Fan drilled with errant pass while on her phone sitting courtside at NBA play-in tournament

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A woman paid the ultimate price for not paying attention to high-octane basketball while sitting courtside.

During Wednesday night's Philadelphia 76ers-Orlando Magic play-in tournament game, a woman who had floor seats was on her phone when a pass from Paolo Banchero went haywire.

Just about everyone in the vicinity of the basketball moved out of the way, except for the one person who the ball was in a direct line toward.

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VJ Edgecombe of the Philadelphia 76ers celebrates a basket by Paul George during the first half of an NBA play-in tournament game against the Orlando Magic at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pa., April 15, 2026. (Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)

The unsuspecting woman took the ball right to the head, and it ricocheted several rows behind her.

76ers star Tyrese Maxey rushed over to check on the woman. She is said to have toughed out the rest of the game.

Hopefully, for her sake, it was worth it, as the Sixers earned a 109-97 win to clinch the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference.

Maxey, named an Eastern Conference All-Star starter for the first time in his career, scored seven straight points late in the fourth to give the Sixers some breathing room against a Magic team that wasted a chance to play this game at home with a late collapse in a loss to the Boston Celtics in the season finale. Maxey finished with 31 points on the night.

Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey reacts with fans in the final seconds of a game against the Orlando Magic in the play-in round of the 2026 NBA playoffs at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pa., April 15, 2026. (Bill