Phoenix Suns Vs Orlando Magic

Phoenix Suns

Mar 9, 1997 121 - 85 Final

Orlando Magic

Winner

Prediction

55%

45% Based on Proballers' advanced basketball
statistics analysis

Teams

Season standings and results

Record of 40/42 Ranked 15

Last 5 games All competitions

Date	Opponent	Result
5/3/97	@ Seattle SuperSonics	L 116-92
5/2/97	vs Seattle SuperSonics	L 115-122
4/30/97	vs Seattle SuperSonics	W 110-103
4/28/97	@ Seattle SuperSonics	L 122-78
4/26/97	@ Seattle SuperSonics	W 101-106

Vs

Record of 45/37 Ranked 12

Last 5 games All competitions

Date	Opponent	Result
5/4/97	@ Miami Heat	L 91-83
5/2/97	vs Miami Heat	W 99-91
4/30/97	vs Miami Heat	W 88-75
4/27/97	@ Miami Heat	L 104-87
4/25/97	@ Miami Heat	L 99-64

41 Wins

Vs

Teams Matchup History
in All Competitions

28 Wins

3/8/97

121 - 85

Greatest win

126 - 102

3/20/95

1/1/24

112 - 107

Latest win

113 - 98

1/28/24

106.3

Average score

105.1

Vs

Season Averages Per Game NBA

102.8

Pts

94.1

40.1

Reb

40.1

25.2

Ast

20.6

8.1

Stl

8.5

3.9

Blk

4.4

Phoenix Suns

Orlando Magic

Best in the league

PACE Number of possessions

96.12 91.43 99.19

AST/TO Assists per turnover

11.5 6.5 14.1

TS% True shooting %

55.2 52.4 58.1

Players

Advanced stats

PER

Kevin Johnson 24.2 21.0 Penny Hardaway

Sam Cassell 19.3 18.3 Felton Spencer

Danny Manning 18.9 18.0 Rony Seikaly

USG%

Sam Cassell 29.7 25.7 Penny Hardaway

Cedric Ceballos 26.6 24.0 Donald Royal

Wayman Tisdale 25.2 23.7 Rony Seikaly

TS%

Kevin Johnson 63.1 100.0 Felton Spencer

Mark Bryant 58.9 61.2 Kenny Smith

Danny Manning 57.4 56.7 Rony Seikaly

AST/TO

Jason Kidd 49.5 20.8 Brian Evans

Kevin Johnson 32.7 19.9 Brian Shaw

Steve Nash 28.8 15.5 Darrell Armstrong

3 PTS attempts rate

Wesley Person 45.8 55.9 Nick Anderson

Rex Chapman 41.9 52.5 Darrell Armstrong

Robert Horry 40.0 49.8 Dennis Scott

FT attemps rate

Michael Brown 83.3 66.7 Dell Demps

Benjamin Davis 76.9 55.1 Rony Seikaly

Kevin Johnson 57.9 43.3 Danny Schayes