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Charlotte Hornets vs. Orlando Magic

October 30, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Magic beat the Hornets 123-107 on 2025-10-30 on the road against the Hornets. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Kon Knueppel, and Sion James. The Magic started Wendell Carter Jr., Desmond Bane, Franz Wagner, Paolo Banchero, and Anthony Black. Paolo Banchero (Magic) scored 19 points (7/12) in his matchups, with Miles Bridges as his primary defender. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 15 points (4/8) in his matchups, with Anthony Black as his primary defender.

Box score

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

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 107

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
LaMelo Ball GS	36:16	17	7	13	2	0	3	4	8-19	1-9	0-0	-4
Miles Bridges GS	32:58	16	5	0	0	1	3	2	6-15	4-6	0-0	-17
Ryan Kalkbrenner GS	31:32	17	7	0	1	3	3	2	8-9	0-0	1-1	-14
Sion James GS	27:40	8	4	1	1	0	2	2	3-5	1-2	1-1	-9
Kon Knueppel GS	26:46	5	3	1	0	0	4	2	2-6	1-4	0-0	-20
Collin Sexton	25:27	19	2	4	0	0	3	5	5-7	3-4	6-8	+3
Moussa Diabaté	20:11	10	6	1	0	2	0	2	4-8	0-0	2-2	-1
Tre Mann	15:44	9	2	0	0	0	2	2	4-9	1-4	0-0	-11
Liam McNeeley	14:19	6	3	4	1	0	0	1	2-4	0-1	2-3	-11
Tidjane Salaün	7:14	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Pat Connaughton	1:54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2
Totals		107	41	24	5	6	21	22	42-83	11-30	12-15

Did not play: Mason Plumlee (DNP - Coach's Decision)

ORL

Orlando Magic 123

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Franz Wagner GS	34:14	21	5	3	1	0	2	1	8-16	3-6	2-2	+23
Paolo Banchero GS	32:44	20	9	9	2	0	1	2	8-12	2-4	2-6	+9
Anthony Black GS	30:38	20	1	2	2	2	3	1	8-13	3-6	1-1	+8
Desmond Bane GS	27:51	9	4	7	0	0	4	4	4-11	0-2	1-1	+9
Wendell Carter Jr. GS	26:53	18	8	3	0	1	1	3	6-9	3-5	3-4	+10
Tristan da Silva	22:24	19	3	1	3	0	2	2	5-11	3-7	6-6	+5
Noah Penda	17:01	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	1-2	0-0	1-2	-4
Jonathan Isaac	15:15	2	3	1	1	3	0	2	1-5	0-4	0-0	+9
Tyus Jones	13:57	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2-4	1-3	0-0	+10
Goga Bitadze	13:21	6	3	0	0	1	0	1	2-4	1-1	1-1	+7
Jase Richardson	1:54	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Orlando Robinson	1:54	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Jett Howard	1:54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		123	38	29	10	7	13	19	45-87	16-38	17-23

Lineups

CHA

Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Sion James Starter 10.3 min
Miles Bridges · Tre Mann · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel · Liam McNeeley 4.9 min
Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · LaMelo Ball · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Sion James 3.8 min
Collin Sexton · LaMelo Ball · Tre Mann · Moussa Diabaté · Tidjane Salaün 3.8 min
Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Ryan Kalkbrenner 2.6 min

ORL

Orlando Magic

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Franz Wagner · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black Starter 15.2 min
Goga Bitadze · Desmond Bane · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black · Noah Penda 6.4 min
Tyus Jones · Jonathan Isaac · Wendell Carter Jr. · Franz Wagner · Tristan da Silva 5.4 min
Tyus Jones · Jonathan Isaac · Franz Wagner · Tristan da Silva · Noah Penda 3.8 min
Jonathan Isaac · Wendell Carter Jr. · Franz Wagner · Anthony Black · Tristan da Silva 2.1 min

Who guarded whom

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

Hornets defense

Paolo Banchero 19 pts (7/12) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (43 %, 9 pts) · Sion James (20 %, 6 pts) · Ryan Kalkbrenner (8 %, 2 pts)
Franz Wagner 14 pts (6/12) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Sion James (29 %, 0 pts) · Kon Knueppel (18 %, 3 pts) · Miles Bridges (15 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
LaMelo Ball	Anthony Black: 33 poss., 2 pts (1/6) · Desmond Bane: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Miles Bridges	Paolo Banchero: 26 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Franz Wagner: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Wendell Carter Jr.: 28 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jonathan Isaac: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sion James	Franz Wagner: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Paolo Banchero: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Kon Knueppel	Desmond Bane: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Franz Wagner: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Collin Sexton	Desmond Bane: 13 poss., 3 pts (0/0) · Anthony Black: 8 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Moussa Diabaté	Goga Bitadze: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tristan da Silva: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Tyus Jones: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Franz Wagner: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Liam McNeeley	Noah Penda: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tristan da Silva: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tidjane Salaün	Jonathan Isaac: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Paolo Banchero: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Pat Connaughton	Jett Howard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Noah Penda: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Magic defense

LaMelo Ball 15 pts (4/8) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Anthony Black (42 %, 7 pts) · Tristan da Silva (13 %, 2 pts) · Desmond Bane (13 %, 0 pts)
Collin Sexton 9 pts (2/10) in 42 possessions

Guarded by: Desmond Bane (24 %, 2 pts) · Franz Wagner (18 %, 0 pts) · Anthony Black (17 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Paolo Banchero	Miles Bridges: 25 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Sion James: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Anthony Black	LaMelo Ball: 30 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · Collin Sexton: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Franz Wagner	Sion James: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Kon Knueppel: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Desmond Bane	Kon Knueppel: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Collin Sexton: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Wendell Carter Jr.	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 24 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Miles Bridges: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tristan da Silva	LaMelo Ball: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Liam McNeeley: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Noah Penda	Liam McNeeley: 11 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · LaMelo Ball: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Goga Bitadze	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Moussa Diabaté: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jonathan Isaac	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Miles Bridges: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyus Jones	Tre Mann: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Liam McNeeley: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Orlando Robinson	Moussa Diabaté: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Sexton: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jase Richardson	Collin Sexton: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tidjane Salaün: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jett Howard	Pat Connaughton: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Moussa Diabaté: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)