Tyrese Maxey scored 11 of his team-high 31 points in the fourth quarter Wednesday night for the host ?Philadelphia 76ers, who advanced to the Eastern Conference playoffs by beating the Orlando Magic 109-97 in a play-in game.
The 76ers, who finished in seventh place in the Eastern Conference with a 45-37 record, will be the seventh seed and will face the second-seeded Boston Celtics in a best-of-seven series ?starting Sunday.
The Magic, who were also 45-37 but lost the home-court tiebreaker to ?the ?76ers via Philadelphia¡¯s 2-1 record in the season series, will face the ?ninth-place Charlotte Hornets in a play-in game to determine the eighth seed on Friday. The Hornets edged the 10th-place Miami Heat 127-126 in overtime on Tuesday.
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