ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tyrese Maxey had 29 points and three steals, Joel Embiid added 22 points and nine rebounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Orlando Magic 103-91 on Friday night in a game in which the teams combined to make 8 of 57 3-point shots.
Paul George scored 12 of his 18 points in the second half and added nine rebounds for the 76ers, who won for the fifth time in six games. Philadelphia has won four straight on the road.
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Orlando Magic center Goga Bitadze, left, dunks between Philadelphia 76ers forward Paul George (8) and center Andre Drummond, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Philadelphia 76ers guard VJ Edgecombe (77) dunks between Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero, left, forward Noah Penda (93) and center Wendell Carter Jr. (34) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Orlando Magic forward Noah Penda, front, steals the ball from Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (21) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey (0) drives to the basket past Orlando Magic center Wendell Carter Jr. (34) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Desmond Bane led Orlando with 23 points. Anthony Black added 21 points and Paolo Banchero finished with 14 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists.
Philadelphia shot 4 for 28 (14.3%) from long range to Orlando's 4 for 29 (13.8%).
Maxey, the NBA's third-leading scorer at 30.7 points per game, made only 3 of 12 shots in a 12-point first half and missed all four of his 3-point attempts. He finished 10 for 22 overall and 3 for 8 on threes.
When Maxey hit his second 3-pointer of the game with 1:36 remaining in the third quarter, the 76ers were 3 for 22 from 3-point range and had a seven-point lead. His final 3-pointer came with 3:42 left and gave the 76ers their largest lead, 101-85.
Referee Bill Kennedy left the court in a wheelchair after suffering an apparent leg injury during the first quarter.
The Magic played without Tristan da Silva (back spams) and Jalen Suggs, who missed a fourth straight game with a right knee contusion.
76ers: Play at Toronto on Sunday and Monday.
Magic: Play at home against New Orleans on Sunday.
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Orlando Magic center Goga Bitadze, left, dunks between Philadelphia 76ers forward Paul George (8) and center Andre Drummond, right, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Philadelphia 76ers guard VJ Edgecombe (77) dunks between Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero, left, forward Noah Penda (93) and center Wendell Carter Jr. (34) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Orlando Magic forward Noah Penda, front, steals the ball from Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (21) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey (0) drives to the basket past Orlando Magic center Wendell Carter Jr. (34) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Semiofficial news agencies in Iran published a chart Thursday suggesting the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard put sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz during the war, in a message that may be intended to pressure the U.S. as uncertainty hangs over a days-old two-week ceasefire and further negotiations are set to begin in Pakistan.
The charts were released by the ISNA news agency, as well as Tasnim, which is believed to be close to the Guard, and showed a large circle marked “danger zone” in Farsi over the Traffic Separation Scheme, which was the route ships used to take through the strait, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20% of all oil and natural gas traded once passed.
The chart suggested ships travel further north through waters closer to Iran’s mainland near Larak Island, a route that some ships were observed taking during the war.
The charts were dated from Feb. 28 until Thursday, April 9, and it was unclear if the Guard had cleared any mining on the route since then.
U.S. President Donald Trump posted a statement insisting that his surge of warships and troops will remain around Iran “until such time as the REAL AGREEMENT reached is fully complied with.”
Trump’s comments on his Truth Social platform appeared to be a way to pressure Iran.
“If for any reason it is not, which is highly unlikely, then the ‘Shootin’ Starts,’ bigger, and better, and stronger than anyone has ever seen before,” Trump wrote.
He also insisted Iran would not be able to build nuclear weapons and “the Strait of Hormuz WILL BE OPEN & SAFE.”
The U.S. and Iran both claimed victory after reaching the ceasefire agreement, and world leaders expressed relief. But more drones and missiles hit Iran and Gulf Arab countries after the deal was announced.
At the same time, Israel intensified its attacks on the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon, hitting commercial and residential areas in Beirut. At least 182 people were killed Wednesday in the deadliest day of fighting there.
The violence threatened to scuttle what U.S. Vice President JD Vance called a “fragile” deal.
Iran's parliament speaker said Wednesday that planned talks were “unreasonable” because Washington had broken three of Tehran’s 10 conditions for an end to the fighting. In a social media post, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf objected to Israeli attacks on Hezbollah, an alleged drone incursion into Iranian airspace after the ceasefire took effect and U.S. refusal to accept any Iranian enrichment capabilities in a final agreement.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi insisted that an end to the war in Lebanon was part of the ceasefire deal, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump said the truce did not cover Lebanon. When the deal was announced, the prime minister of Pakistan, which served as a mediator, said in a social media post that it applied to “everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere.”
A New York-based think tank warned the ceasefire “hovers on the verge of collapse.”
The Soufan Center said Israel's strikes on Lebanon on Wednesday added to the risk the deal would fall apart.
“Even if Lebanon was formally outside the deal, the scale of Israel’s strikes was likely to be viewed as escalatory, nonetheless,” it wrote in an analysis published Thursday. “Israel’s strikes can be understood both as an effort to drive a wedge between Iran and its proxies and as a response to being allegedly sidelined in the original ceasefire discussions.”
Becatoros reported from Athens, Greece.
A rescue worker extinguishes burning cars at the site of an Israeli airstrike in central Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Smoke rises following several Israeli airstrikes in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Ali, 4, holds a toy horse next to the tent his family uses as a shelter after fleeing Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Government supporters gather ahead of the funeral procession for Maj. Gen. Majid Khademi, head of intelligence for Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
FILE - Two police officers walk in front of an anti-U.S. billboard depicting American aircraft being caught by Iranian armed forces in a fishing net beneath the words in Farsi, "The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed, The entire Persian Gulf is our hunting ground," in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
