{"id":233550,"date":"2026-04-16T00:51:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T00:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/233550\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T00:51:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T00:51:28","slug":"orlando-magic-to-face-philadelphia-76ers-in-play-in-tournament-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/233550\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Magic to face Philadelphia 76ers in play-in tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Orlando Magic to face Philadelphia 76ers in play-in tournament<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPARK EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT WAYMO TAKING PARKING SPOTS WHILE WAITING FOR RIDERS. TONIGHT, THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE IS A CITY OF A CRUCIAL SITE OF A CRUCIAL GAME FOR THE ORLANDO MAGIC. THAT\u2019S RIGHT, THE MAGIC ARE IN THE PLAY IN TOURNAMENT AGAINST THE 76 ERS, AND IF THEY WIN, THEY ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS NOW. IF THEY LOSE THEY\u2019LL GET ONE MORE CHANCE TO SAVE THEIR SEASON. DAREN STOLZFUS JOINS US IN STUDIO RIGHT NOW WITH THE PREVIEW. WE\u2019RE HOPING THAT THEY\u2019RE GOING TO GET THE W TONIGHT. WE\u2019LL SEE. IT\u2019S NOT AN ELIMINATION GAME TONIGHT IN PHILLY. SO THE MAGIC ARE PUTTING THEIR SEASON ON THE LINE. BUT A WIN DOES LOCK THEM INTO THE PLAYOFFS. THEY\u2019D BE THE SEVEN SEED IN THE EAST. THEY SET THEIR PLAYOFF DESTINATION AS BOSTON. BUT A LOSS MEANS FRIDAY THEY\u2019RE BACK HOME AGAINST THE CHARLOTTE HORNETS IN A GAME THAT WOULD BE WIN OR STAY HOME. THERE ARE MANY COULD AFFORD OR SHOULD HAVE MOMENTS FOR THE MAGIC THIS SEASON. YOU WIN ONE MORE GAME LIKE MAYBE LAST SUNDAY IN BOSTON AGAINST THEIR BACKUPS. THE GAME TONIGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN ORLANDO IF YOU WON TWO MORE GAMES, YOU WERE THE FIVE SEED. YOU\u2019RE SITTING AT HOME WAITING TO GO TO CLEVELAND FOR THE OPENING ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS. THAT\u2019S ANCIENT HISTORY. NONE OF IT MATTERS TONIGHT. IT\u2019S A CHANCE TO HIT THE RESET BUTTON AND START FRESH AGAIN, SOMETHING THIS TEAM IS EAGER TO DO. WHEN I GO HOME, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED BEFORE IS IRRELEVANT. YOU KNOW, WE\u2019RE IN THE POSITION WE\u2019RE IN AND YOU KNOW, IT\u2019S A BLESSING TO BE PLAYING POSTSEASON BASKETBALL. WE LOOK AT IT TONIGHT. IT\u2019S A WHOLE NEW SEASON. DEFINITELY BEEN A PART OF THIS A LITTLE BIT. SEEING IT. I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE. I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE WHEN THE OTHER TEAM GOES ON RUN. SO IT\u2019S DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY WILL HELP US GOING INTO THIS GAME TONIGHT FOR SURE. YEAH. A YEAR AGO THEY BEAT THE HAWKS AT HOME IN THIS GAME. SO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY\u2019RE UP AGAINST. THE MAGIC THOUGH. HAVEN\u2019T WON A POSTSEASON GAME IN SEVEN YEARS. THE SIXERS ARE WITHOUT JOEL EMBIID TONIGHT. PRETTY MUCH FULL STRENGTH. OTHER THAN THAT PHILLY WENT TWO AND ONE AGAINST THE MAGIC THIS SEASON. BUT THE GAME THAT ORLANDO DID WIN IT WAS ON THE ROAD IN EMPHATIC FASHION BY 41 POINTS, THEIR BIGGEST WIN IN MORE THAN 15 YEARS. SO THERE\u2019\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Orlando Magic to face Philadelphia 76ers in play-in tournament<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768911270_880_wesh.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WESH logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 5:15 PM EDT Apr 15, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Orlando Magic are gearing up to face the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night in the NBA play-in tournament.  Whoever wins the game will go on to face the Boston Celtics as the seventh seed in the playoffs.  The losing team will have one more chance against the Charlotte Hornets to earn the number eight spot.  Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m.This comes after the Magic lost to the Boston Celtics&#8217; reserves on April 12.Game Day detailsWho: Orlando Magic vs. Philadelphia 76ersWhere: Philadelphia, PAWhen: 7:30 p.m.How to watch: NBA on Prime\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tPHILADELPHIA \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Orlando Magic are gearing up to face the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night in the NBA play-in tournament.  <\/p>\n<p>Whoever wins the game will go on to face the Boston Celtics as the seventh seed in the playoffs.  <\/p>\n<p>The losing team will have one more chance against the Charlotte Hornets to earn the number eight spot.  <\/p>\n<p>Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after the Magic lost to the Boston Celtics&#8217; reserves on April 12.<\/p>\n<p>Game Day details\t<\/p>\n<p>Who: Orlando Magic vs. Philadelphia 76ersWhere: Philadelphia, PAWhen: 7:30 p.m.How to watch: NBA on Prime <\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Facebook.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando Magic to face Philadelphia 76ers in play-in tournament PARK EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT WAYMO TAKING PARKING SPOTS WHILE&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[19260,9806,5825,104105,82618,20105,139,141,1239,140,2451,104106,104104,94361,103016,35575,4299,4335],"class_list":{"0":"post-233550","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-april","9":"tag-boston-celtics","10":"tag-charlotte-hornets","11":"tag-game-day-detailswho","12":"tag-more-chance","13":"tag-number","14":"tag-orlando","15":"tag-orlando-headlines","16":"tag-orlando-magic","17":"tag-orlando-news","18":"tag-p-m","19":"tag-pawhen","20":"tag-philadelphia-76er","21":"tag-play-in-tournament","22":"tag-reserve","23":"tag-spot","24":"tag-tip-off","25":"tag-wednesday-night"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}