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Miami Heat vs. Orlando Magic

March 14, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Magic beat the Heat 121-117 on 2026-03-14 on the road against the Heat. The Heat started Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Davion Mitchell, Pelle Larsson, and Kel'el Ware. The Magic started Wendell Carter Jr., Desmond Bane, Jalen Suggs, Paolo Banchero, and Tristan da Silva. Paolo Banchero (Magic) scored 16 points (6/16) in his matchups, with Kel'el Ware as his primary defender. Norman Powell (Heat) scored 12 points (5/7) in his matchups, with Noah Penda as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat 117

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Bam Adebayo GS 38:29 20 7 1 4 2 2 2 6-15 2-7 6-10 -2
Pelle Larsson GS 35:06 15 3 3 2 0 1 3 4-7 2-3 5-5 +6
Tyler Herro GS 31:04 10 6 5 0 1 2 3 4-14 2-8 0-0 -4
Kel'el Ware GS 27:22 13 10 1 1 2 1 3 5-8 1-3 2-2 -17
Davion Mitchell GS 25:30 14 2 4 0 0 1 3 5-8 2-4 2-2 -9
Norman Powell 31:09 20 1 3 1 0 1 1 7-15 1-5 5-5 +3
Jaime Jaquez Jr. 30:09 22 2 7 3 0 2 4 9-16 1-3 3-4 +11
Kasparas Jakučionis 18:15 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1-4 1-4 0-0 -3
Myron Gardner 2:56 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -5
Totals 117 32 25 13 5 10 21 41-88 12-38 23-28

Did not play: Simone Fontecchio (DNP - Coach's Decision), Vladislav Goldin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Keshad Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Trevor Keels (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dru Smith (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jahmir Young (DNP - Coach's Decision)

ORL
Orlando Magic
Orlando Magic 121

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Paolo Banchero GS 37:19 27 8 7 0 0 4 3 8-14 1-3 10-10 -2
Desmond Bane GS 34:56 21 4 4 0 1 3 6 8-17 1-5 4-4 +4
Wendell Carter Jr. GS 34:49 15 8 2 0 0 1 5 5-8 1-3 4-4 +7
Jalen Suggs GS 34:11 14 5 6 1 0 3 0 6-17 2-9 0-2 -1
Tristan da Silva GS 31:00 11 8 2 3 0 3 1 5-12 1-4 0-0 +1
Noah Penda 19:55 7 3 2 2 0 0 3 2-4 1-2 2-2 0
Jamal Cain 18:31 12 7 0 0 1 2 2 5-8 2-4 0-0 +4
Jevon Carter 16:08 7 2 3 0 0 1 1 3-5 1-2 0-0 +10
Moritz Wagner 13:11 7 4 0 0 0 2 2 2-4 0-0 3-3 -3
Totals 121 49 26 6 2 19 23 44-89 10-32 23-25

Did not play: Goga Bitadze (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jett Howard (DND - Injury/Illness), Jase Richardson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

MIA
Miami Heat
Miami Heat

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.

Heat defense

Defender Guarded most
Bam Adebayo Wendell Carter Jr.: 44 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Paolo Banchero: 16 poss., 7 pts (2/7)
Pelle Larsson Desmond Bane: 37 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Paolo Banchero: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Norman Powell Noah Penda: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Jamal Cain: 13 poss., 7 pts (2/3)
Tyler Herro Jalen Suggs: 28 poss., 7 pts (3/7) · Tristan da Silva: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. Paolo Banchero: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Noah Penda: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Kel'el Ware Paolo Banchero: 22 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Moritz Wagner: 14 poss., 5 pts (1/3)
Davion Mitchell Tristan da Silva: 21 poss., 12 pts (4/5) · Jalen Suggs: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kasparas Jakučionis Jevon Carter: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jalen Suggs: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Myron Gardner Desmond Bane: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Paolo Banchero: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Magic defense

Defender Guarded most
Paolo Banchero Bam Adebayo: 30 poss., 9 pts (3/7) · Pelle Larsson: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Wendell Carter Jr. Bam Adebayo: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kel'el Ware: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Desmond Bane Pelle Larsson: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Davion Mitchell: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Jalen Suggs Tyler Herro: 19 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Davion Mitchell: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tristan da Silva Tyler Herro: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Bam Adebayo: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Noah Penda Norman Powell: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/1)
Jevon Carter Kasparas Jakučionis: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Bam Adebayo: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jamal Cain Norman Powell: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Kel'el Ware: 6 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Moritz Wagner Kel'el Ware: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)