Phoenix Suns – Orlando Magic · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 24 March 2021

PHX111–112ORL

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 81% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 21 times

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.

↑ ORL winsPHX wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Nikola Vučević decided it, the Orlando Magic player with the most points (27, with 14 rebounds and 4 assists; -5 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Dwayne Bacon's (+21). 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 112-111 Phoenix Suns (March 24, 2021) was hit by Evan Fournier: a layup with 6.4 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Orlando Magic up 112-111. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Orlando Magic 112-111 Phoenix Suns (March 24, 2021) was a 11-0 run by the Phoenix Suns between the second quarter and the third quarter, from 52-59 to 63-59. The Orlando Magic' best was a 8-0 run in the second quarter (from 2:52 to 2:02), from 51-52 to 59-52.

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Play: Evan Fournier makes driving layup.

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.

Evan Fournier decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 6.4 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 3 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Fournier 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.

24 March 2021 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401307458:626; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · PHX

Ayton · Booker · Paul · Bridges · Crowder

Closing lineup · ORL

Gordon · Vucevic · Fournier · Aminu · Carter-Williams

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PHX

Deandre Ayton

34′ · +10

Devin Booker

32′ · +6

Chris Paul

32′ · +3

Mikal Bridges

31′ · +9

Jae Crowder

29′ · +10

Cameron Payne

18′ · -10

Cameron Johnson

19′ · -3

Dario Saric

14′ · -11

Torrey Craig

19′ · -11

Langston Galloway

11′ · -8

ORL

Aaron Gordon

34′ · -2

Nikola Vucevic

34′ · -5

Evan Fournier

33′ · -14

Al-Farouq Aminu

28′ · 0

Michael Carter-Williams

23′ · -6

James Ennis III

27′ · +6

Chuma Okeke

20′ · +1

Dwayne Bacon

24′ · +21

Khem Birch

14′ · +6

Chasson Randle

3′ · -2

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. PHX and ORL.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Phoenix Suns

Paul, Booker, Bridges, Ayton, and Crowder played 21.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Payne, Craig, Johnson, Saric, and Galloway played 7.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Booker, Payne, Craig, Bridges, and Ayton played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

Orlando Magic

Aminu, Vucevic, Fournier, Carter-Williams, and Gordon played 9.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 9 points.
Bacon, Aminu, Fournier, Birch, and Gordon played 8.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Bacon, Aminu, Vucevic, Carter-Williams, and Ennis played 5.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.

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Phoenix Suns

Paul, Craig, Johnson, Saric, and Galloway played 3.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Paul, Booker, Craig, Johnson, and Saric played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Booker, Payne, Ayton, Johnson, and Crowder played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Paul, Payne, Bridges, Ayton, and Crowder played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Paul, Bridges, Ayton, Johnson, and Crowder played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Booker, Payne, Bridges, Ayton, and Crowder played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Paul, Craig, Ayton, Johnson, and Galloway played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

Orlando Magic

Okeke, Vucevic, Fournier, Ennis, and Gordon played 4.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Aminu, Vucevic, Fournier, Ennis, and Gordon played 4.4 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Okeke, Vucevic, Fournier, Carter-Williams, and Ennis played 3.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Okeke, Vucevic, Fournier, Carter-Williams, and Gordon played 3.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Randle, Bacon, Okeke, Ennis, and Birch played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Bacon, Okeke, Ennis, Birch, and Gordon played 2.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Bacon, Okeke, Vucevic, Ennis, and Gordon played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Bacon, Okeke, Vucevic, Carter-Williams, and Ennis played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Evan Fournier covered 4.07 km, more than anyone in the game.

Chris Paul touched the ball 80 times, a game high.
Chris Paul made 57 passes, a game high.
Al-Farouq Aminu defended 5 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 3.
Nikola Vučević had 18 rebound chances, a game high.

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Phoenix Suns

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Devin Booker	4.02	7.0	55	25
Mikal Bridges	4.01	7.3	34	21
Deandre Ayton	3.80	6.3	45	30
Chris Paul	3.60	6.2	80	57
Jae Crowder	3.35	6.5	44	34
Torrey Craig	2.41	7.2	25	16
Cameron Johnson	2.38	7.3	23	18
Cameron Payne	2.16	7.0	41	36
Dario Saric	1.69	6.9	26	20
Langston Galloway	1.40	7.3	12	7

Orlando Magic

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Evan Fournier	4.07	7.0	41	21
Aaron Gordon	4.02	6.7	66	44
Nikola Vučević	3.54	5.9	74	53
James Ennis III	3.54	7.3	24	16
Al-Farouq Aminu	3.41	7.2	43

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2020-21 regular season, not this game.

Phoenix Suns

Deandre Ayton contested 13.2 shots per game over his 69 games.
He ranks 5 of 364 in the league.
Chris Paul recovered 1.1 loose balls per game over his 70 games.
He ranks 11 of 364 in the league.
Cameron Payne drew 0.14 charges per game over his 59 games.
He ranks 40 of 364 in the league.

Orlando Magic

Michael Carter-Williams drew 0.26 charges per game over his 31 games.
He ranks 12 of 364 in the league.
Nikola Vučević contested 8.8 shots per game over his 70 games.
He ranks 32 of 364 in the league.
Chuma Okeke deflected 2.2 passes per game over his 45 games.
He ranks 50 of 364 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 31 of their 73 games against the Phoenix Suns.

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Game context

Attendance

3891

20.6% of capacity

Kia Center · Orlando

Scoring

223

combined points

1.2 below the season average (224.2)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

18 calls reviewed0 no admitted errors