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Orlando Magic vs. Charlotte Hornets

December 26, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Magic 120-105 on 2025-12-26 on the road against the Magic. The Magic started Tyus Jones, Wendell Carter Jr., Desmond Bane, Paolo Banchero, and Anthony Black. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 10 points (3/6) in his matchups, with Tyus Jones as his primary defender. Paolo Banchero (Magic) scored 23 points (9/20) in his matchups, with Miles Bridges as his primary defender.

Box score

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

ORL

Orlando Magic 105

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Black GS	36:20	24	3	4	2	1	2	4	8-17	4-7	4-4	-19
Desmond Bane GS	32:45	15	10	4	0	1	4	5	7-19	0-6	1-2	-6
Paolo Banchero GS	31:12	13	5	2	2	1	1	3	4-13	0-2	5-6	-11
Wendell Carter Jr. GS	28:20	16	8	1	1	1	1	4	5-10	2-5	4-4	-4
Tyus Jones GS	19:36	8	4	3	0	0	0	1	3-5	2-4	0-0	-11
Jase Richardson	22:06	14	4	2	0	0	0	2	5-7	1-2	3-4	-4
Tristan da Silva	21:55	8	2	2	0	1	0	1	3-8	1-2	1-1	-2
Jonathan Isaac	16:28	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0-2	0-0	2-2	-12
Jamal Cain	14:13	5	1	1	1	0	1	5	2-6	1-3	0-0	-4
Noah Penda	11:07	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	-6
Orlando Robinson	3:12	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+1
Jett Howard	2:47	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	0-0	+3
Totals		105	42	22	7	7	9	25	37-93	11-35	20-23

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 120

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Miller GS	36:10	15	1	0	0	1	3	3	5-16	2-5	3-4	+11
Miles Bridges GS	34:48	16	11	5	1	3	0	2	6-13	2-6	2-2	+18
Moussa Diabaté GS	32:42	10	12	3	0	1	0	3	3-4	0-0	4-8	+6
LaMelo Ball GS	28:38	22	7	5	1	0	6	3	7-20	4-10	4-6	+11
Kon Knueppel GS	15:13	16	3	1	0	0	2	1	5-7	4-4	2-2	+5
Tidjane Salaün	22:03	14	9	1	0	1	1	2	6-7	2-3	0-0	-1
Sion James	20:36	0	3	2	0	0	0	2	0-2	0-2	0-0	+8
Collin Sexton	18:23	13	0	2	0	0	1	1	5-9	3-3	0-0	+1
Josh Green	11:41	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	2-4	2-4	0-0	+7
PJ Hall	9:18	7	4	0	1	0	1	2	2-3	0-0	3-4	+5
Tre Mann	8:27	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	+5
Pat Connaughton	2:01	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	1-2	-1
Totals		120	53	23	3	6	14	19	41-87	19-39	19-28

Lineups

ORL

Orlando Magic

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Tyus Jones · Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black Starter 10.7 min
Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black · Jase Richardson 6.0 min
Jonathan Isaac · Desmond Bane · Tristan da Silva · Jase Richardson · Noah Penda 3.7 min
Jonathan Isaac · Desmond Bane · Jamal Cain · Tristan da Silva · Jase Richardson 3.1 min
Tyus Jones · Jonathan Isaac · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black · Tristan da Silva 3.1 min

CHA

Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel Starter 7.0 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Sion James 5.2 min
Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · Josh Green · Tre Mann · PJ Hall 4.2 min
Collin Sexton · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Tidjane Salaün 3.4 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Tidjane Salaün 2.3 min

Who guarded whom

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

Magic defense

LaMelo Ball 10 pts (3/6) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Tyus Jones (30 %, 5 pts) · Anthony Black (18 %, 2 pts) · Tristan da Silva (12 %, 0 pts)
Brandon Miller 12 pts (4/11) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Anthony Black (30 %, 2 pts) · Desmond Bane (19 %, 0 pts) · Tristan da Silva (16 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Anthony Black	Brandon Miller: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · LaMelo Ball: 9 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Desmond Bane	Brandon Miller: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Sion James: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Paolo Banchero	Miles Bridges: 33 poss., 5 pts (2/7) · Brandon Miller: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Wendell Carter Jr.	Moussa Diabaté: 35 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · PJ Hall: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jase Richardson	Tidjane Salaün: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Collin Sexton: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Tristan da Silva	Brandon Miller: 11 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · LaMelo Ball: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyus Jones	LaMelo Ball: 16 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Kon Knueppel: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonathan Isaac	Miles Bridges: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Moussa Diabaté: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Noah Penda	Tidjane Salaün: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Miles Bridges: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamal Cain	LaMelo Ball: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tidjane Salaün: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Orlando Robinson	PJ Hall: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sion James: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jett Howard	Sion James: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Tidjane Salaün: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hornets defense

Paolo Banchero 23 pts (9/20) in 59 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (48 %, 7 pts) · Sion James (13 %, 0 pts) · Tidjane Salaün (9 %, 2 pts)
Desmond Bane 19 pts (6/8) in 60 possessions

Guarded by: Brandon Miller (37 %, 9 pts) · Tidjane Salaün (10 %, 0 pts) · Kon Knueppel (9 %, 7 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Brandon Miller	Desmond Bane: 22 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · Anthony Black: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Miles Bridges	Paolo Banchero: 28 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Anthony Black: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Moussa Diabaté	Wendell Carter Jr.: 33 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Jonathan Isaac: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
LaMelo Ball	Anthony Black: 21 poss., 7 pts (3/8) · Jamal Cain: 8 poss., 6 pts (1/2)
Tidjane Salaün	Noah Penda: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Desmond Bane: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Sion James	Tyus Jones: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Paolo Banchero: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kon Knueppel	Tyus Jones: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Desmond Bane: 5 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Collin Sexton	Tristan da Silva: 6 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Tyus Jones: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Josh Green	Jase Richardson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Desmond Bane: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
PJ Hall	Jonathan Isaac: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Wendell Carter Jr.: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Mann	Jase Richardson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tristan da Silva: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Pat Connaughton	Jamal Cain: 2 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Jase Richardson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)