Michigan men's basketball team, Jared Goff cheering on Pistons in Game 2

Entering Wednesday night, none of the building's full-time tenants had won a playoff game at Little Caesars Arena. The Pistons have been skunked and the Red Wings, well, they have yet to even play a playoff game at LCA.

The Michigan men's basketball team perhaps was trying to provide some good juju for the Pistons in Game 2 of their first-round series against the Orlando Magic.

Members of the Michigan team, fresh off winning the program's second national championship earlier this month, were in attendance for the Pistons' playoff game, and they brought along their national-championship trophy.

Members of the Michigan men's basketball team, including head coach Dusty May, attend the Pistons playoff game Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit.

Michigan head coach Dusty May and many of the players were in attendance, including star players Yaxel Lendeborg and Elliot Cadeau, who was the Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Tournament.

The team, set up in a courtside suite, was introduced to the LCA crowd during an early break in Game 2.

The Pistons, the top seed in the Eastern Conference, were looking to bounce back from their 112-101 Game 1 loss to the Magic, the No. 8 seed. The Pistons were 0-6 in playoff games at LCA entering Wednesday. Little Caesars Arena opened in 2017.