Two second round series kicked off last night. Neither was very close.

Detroit 91, Orlando 72: It was a 1-point game at the half. The Magic just couldn’t hold as the Pistons slowly crushed them. The Pistons were their usual balanced selves with 5 players in double figures. Chauncey Billups and Rip Hamilton combined for had 36. For Orlando, Dwight Howard was pretty quiet with 12 points and 8 rebounds before he bruised his left thumb. Hedo and Rashard Lewis each scored 18 for the Magic who only hit 2 of 15 from distance. That combined with Howard’s quiet game makes for quite the-chicken-or-the-egg discussion.

New Orleans 101, San Antonio 82: Did Shaq and Amare really tire out Tim Duncan that much in a fairly short 5 game series? Duncan was 1-9 from the field and only scored 5 points. Duncan only had 2 rebounds and 1 foul in 37 minutes. This is not a good sign for the Spurs. On the other side of things, Tyson Chandler scored 10 points and had 15 rebounds. Parker and Ginobili led the way for the Spurs (23 and 19 respectively). Then there was the would-be-MVP who scored 17 points, handed out 13 assists and stared down Bruce Bowen at every opportunity. Paul even threw a “flop” in for good measure. David West scored 30 to lead all scorers in scoring.

Both Game 2’s are Monday evening.