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Orlando Magic vs. Cleveland Cavaliers

March 11, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Magic beat the Cavaliers 128-122 on 2026-03-11 at home. The Magic started Wendell Carter Jr., Desmond Bane, Jalen Suggs, Paolo Banchero, and Tristan da Silva. The Cavaliers started James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Dean Wade, Sam Merrill, and Evan Mobley. Donovan Mitchell (Cavaliers) scored 13 points (5/10) in his matchups, with Jalen Suggs as his primary defender. Paolo Banchero (Magic) scored 32 points (13/17) in his matchups, with James Harden as his primary defender.

Box score

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

ORL

Orlando Magic 128

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Paolo Banchero GS	37:00	25	8	7	0	0	2	1	8-18	2-6	7-9	+11
Desmond Bane GS	35:44	35	6	6	1	0	0	5	12-19	2-3	9-10	+3
Wendell Carter Jr. GS	35:23	11	11	4	0	1	0	4	4-7	1-3	2-6	+7
Tristan da Silva GS	34:17	23	4	3	0	1	0	2	8-13	3-8	4-5	+5
Jalen Suggs GS	31:48	12	2	4	3	0	2	3	4-9	1-5	3-3	+3
Jett Howard	21:59	8	4	1	0	1	1	4	3-5	2-3	0-0	+8
Jevon Carter	20:12	9	0	2	1	1	0	1	3-7	1-5	2-2	-1
Moritz Wagner	12:37	1	5	1	1	0	1	1	0-3	0-0	1-2	-1
Noah Penda	11:00	4	2	1	0	0	0	2	2-4	0-2	0-0	-5
Totals		128	42	29	6	4	6	23	44-85	12-35	28-37

Did not play: Goga Bitadze (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jonathan Isaac (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jase Richardson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers 122

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden GS	36:50	30	5	8	0	0	4	1	11-16	5-9	3-5	-7
Donovan Mitchell GS	36:07	25	5	5	1	0	3	1	9-24	4-13	3-3	0
Evan Mobley GS	31:39	18	13	4	0	2	0	5	8-13	0-2	2-7	-5
Sam Merrill GS	30:12	13	4	2	1	0	0	4	5-8	2-5	1-2	-1
Dean Wade GS	19:58	0	5	0	0	1	1	1	0-2	0-1	0-0	-10
Keon Ellis	31:08	20	4	1	1	1	0	2	6-9	5-8	3-4	+1
Thomas Bryant	18:37	12	5	0	0	1	0	1	4-8	1-4	3-3	+1
Dennis Schröder	17:48	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0-5	0-1	0-0	-5
Jaylon Tyson	17:41	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	1-4	0-1	2-2	-4
Totals		122	42	24	3	5	9	22	44-89	17-44	17-26

Did not play: Tristan Enaruna (DNP - Coach's Decision), Riley Minix (DNP - Coach's Decision), Larry Nance Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Craig Porter Jr. (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nae'Qwan Tomlin (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

ORL

Orlando Magic

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Jalen Suggs · Paolo Banchero · Tristan da Silva Starter 20.6 min
Jevon Carter · Moritz Wagner · Desmond Bane · Jett Howard · Noah Penda 8.9 min
Jevon Carter · Wendell Carter Jr. · Paolo Banchero · Jett Howard · Tristan da Silva 4.3 min
Jevon Carter · Wendell Carter Jr. · Jalen Suggs · Paolo Banchero · Tristan da Silva 4.0 min
Wendell Carter Jr. · Jalen Suggs · Paolo Banchero · Jett Howard · Tristan da Silva 2.7 min

CLE

Cleveland Cavaliers

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Dean Wade · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley Starter 11.8 min
James Harden · Donovan Mitchell · Sam Merrill · Evan Mobley · Keon Ellis 7.8 min
Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Keon Ellis · Jaylon Tyson 5.4 min
James Harden · Dennis Schröder · Thomas Bryant · Keon Ellis · Jaylon Tyson 4.1 min
Dennis Schröder · Donovan Mitchell · Thomas Bryant · Evan Mobley · Keon Ellis 3.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Magic defense

Donovan Mitchell 13 pts (5/10) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Suggs (21 %, 2 pts) · Tristan da Silva (18 %, 3 pts) · Paolo Banchero (13 %, 0 pts)
James Harden 7 pts (3/7) in 77 possessions

Guarded by: Tristan da Silva (27 %, 2 pts) · Paolo Banchero (27 %, 5 pts) · Wendell Carter Jr. (19 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Paolo Banchero	James Harden: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Dean Wade: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/4)
Wendell Carter Jr.	Evan Mobley: 27 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · James Harden: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Desmond Bane	Sam Merrill: 18 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Keon Ellis: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Tristan da Silva	James Harden: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Donovan Mitchell: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jalen Suggs	Sam Merrill: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Donovan Mitchell: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jett Howard	Keon Ellis: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Sam Merrill: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jevon Carter	Dennis Schröder: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Keon Ellis: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Moritz Wagner	Thomas Bryant: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Evan Mobley: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Noah Penda	Donovan Mitchell: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Evan Mobley: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Cavaliers defense

Paolo Banchero 32 pts (13/17) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: James Harden (39 %, 16 pts) · Dean Wade (13 %, 0 pts) · Evan Mobley (12 %, 2 pts)
Moritz Wagner 14 pts (5/8) in 24 possessions

Guarded by: Thomas Bryant (59 %, 3 pts) · Evan Mobley (19 %, 2 pts) · Donovan Mitchell (11 %, 9 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
James Harden	Paolo Banchero: 27 poss., 16 pts (6/6) · Tristan da Silva: 19 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Donovan Mitchell	Jalen Suggs: 29 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Desmond Bane: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Evan Mobley	Wendell Carter Jr.: 27 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Paolo Banchero: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Sam Merrill	Desmond Bane: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jalen Suggs: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Keon Ellis	Jett Howard: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Jevon Carter: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Dean Wade	Tristan da Silva: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Paolo Banchero: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Thomas Bryant	Moritz Wagner: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Wendell Carter Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jaylon Tyson	Desmond Bane: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tristan da Silva: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Dennis Schröder	Jevon Carter: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Desmond Bane: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)