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Los Angeles Lakers vs. Orlando Magic

February 24, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Magic beat the Lakers 110-109 on 2026-02-24 on the road against the Lakers. The Lakers started LeBron James, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luka Dončić, and Austin Reaves. The Magic started Wendell Carter Jr., Desmond Bane, Paolo Banchero, Anthony Black, and Tristan da Silva. Paolo Banchero (Magic) scored 19 points (7/14) in his matchups, with Luka Dončić as his primary defender. Luka Dončić (Lakers) scored 19 points (6/15) in his matchups, with Paolo Banchero as his primary defender.

Box score

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

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Luka Dončić GS	37:52	22	9	15	0	1	2	3	8-24	2-10	4-9	+1
Austin Reaves GS	34:47	18	2	3	1	2	2	1	6-16	2-5	4-4	-4
Deandre Ayton GS	32:20	21	13	0	1	0	2	3	8-11	0-0	5-5	-2
LeBron James GS	31:58	21	6	4	0	2	5	2	8-13	2-6	3-4	-1
Marcus Smart GS	23:24	3	1	1	1	1	0	3	1-2	0-0	1-2	+8
Rui Hachimura	26:20	10	0	0	2	1	0	2	4-7	2-5	0-0	-3
Jake LaRavia	15:50	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	1-4	1-3	0-0	0
Luke Kennard	14:47	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	3-4	0-0	3-4	+1
Jarred Vanderbilt	12:11	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	-6
Maxi Kleber	10:31	0	3	0	0	0	1	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Totals		109	39	24	6	8	12	19	40-83	9-29	20-28

Did not play: Kobe Bufkin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dalton Knecht (DNP - Coach's Decision), Drew Timme (DNP - Coach's Decision)

ORL

Orlando Magic 110

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Paolo Banchero GS	37:54	36	10	6	0	0	4	3	12-22	2-6	10-11	+6
Desmond Bane GS	36:09	22	1	6	1	0	1	3	9-19	2-8	2-2	+5
Wendell Carter Jr. GS	35:57	20	11	2	0	0	1	2	9-13	0-2	2-2	0
Tristan da Silva GS	31:44	13	6	3	2	0	1	1	5-9	3-5	0-0	-6
Anthony Black GS	30:29	8	4	4	3	2	2	2	4-13	0-2	0-4	+2
Jett Howard	20:38	4	4	1	0	1	0	4	1-5	0-3	2-2	0
Jevon Carter	16:15	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0-4	0-1	0-0	+4
Jonathan Isaac	15:15	3	4	3	0	2	1	2	1-3	0-0	1-2	-2
Moritz Wagner	10:30	4	3	1	0	0	0	2	2-6	0-2	0-0	-5
Jase Richardson	5:09	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Totals		110	47	26	7	5	10	20	43-94	7-29	17-23

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

Lineups

LAL

Los Angeles Lakers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Austin Reaves Starter 13.3 min
LeBron James · Marcus Smart · Jarred Vanderbilt · Deandre Ayton · Austin Reaves 7.5 min
Luke Kennard · Maxi Kleber · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jake LaRavia 7.0 min
LeBron James · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Austin Reaves 6.3 min
Luke Kennard · Deandre Ayton · Luka Dončić · Rui Hachimura · Jake LaRavia 5.3 min

ORL

Orlando Magic

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black · Tristan da Silva Starter 16.3 min
Wendell Carter Jr. · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black · Jett Howard · Tristan da Silva 4.8 min
Jevon Carter · Wendell Carter Jr. · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black · Jett Howard 3.6 min
Jonathan Isaac · Jevon Carter · Moritz Wagner · Desmond Bane · Jett Howard 3.2 min
Jonathan Isaac · Jevon Carter · Desmond Bane · Paolo Banchero · Jett Howard 2.9 min

Who guarded whom

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

Lakers defense

Paolo Banchero 19 pts (7/14) in 80 possessions

Guarded by: Luka Dončić (35 %, 8 pts) · LeBron James (18 %, 5 pts) · Deandre Ayton (11 %, 6 pts)
Desmond Bane 16 pts (6/11) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: LeBron James (24 %, 5 pts) · Rui Hachimura (17 %, 0 pts) · Austin Reaves (16 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Luka Dončić	Paolo Banchero: 28 poss., 8 pts (3/7) · Wendell Carter Jr.: 12 poss., 1 pts (0/5)
Austin Reaves	Tristan da Silva: 17 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Anthony Black: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Deandre Ayton	Wendell Carter Jr.: 25 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Anthony Black: 9 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
LeBron James	Desmond Bane: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Paolo Banchero: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Marcus Smart	Tristan da Silva: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anthony Black: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rui Hachimura	Desmond Bane: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tristan da Silva: 10 poss., 10 pts (4/5)
Jake LaRavia	Jett Howard: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Paolo Banchero: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luke Kennard	Jevon Carter: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jett Howard: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Maxi Kleber	Wendell Carter Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jonathan Isaac: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jarred Vanderbilt	Desmond Bane: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Wendell Carter Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Magic defense

Luka Dončić 19 pts (6/15) in 77 possessions

Guarded by: Paolo Banchero (34 %, 9 pts) · Anthony Black (12 %, 0 pts) · Jett Howard (12 %, 4 pts)
LeBron James 8 pts (3/6) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Desmond Bane (25 %, 3 pts) · Paolo Banchero (19 %, 0 pts) · Tristan da Silva (16 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Paolo Banchero	Luka Dončić: 26 poss., 9 pts (2/5) · LeBron James: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Wendell Carter Jr.	Deandre Ayton: 29 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Luka Dončić: 8 poss., 6 pts (3/3)
Desmond Bane	LeBron James: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Marcus Smart: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Anthony Black	Austin Reaves: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Luka Dončić: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tristan da Silva	Austin Reaves: 14 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · LeBron James: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jett Howard	Luka Dončić: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/3) · Rui Hachimura: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jevon Carter	Luke Kennard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Austin Reaves: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jonathan Isaac	Luka Dončić: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Rui Hachimura: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moritz Wagner	Deandre Ayton: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Rui Hachimura: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jase Richardson	Austin Reaves: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jarred Vanderbilt: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)