Boston Celtics – Orlando Magic · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 9 November 2025

BOS111–107ORL

Is it worth watching?

Highly recommended

It was more exciting than 95% of NBA games since 2017

· The win probability swung between the two teams 35 times
· It stayed close for almost the whole game

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 winsBOS wins ↓

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

This is how the game was decided.

Jaylen Brown decided it, the Boston Celtics player with the most points (27, with 5 rebounds and 1 assists; -17 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Hugo González's (+19). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

Orlando Magic 107-111 Boston Celtics (November 9, 2025) was not decided in the closing minutes: the Boston Celtics went ahead for good in the fourth quarter (8:27 left), with a three-pointer by Hugo González for 88-85, and never gave up the lead.

The biggest run of Orlando Magic 107-111 Boston Celtics (November 9, 2025) was a 13-0 run by the Boston Celtics in the fourth quarter (from 8:59 to 5:50), from 83-85 to 96-85. The Orlando Magic' best was a 8-0 run in the first quarter (from 11:34 to 10:35), from 0-0 to 8-0.

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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.

This is how the two teams compared in passes and jump shots.

Boston made 283 passes and Orlando made 271.
BOS 283271 ORL
Boston made 24 of 60 jump shots and Orlando made 17 of 49.
BOS24/60
ORL17/49

Passes come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game: each team's total adds up its players' passes. Jump shots come from ESPN's play-by-play: every field-goal attempt ESPN logs as a jump shot counts, threes included.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · BOS

White · Brown · Pritchard · Garza · Walsh

Closing lineup · ORL

Wagner · Bane · Banchero · Carter · Suggs

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BOS

Derrick White

36′ · -4

Jaylen Brown

34′ · -15

Payton Pritchard

33′ · +2

Neemias Queta

26′ · 0

Josh Minott

16′ · -17

Anfernee Simons

23′ · +9

Luka Garza

17′ · +9

Sam Hauser

17′ · +6

Jordan Walsh

26′ · +13

Hugo Gonzalez

13′ · +19

ORL

Franz Wagner

37′ · +4

Desmond Bane

35′ · +11

Paolo Banchero

35′ · +7

Wendell Carter Jr.

32′ · -3

Jalen Suggs

29′ · +21

Tristan da Silva

23′ · -2

Anthony Black

20′ · -25

Goga Bitadze

15′ · -6

Jonathan Isaac

4′ · -13

Tyus Jones

10′ · -14

Noah Penda

0′ · 0

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

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Boston Celtics

Brown, White, Queta, Pritchard, and Minott played 10.7 minutes together.
Brown, Simons, Garza, Hauser, and Walsh played 4.6 minutes together.
Brown, White, Simons, Garza, and Hauser played 4.4 minutes together.

The plus-minus of each Boston Celtics lineup is not shown: its rotation stints do not add up with each other.

Orlando Magic

Carter, Bane, Wagner, Suggs, and Banchero played 17.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 17 points.
Bitadze, Bane, Banchero, Black, and da Silva played 6.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.
Jones, Bitadze, Wagner, Black, and da Silva played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.

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Boston Celtics

Simons, Queta, Pritchard, Walsh, and Gonzalez played 4.1 minutes together.
Brown, White, Queta, Pritchard, and Hauser played 3.7 minutes together.
White, Queta, Pritchard, Walsh, and Gonzalez played 3.6 minutes together.
White, Pritchard, Garza, Walsh, and Gonzalez played 3.4 minutes together.
Brown, White, Pritchard, Garza, and Walsh played 2.8 minutes together.
Brown, White, Simons, Queta, and Walsh played 1.5 minutes together.
Brown, White, Simons, Queta, and Hauser played 1.5 minutes together.
Simons, Pritchard, Minott, Walsh, and Gonzalez played 1.4 minutes together.
Brown, White, Simons, Pritchard, and Minott played 1.4 minutes together.
White, Simons, Garza, Hauser, and Walsh played 1.3 minutes together.

Orlando Magic

Jones, Bitadze, Wagner, Suggs, and da Silva played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Carter, Bane, Wagner, Banchero, and da Silva played 2.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 2 points.
Bitadze, Bane, Suggs, Banchero, and da Silva played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Jones, Isaac, Carter, Wagner, and Black played 2.2 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 12 points.
Carter, Bane, Wagner, Black, and da Silva played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Jones, Carter, Wagner, Suggs, and Banchero played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Carter, Bane, Wagner, Banchero, and Black played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Carter, Bane, Banchero, Black, and da Silva played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Bane, Wagner, Suggs, Banchero, and da Silva played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Isaac, Carter, Wagner, Suggs, and Black played 1.3 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.

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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.

Franz Wagner covered 4.38 km, more than anyone in the game.

Derrick White touched the ball 93 times, a game high.
Derrick White made 69 passes, a game high.
Derrick White defended 7 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 4.
Neemias Queta had 18 rebound chances, a game high.

▸See what was measured for each player

Boston Celtics

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Derrick White	4.30	7.3	93	69
Payton Pritchard	3.73	7.0	59	45
Jaylen Brown	3.57	6.5	66	30
Jordan Walsh	2.99	7.0	23	20
Neemias Queta	2.82	6.9	34	24
Anfernee Simons	2.69	7.2	48	30
Luka Garza	2.16	7.7	33	23
Sam Hauser	2.09	7.5	21	19
Josh Minott	1.87	7.1	16	13
Hugo González	1.54	7.6	12	10

Orlando Magic

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Franz Wagner	4.38	7.3	60	33
Desmond Bane	4.07	7.0	46	36
Paolo Banchero	3.73	6.6	76	49
Wendell Carter Jr.	3.43	6.6	40	26
Jalen Suggs	3.20	6.8	65

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

This is how each team's plays were shared among its players.

Boston Celtics

Player	Min	Usage (%)
Derrick White	36:26	26.2
Jaylen Brown	33:36	38.8
Payton Pritchard	33:03	14.7
Neemias Queta	25:44	15.5
Jordan Walsh	25:33	5.2
Anfernee Simons	22:41	30.8
Sam Hauser	17:23	4.5
Luka Garza	17:01	23.8
Josh Minott	15:59	5.4
Hugo González	12:36	7.7

Orlando Magic

Player	Min	Usage (%)
Franz Wagner	37:11	26.7
Desmond Bane	35:20	12.3
Paolo Banchero	34:38	33.3
Wendell Carter Jr.	31:45	18.2
Jalen Suggs	28:39	20.0
Tristan da Silva	22:58	20.8
Anthony Black	19:45	16.7
Goga Bitadze	14:53	6.5
Tyus Jones	10:14	4.8

Usage is the NBA's official figure (NBA.com) for this game: out of every 100 team plays while he was on the floor, how many he finished with a shot, a turnover or free throws.

Who guarded whom

Desmond Bane guarded Derrick White for 6.7 minutes, over 36 possessions.
In that time, Derrick White scored 10 points and made 3 of 7 shots.
Derrick White guarded Desmond Bane for 6.4 minutes, over 32 possessions.
In that time, Desmond Bane scored 2 points and made 1 of 3 shots.
Wendell Carter Jr. guarded Neemias Queta for 6.0 minutes, over 30 possessions.
In that time, Neemias Queta scored 1 point and made 0 of 2 shots.

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Boston Celtics defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
White	Bane	6.4	32	2 (1/3)
Queta	Carter	5.9	28	10 (3/5)
Brown	Wagner	5.1	22	7 (2/4)
Pritchard	Suggs	4.4	23	10 (3/3)
Walsh	Banchero	3.4	15	6 (2/3)
Simons	Black	3.3	16	2 (1/1)
Hauser	da Silva	3.1	15	3 (1/2)
Minott	Banchero	2.8	14	0 (0/1)
Garza	Carter	2.3	11	2 (1/4)
Walsh	Wagner	2.2	12	0 (0/0)
Pritchard	Bane	2.2	11	0 (0/1)
Garza	Bitadze	2.1	10	0 (0/0)
Brown	Banchero	2.1	11	0 (0/4)
González	Wagner	2.0	11	0 (0/0)

Orlando Magic defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Bane	White	6.7	36	10 (3/7)
Carter	Queta	6.0	30	1 (0/2)
Wagner	Brown	5.3	26	4 (0/6)
Suggs	Pritchard	4.7	23	3 (1/2)
da Silva	Hauser	4.0	17	0 (0/1)

Matchups come from the NBA's tracking (NBA.com) for this game: how long each defender guarded each attacker and what the attacker produced in that time. Only matchups of two minutes or more are shown.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2025-26 regular season, not this game.

Boston Celtics

Jaylen Brown recovered 0.8 loose balls per game over his 71 games.
He ranks 13 of 399 in the league.
Neemias Queta contested 7.8 shots per game over his 76 games.
He ranks 24 of 399 in the league.
Derrick White drew 0.10 charges per game over his 77 games.
He ranks 29 of 399 in the league.

Orlando Magic

Jalen Suggs deflected 3.4 passes per game over his 57 games.
He ranks 16 of 399 in the league.
Desmond Bane recovered 0.7 loose balls per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 22 of 399 in the league.
Anthony Black deflected 3.0 passes per game over his 64 games.
He ranks 25 of 399 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 68 of their 160 games against the Boston Celtics.

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Game context

Attendance

18.096

96% of capacity

Kia Center · Orlando

Scoring

218

combined points

13.2 below the season average (231.2)