Duncan Robinson Scores 7 as Pistons Fall 94-88 in Game 4

duncan robinson scored seven points in the Pistons' 94-88 Game 4 loss to the Magic on Monday, and Detroit never got the perimeter lift it needed from the forward it acquired last offseason. He finished 1-of-6 from three, played 29 minutes and was a team-worst minus-18.

Robinson's Game 4 line

J.B. Bickerstaff benched Robinson for the last nine minutes, then put him back in with 24.4 seconds remaining. That sequence captured how quickly Detroit pulled back from a player it expected to lean on as a playoff shooter.

Robinson's scoring stayed below double figures again. He has not hit 12 points in any of Detroit's four playoff games, and his playoff numbers have settled at nine points per game, 33.3% shooting from the field and 37% from three.

Detroit's outside shooting

The contrast with the regular season has been sharp. Robinson started all 77 games he played for Detroit and averaged 12.2 points while shooting 45.6% from the field and 41% from three, his best long-range mark since his second season in the league.

Those regular-season numbers are why his playoff line has drawn attention. Detroit brought him in via sign-and-trade last offseason expecting a reliable outside threat, but Game 4 left the Pistons without that answer for long stretches.

Cunningham and the offense

Robinson's off night came as Cade Cunningham again fought for efficiency. Cunningham shot 7-of-23 on Monday after going 8-of-23 in Game 3, and he did not make a shot in the fourth quarter.

Detroit's offense has needed Cunningham to score efficiently, and Monday added another layer of pressure on a group that is already searching for steadier shooting. Robinson's role was supposed to soften that load; instead, the Pistons left Orlando with the same problem they had when the game tightened.