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LA Clippers vs. Orlando Magic

February 22, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Magic beat the Clippers 111-109 on 2026-02-22 on the road against the Clippers. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Derrick Jones Jr., and Kobe Sanders. The Magic started Wendell Carter Jr., Desmond Bane, Paolo Banchero, Anthony Black, and Tristan da Silva. Paolo Banchero (Magic) scored 14 points (5/16) in his matchups, with Kawhi Leonard as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 22 points (7/10) in his matchups, with Tristan da Silva as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers 109

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kris Dunn GS 33:40 7 5 0 2 0 1 2 2-2 0-0 3-4 -8
Kawhi Leonard GS 32:55 37 8 4 3 2 3 3 14-25 2-7 7-9 -4
Derrick Jones Jr. GS 32:29 6 3 3 1 1 1 1 3-12 0-5 0-0 +2
Kobe Sanders GS 26:24 7 2 2 1 0 0 1 3-6 0-1 1-1 +3
Brook Lopez GS 22:00 10 4 1 1 0 0 4 3-6 1-1 3-3 -4
Bennedict Mathurin 30:05 21 9 5 0 0 2 2 7-16 1-5 6-7 +1
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 26:00 7 8 0 0 4 1 1 3-7 1-2 0-0 +2
Jordan Miller 23:25 14 1 1 0 1 1 3 5-7 0-0 4-4 -1
Nicolas Batum 13:02 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 0-2 0-2 0-0 -1
Totals 109 43 18 9 9 9 18 40-83 5-23 24-28

Did not play: Bogdan Bogdanović (DNP - Coach's Decision), Cam Christie (DNP - Coach's Decision), Isaiah Jackson (DNP - Coach's Decision), TyTy Washington Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision)

ORL
Orlando Magic
Orlando Magic 111

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Paolo Banchero GS 37:02 16 7 8 0 0 2 1 6-16 0-1 4-5 -5
Anthony Black GS 36:23 11 2 1 1 0 2 4 4-9 1-4 2-4 -8
Wendell Carter Jr. GS 33:19 15 14 3 0 0 5 3 6-14 0-1 3-3 +2
Desmond Bane GS 32:01 36 5 1 2 0 1 3 13-19 4-6 6-10 +12
Tristan da Silva GS 29:44 13 2 2 1 0 0 2 3-6 3-6 4-4 +8
Jevon Carter 18:40 0 2 4 1 1 0 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 +1
Jett Howard 17:02 2 4 2 0 0 1 2 0-4 0-4 2-2 -6
Jonathan Isaac 14:57 5 4 1 0 2 0 1 2-4 0-0 1-2 -4
Moritz Wagner 10:55 9 2 1 2 0 1 1 4-7 0-0 1-1 +9
Jase Richardson 9:59 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 2-3 0-1 0-0 +1
Totals 111 43 25 7 3 12 21 40-83 8-23 23-31

Did not play: Goga Bitadze (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jamal Cain (DNP - Coach's Decision), Noah Penda (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

LAC
LA Clippers
LA Clippers

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.

Clippers defense

Defender Guarded most
Derrick Jones Jr. Tristan da Silva: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Paolo Banchero: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Kawhi Leonard Paolo Banchero: 25 poss., 8 pts (3/8) · Tristan da Silva: 8 poss., 9 pts (4/5)
Bennedict Mathurin Anthony Black: 23 poss., 6 pts (1/2) · Jevon Carter: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Kris Dunn Desmond Bane: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Anthony Black: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kobe Sanders Anthony Black: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jevon Carter: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser Wendell Carter Jr.: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Moritz Wagner: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Miller Jase Richardson: 10 poss., 4 pts (0/0) · Tristan da Silva: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Brook Lopez Wendell Carter Jr.: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Paolo Banchero: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Nicolas Batum Jonathan Isaac: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Desmond Bane: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Magic defense

Defender Guarded most
Paolo Banchero Derrick Jones Jr.: 39 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Kawhi Leonard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anthony Black Kobe Sanders: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kawhi Leonard: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Desmond Bane Kris Dunn: 28 poss., 17 pts (7/8) · Bennedict Mathurin: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Wendell Carter Jr. Brook Lopez: 24 poss., 6 pts (3/8) · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Tristan da Silva Kawhi Leonard: 21 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Bennedict Mathurin: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jevon Carter Kobe Sanders: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bennedict Mathurin: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jett Howard Bennedict Mathurin: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kawhi Leonard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonathan Isaac Nicolas Batum: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brook Lopez: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Moritz Wagner Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 9 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Nicolas Batum: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jase Richardson Jordan Miller: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kris Dunn: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)