carter Jr with the putback dunk to put the Magic up 15 early in the 4th quarter Pistons timeout

Desmond Bane holds his left hamstring and is subbed out in crunch time Wendell Carter Jr grabs the offensive rebound gets fouled by Jalen Duren fouled out and splits the clutch free throws

Wendell Carter Jr gets blocked under the rim then dunks it over Isaiah Stewart on the putback but gets called for offensive interference as he was hanging on the rim while the ball rolled in Stewart claps in his face and Ausar acts as a peacemaker with a replay