TONIGHT: Detroit Pistons, 8

WHERE: Palace at Auburn Hills.

RECORDS: Magic 31-26; Pistons 32-23.

BROADCAST: TV -- WRBW-Ch. 65. Radio -- 580 AM (WDBO) in Orlando; Spanish-language coverage on 1440 AM (WPRD).

PROBABLE STARTERS: Magic -- F Mike Miller (6-8), F Pat Garrity (6-9), C Horace Grant (6-10), G Tracy McGrady (6-8), G Darrell Armstrong (6-1). Pistons -- F Michael Curry (6-5), F Ben Wallace (6-9), C Clifford Robinson (6-10), G Jerry Stackhouse (6-6), G Chucky Atkins (5-11).

PISTONS UPDATE: Detroit also is a team on the rise, playing surprisingly well this season when not much was expected. The Pistons are challenging Milwaukee at the top of the Central.

MAGIC UPDATE: This is a team with growing confidence. The Magic have won six of eight since the all-star break, and they are coming off back-to-back victories in Chicago and Toronto.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR: The Magic were hammered around the basket Wednesday in Toronto, and it could be more of the same tonight.