Detroit Pistons – Orlando Magic · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 23 February 2023

DET106–108ORL

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 92% of NBA games since 2017

· It was still open in the final minutes
· The win probability swung between the two teams 16 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 winsDET wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Franz Wagner decided it, the Orlando Magic player with the most points (21, with 5 rebounds and 1 assists; +11 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Markelle Fultz's (+17). 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 108-106 Detroit Pistons (February 23, 2023) was hit by Wendell Carter Jr.: a putback with 0.0 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Orlando Magic up 108-106. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Orlando Magic 108-106 Detroit Pistons (February 23, 2023) was a 14-0 run by the Detroit Pistons in the third quarter (from 4:33 to 2:15), from 59-72 to 73-72. The Orlando Magic' best was a 11-0 run in the third quarter (from 7:40 to 6:36), from 52-56 to 63-56.

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Play: Wendell Carter Jr. makes tip 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.

Wendell Carter Jr. decided this game: his points put his team ahead at the buzzer of the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 4 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Carter 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.

23 February 2023 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401469043:686; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · DET

Hayes · Bogdanovic · Stewart · Burks · Livers

Closing lineup · ORL

Banchero · Carter · Wagner · Fultz · Harris

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DET

Killian Hayes

32′ · -2

Jaden Ivey

31′ · -13

Bojan Bogdanovic

29′ · -14

Isaiah Stewart

27′ · -14

Jalen Duren

23′ · -16

James Wiseman

24′ · +16

Alec Burks

19′ · +13

Isaiah Livers

22′ · +4

Hamidou Diallo

20′ · +15

Cory Joseph

15′ · +1

ORL

Paolo Banchero

32′ · +9

Wendell Carter Jr.

32′ · +3

Franz Wagner

31′ · +11

Markelle Fultz

30′ · +17

Gary Harris

28′ · +6

Jonathan Isaac

16′ · -7

Jalen Suggs

21′ · -6

Moritz Wagner

16′ · -1

Cole Anthony

18′ · -15

Bol Bol

16′ · -7

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Detroit Pistons

Hayes, Stewart, Ivey, Duren, and Bogdanovic played 16.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 16 points.
Diallo, Wiseman, Livers, Burks, and Joseph played 11.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Wiseman, Hayes, Stewart, Ivey, and Bogdanovic played 5.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.

Orlando Magic

Fultz, Carter, Wagner, Banchero, and Harris played 20.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 16 points.
Wagner, Bol, Anthony, Wagner, and Suggs played 7.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Isaac, Wagner, Bol, Anthony, and Suggs played 6.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

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Detroit Pistons

Hayes, Stewart, Livers, Ivey, and Duren played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Diallo, Wiseman, Livers, Ivey, and Joseph played 2.3 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Diallo, Hayes, Duren, Burks, and Bogdanovic played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Hayes, Stewart, Livers, Ivey, and Bogdanovic played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Diallo, Wiseman, Hayes, Livers, and Burks played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Diallo, Wiseman, Hayes, Burks, and Bogdanovic played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Wiseman, Stewart, Ivey, Burks, and Bogdanovic played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

Orlando Magic

Fultz, Isaac, Carter, Banchero, and Harris played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Fultz, Isaac, Carter, Suggs, and Banchero played 3.3 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Carter, Bol, Anthony, Wagner, and Harris played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Fultz, Isaac, Wagner, Suggs, and Banchero played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Isaac, Wagner, Anthony, Suggs, and Banchero played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.

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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.

Markelle Fultz covered 3.97 km, more than anyone in the game.

Markelle Fultz touched the ball 70 times, a game high.
Markelle Fultz made 51 passes, a game high.
Isaiah Livers defended 6 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 3.
Wendell Carter Jr. had 25 rebound chances, a game high.

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Detroit Pistons

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Jaden Ivey	3.86	6.9	54	33
Killian Hayes	3.81	6.6	64	45
Bojan Bogdanovic	3.41	6.6	36	20
Isaiah Stewart	3.23	6.6	35	26
James Wiseman	2.90	6.8	28	17
Isaiah Livers	2.69	6.8	24	17
Jalen Duren	2.62	6.5	32	25
Hamidou Diallo	2.53	7.0	37	25
Alec Burks	2.11	6.3	39	26
Cory Joseph	1.85	7.0	28	20

Orlando Magic

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Markelle Fultz	3.97	7.4	70	51
Franz Wagner	3.93	7.1	39	24
Paolo Banchero	3.81	6.6	49	31
Wendell Carter Jr.	3.60	6.3	56	37
Gary Harris	3.31	6.6	22

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 2022-23 regular season, not this game.

Detroit Pistons

Isaiah Stewart contested 10.8 shots per game over his 50 games.
He ranks 9 of 382 in the league.
Killian Hayes deflected 2.8 passes per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 14 of 382 in the league.
Jalen Duren contested 8.0 shots per game over his 67 games.
He ranks 32 of 382 in the league.

Orlando Magic

Moritz Wagner drew 0.30 charges per game over his 57 games.
He ranks 9 of 382 in the league.
Markelle Fultz recovered 0.9 loose balls per game over his 60 games.
He ranks 17 of 382 in the league.
Jalen Suggs deflected 2.4 passes per game over his 53 games.
He ranks 33 of 382 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 71 of their 160 games against the Detroit Pistons.

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Game context

Attendance

18.846

100% of capacity

Kia Center · Orlando

Scoring

214

combined points

15.4 below the season average (229.4)

⚖️ The last two minutes

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

17 calls reviewed2 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Personal · 00:49.3

Gary Harris → Bojan Bogdanovic

Harris (ORL) reaches in and initiates illegal arm contact with Bogdanovic (DET) prior to dislodging the ball during the rip-through.

Foul: Personal · 00:58.0

Gary Harris → Bojan Bogdanovic

Harris (ORL) reaches in and initiates contact with Bogdanovic's (DET) leg that affects his SQBR.