-17! The top-paid top draft pick! The biggest joke of the NBA play-in tournament.

109-97, Philadelphia dismantled Orlando at home.

In this game, five Philadelphia players scored double-digits, with the new leader Maxey making 11 out of 25 shots, scoring 31 points plus 6 assists.

Next, Philadelphia, as the Eastern Conference seventh seed, will face the Eastern Conference second seed Celtics in the first round of the playoffs.

On Orlando's side, four players scored double-digits.

Bane, acquired via a high-priced 7-for-1 trade last summer offseason, shot 10 out of 16 efficiently for 34 points in a losing effort, which can definitely be considered a honorable defeat.

As for the so-called Orlando star Banchero, he made only 7 out of 22 shots, including 0 out of 5 three-pointers, scoring 18 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, while committing 6 turnovers, with a -17 plus/minus which was the lowest in the game.

Due to his poor performance in such a crucial play-in game, the entire internet blasted Banchero relentlessly, feeling he disgraced his status as Orlando's star player & the No.1 pick of the 2022 NBA draft.

Rockets media personality Bradeaux expressed on this: "I'd rather have Jabari Smith Jr. with his five-year $122 million contract than sign Banchero with his max contract (five-year $239 million), whose performance doesn't match his price tag at all."

During this season's regular season, Banchero averaged 22.2 points, 8.4 rebounds, 5.2 assists, and as a 2.08m interior player his shooting percentage was only 45.9%.

Data shows that when this guy was on court, Orlando's net efficiency was -0.2 (ranking 19th in the league); conversely, Orlando's net efficiency was +1.5 (ranking 14th in the league).

Net efficiency is a metric used to measure a team's net points per 100 possessions.

Wow, the star player actually drags the team down... then how could his team possibly have strong competitiveness?

By the way, Orlando's season journey hasn't ended yet; they will play another play-in game against the Hornets to compete for the Eastern Conference eighth seed playoff spot. Banchero must seize this opportunity to vindicate himself, otherwise he won't have any breathing room for at least the entire summer this year, and even faces the risk of being traded.

Of course, for a player who is only 23 years old and already has a max contract, he can fearlessly ignore online舆论, since with the money secured, what's there to fear?