Philadelphia 76ers – Orlando Magic · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 9 February 2017

PHI112–111ORL

Is it worth watching?

There is no sufficient win-probability curve for this game, so it cannot be rated

It measures how much the win probability moved during the game —without looking at who won or at the score— and compares it with the 10,950 NBA games with a curve since 2017. “Highly recommended” is the most intense 20%, “recommended” runs from 50% to 80%, and “skippable” is the rest. Source: ESPN.

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when ORL leads and falls when PHI does.

This is how the game was decided.

Dario Saric decided it, the Philadelphia 76ers player with the most points (26, with 8 rebounds and 1 assists; +25 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Nik Stauskas's (+26). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Orlando Magic 111-112 Philadelphia 76ers (February 9, 2017) was hit by T.J. McConnell: a jump shot with 5.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Philadelphia 76ers up 112-111. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Orlando Magic 111-112 Philadelphia 76ers (February 9, 2017) was a 9-0 run by the Orlando Magic in the first quarter (from 7:03 to 6:07), from 12-6 to 21-6. The Philadelphia 76ers' best was a 9-0 run in the second quarter (from 3:00 to 2:24), from 38-42 to 47-42.

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Play: TJ McConnell makes two point shot.

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

T.J. McConnell decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 5 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is the only game he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games McConnell decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

9 February 2017 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:400900200:635; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2016-17 regular season, not this game.

Philadelphia 76ers

Ersan Ilyasova drew 0.44 charges per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 1 of 371 in the league.
Robert Covington deflected 4.2 passes per game over his 67 games.
He ranks 1 of 371 in the league.
T.J. McConnell deflected 3.4 passes per game over his 81 games.
He ranks 8 of 371 in the league.

Orlando Magic

Serge Ibaka contested 11.7 shots per game over his 79 games.
He ranks 16 of 371 in the league.
Elfrid Payton recovered 1.3 loose balls per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 18 of 371 in the league.
Evan Fournier recovered 1.2 loose balls per game over his 68 games.
He ranks 21 of 371 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Orlando Magic have won 69 of their 120 games against the Philadelphia 76ers.

69-51record of the Orlando Magic · NBA 1996-97 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 1996-97 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

17.829

94.6% of capacity

Kia Center · Orlando

Scoring

223

combined points

11.8 above the season average (211.2)