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Boston Celtics vs. Orlando Magic

April 12, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Magic 113-108 on 2026-04-12 at home. The Celtics started Luka Garza, Ron Harper Jr., Baylor Scheierman, Jordan Walsh, and Max Shulga. The Magic started Wendell Carter Jr., Desmond Bane, Franz Wagner, Jalen Suggs, and Paolo Banchero. Paolo Banchero (Magic) scored 19 points (7/16) in his matchups, with Jordan Walsh as his primary defender. Luka Garza (Celtics) scored 16 points (6/18) in his matchups, with Wendell Carter Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

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

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 113

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Baylor Scheierman GS 38:48 30 7 7 2 1 3 3 8-20 6-14 8-8 +15
Luka Garza GS 38:02 27 12 1 1 0 2 4 10-18 3-6 4-4 +13
Ron Harper Jr. GS 36:39 27 7 4 3 0 3 0 10-20 5-12 2-2 +7
Jordan Walsh GS 33:08 9 8 3 1 1 1 4 2-9 1-6 4-4 -14
Max Shulga GS 17:48 3 3 0 1 0 1 4 1-4 1-3 0-0 +8
Dalano Banton 36:30 2 4 7 1 4 6 2 0-3 0-1 2-2 +3
John Tonje 29:36 13 4 1 1 0 0 4 4-12 3-8 2-2 +1
Amari Williams 9:30 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 -8
Totals 113 46 24 10 6 17 23 36-87 19-50 22-22

Did not play: Hugo González (DND - Injury/Illness), Sam Hauser (DND - Injury/Illness), Payton Pritchard (DND - Injury/Illness), Neemias Queta (DND - Injury/Illness), Nikola Vučević (DND - Injury/Illness)

ORL
Orlando Magic
Orlando Magic 108

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jalen Suggs GS 37:58 23 6 3 1 1 4 1 8-17 7-15 0-0 +6
Paolo Banchero GS 37:55 23 10 11 0 0 6 3 7-22 0-5 9-11 +2
Wendell Carter Jr. GS 31:04 3 8 2 0 2 2 4 0-5 0-2 3-4 -4
Franz Wagner GS 26:11 20 4 1 1 0 1 2 7-18 2-7 4-4 -4
Desmond Bane GS 17:34 8 2 1 1 1 0 0 3-8 1-4 1-2 +9
Tristan da Silva 23:38 8 6 2 1 0 2 0 3-6 0-2 2-2 +3
Anthony Black 19:02 13 3 1 1 1 2 4 5-9 1-4 2-3 -13
Goga Bitadze 16:22 5 7 1 0 0 1 4 2-2 0-0 1-2 -1
Jamal Cain 15:40 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 2-2 -9
Jevon Carter 14:36 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 1-3 1-3 0-0 -14
Totals 108 50 22 6 5 19 19 36-91 12-43 24-30

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

Lineups

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

ORL
Orlando Magic
Orlando Magic

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Celtics defense

Defender Guarded most
Baylor Scheierman Jalen Suggs: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Wendell Carter Jr.: 8 poss., 12 pts (3/8)
Luka Garza Wendell Carter Jr.: 31 poss., 8 pts (3/4) · Goga Bitadze: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Dalano Banton Paolo Banchero: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamal Cain: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Ron Harper Jr. Jalen Suggs: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Franz Wagner: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Walsh Paolo Banchero: 33 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · Tristan da Silva: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
John Tonje Jalen Suggs: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Desmond Bane: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Max Shulga Jalen Suggs: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Tristan da Silva: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Amari Williams Goga Bitadze: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Wendell Carter Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Magic defense

Defender Guarded most
Paolo Banchero Jordan Walsh: 33 poss., 10 pts (3/6) · Baylor Scheierman: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/4)
Jalen Suggs Max Shulga: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Dalano Banton: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Wendell Carter Jr. Luka Garza: 34 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Baylor Scheierman: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Franz Wagner Baylor Scheierman: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Ron Harper Jr.: 9 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Tristan da Silva Baylor Scheierman: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Dalano Banton: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Anthony Black Dalano Banton: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Tonje: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Desmond Bane John Tonje: 9 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Dalano Banton: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Goga Bitadze Luka Garza: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ron Harper Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamal Cain Dalano Banton: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ron Harper Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jevon Carter Ron Harper Jr.: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Tonje: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)