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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Orlando Magic

March 24, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Cavaliers beat the Magic 136-131 on 2026-03-24 at home. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Dean Wade, Sam Merrill, and Evan Mobley. The Magic started Wendell Carter Jr., Desmond Bane, Paolo Banchero, Jamal Cain, and Tristan da Silva. Paolo Banchero (Magic) scored 23 points (8/15) in his matchups, with James Harden as his primary defender. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 12 points (2/9) in his matchups, with Jamal Cain as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 136

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden GS	37:10	26	3	7	1	1	2	4	8-16	4-6	6-7	-2
Donovan Mitchell GS	34:43	42	2	3	0	0	2	4	14-22	3-7	11-11	+2
Sam Merrill GS	32:56	19	4	1	2	0	0	2	6-11	2-6	5-6	+4
Evan Mobley GS	32:30	19	9	6	0	1	3	4	8-8	0-0	3-4	-4
Dean Wade GS	20:41	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-4
Max Strus	26:42	11	3	3	1	0	0	3	4-10	3-8	0-0	+13
Keon Ellis	19:57	2	3	0	1	1	0	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Dennis Schröder	15:55	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	3-5	0-1	0-0	-2
Thomas Bryant	13:14	9	6	1	2	0	1	2	4-4	0-0	1-1	+13
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	6:12	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
Totals		136	33	24	7	4	8	22	49-81	12-30	26-29

Did not play: Riley Minix (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tyrese Proctor (DNP - Coach's Decision)

ORL

Orlando Magic 131

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Paolo Banchero GS	39:58	36	6	5	1	1	5	4	10-19	3-7	13-15	-3
Desmond Bane GS	36:24	17	7	3	2	0	2	4	5-13	1-3	6-6	-5
Tristan da Silva GS	35:59	18	6	3	0	0	1	0	5-11	3-7	5-5	+5
Jamal Cain GS	31:41	17	6	3	0	0	0	1	5-11	1-3	6-6	+8
Wendell Carter Jr. GS	29:12	15	5	2	1	1	0	6	4-7	2-5	5-6	-3
Jevon Carter	27:29	15	4	4	1	0	0	0	6-12	3-9	0-0	-10
Jett Howard	16:06	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	2-4	1-3	0-0	-13
Goga Bitadze	13:35	4	2	3	1	0	0	3	2-3	0-0	0-0	-4
Moritz Wagner	4:59	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	+4
Noah Penda	4:37	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4
Totals		131	39	27	6	2	9	23	41-84	14-39	35-38

Did not play: Colin Castleton (DNP - Coach's Decision), Alex Morales (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jase Richardson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley Starter 10.8 min
James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Max Strus · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley 9.1 min
Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Max Strus · Keon Ellis 6.3 min
James Harden · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill · Keon Ellis · Nae'Qwan Tomlin 4.5 min
Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Max Strus · Evan Mobley 4.2 min

ORL

Orlando Magic

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Paolo Banchero · Jamal Cain · Tristan da Silva Starter 20.2 min
Jevon Carter · Goga Bitadze · Desmond Bane · Paolo Banchero · Jett Howard 4.2 min
Jevon Carter · Goga Bitadze · Paolo Banchero · Jett Howard · Tristan da Silva 3.9 min
Jevon Carter · Goga Bitadze · Desmond Bane · Jett Howard · Noah Penda 3.5 min
Jevon Carter · Wendell Carter Jr. · Paolo Banchero · Jamal Cain · Tristan da Silva 3.2 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Cavaliers defense

Paolo Banchero 23 pts (8/15) in 82 possessions

Guarded by: James Harden (39 %, 6 pts) · Keon Ellis (12 %, 0 pts) · Sam Merrill (9 %, 4 pts)
Desmond Bane 13 pts (5/8) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Sam Merrill (28 %, 2 pts) · Donovan Mitchell (18 %, 2 pts) · Max Strus (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
James Harden	Paolo Banchero: 32 poss., 6 pts (2/5) · Tristan da Silva: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Sam Merrill	Desmond Bane: 19 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Tristan da Silva: 18 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Donovan Mitchell	Jamal Cain: 24 poss., 13 pts (5/6) · Desmond Bane: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Evan Mobley	Wendell Carter Jr.: 31 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Tristan da Silva: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Max Strus	Tristan da Silva: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jett Howard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Dean Wade	Tristan da Silva: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Desmond Bane: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Keon Ellis	Paolo Banchero: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jevon Carter: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Dennis Schröder	Jevon Carter: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jett Howard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thomas Bryant	Goga Bitadze: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Paolo Banchero: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Wendell Carter Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Paolo Banchero: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Magic defense

Donovan Mitchell 12 pts (2/9) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Jamal Cain (34 %, 4 pts) · Jett Howard (16 %, 0 pts) · Desmond Bane (14 %, 2 pts)
James Harden 14 pts (3/9) in 78 possessions

Guarded by: Paolo Banchero (29 %, 4 pts) · Tristan da Silva (22 %, 0 pts) · Jamal Cain (13 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Paolo Banchero	James Harden: 23 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Dean Wade: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tristan da Silva	James Harden: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Sam Merrill: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Desmond Bane	Sam Merrill: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Keon Ellis: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jamal Cain	Donovan Mitchell: 24 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · James Harden: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Jevon Carter	Dennis Schröder: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Keon Ellis: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Wendell Carter Jr.	Evan Mobley: 26 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · James Harden: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jett Howard	Donovan Mitchell: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · James Harden: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Goga Bitadze	Thomas Bryant: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Evan Mobley: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Moritz Wagner	Thomas Bryant: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Evan Mobley: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Noah Penda	Donovan Mitchell: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Evan Mobley: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)