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Orlando Magic vs. Charlotte Hornets

January 22, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Hornets beat the Magic 124-97 on 2026-01-22 on the road against the Magic. The Magic started Wendell Carter Jr., Desmond Bane, Paolo Banchero, Anthony Black, and Tristan da Silva. The Hornets started Miles Bridges, LaMelo Ball, Moussa Diabaté, Brandon Miller, and Kon Knueppel. LaMelo Ball (Hornets) scored 11 points (3/5) in his matchups, with Tristan da Silva as his primary defender. Paolo Banchero (Magic) scored 15 points (5/10) 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 97

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Desmond Bane GS	32:04	21	5	4	0	0	1	3	8-13	3-5	2-2	-15
Paolo Banchero GS	29:40	23	7	5	1	0	4	1	6-12	2-4	9-12	-25
Anthony Black GS	27:37	4	2	2	0	1	1	4	1-11	1-5	1-2	-23
Wendell Carter Jr. GS	20:00	4	3	3	1	0	0	3	2-6	0-3	0-0	-10
Tristan da Silva GS	18:45	3	3	1	1	0	2	1	1-5	1-4	0-0	-19
Jase Richardson	23:29	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	1-5	0-1	0-0	-15
Noah Penda	18:50	13	2	4	2	1	1	3	5-6	2-2	1-2	-2
Jett Howard	18:10	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	3-6	2-5	2-2	-6
Tyus Jones	15:59	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-7	1-5	0-0	-4
Moritz Wagner	15:08	14	1	1	2	0	2	2	5-7	2-3	2-2	-5
Goga Bitadze	11:32	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-11
Jamal Cain	4:24	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	0
Jonathan Isaac	4:24	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Totals		97	31	25	7	4	12	23	33-79	14-37	17-22

CHA

Charlotte Hornets 124

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Miles Bridges GS	30:27	10	8	2	1	0	2	3	4-12	1-5	1-2	+28
LaMelo Ball GS	28:15	16	6	7	0	1	2	2	6-12	4-8	0-0	+9
Kon Knueppel GS	27:35	13	10	4	1	0	2	0	4-11	1-6	4-4	+16
Brandon Miller GS	27:13	20	2	4	2	0	3	2	8-15	2-7	2-2	+20
Moussa Diabaté GS	16:02	10	4	1	0	1	1	5	4-4	0-0	2-3	+12
Ryan Kalkbrenner	27:23	10	9	0	0	1	2	3	3-3	0-0	4-6	+11
Collin Sexton	22:30	19	0	4	2	0	2	0	6-7	3-3	4-4	+12
Sion James	19:45	7	3	3	0	0	0	1	1-3	1-2	4-4	+18
Tidjane Salaün	17:33	13	5	0	0	0	0	1	5-7	3-3	0-0	-1
Josh Green	16:14	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	2-4	2-2	0-0	+12
Pat Connaughton	4:24	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0
Antonio Reeves	2:39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		124	47	26	7	4	14	18	43-79	17-36	21-25

Lineups

ORL

Orlando Magic

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black · Tristan da Silva Starter 9.2 min
Tyus Jones · Wendell Carter Jr. · Moritz Wagner · Desmond Bane · Noah Penda 5.6 min
Tyus Jones · Moritz Wagner · Desmond Bane · Jett Howard · Noah Penda 5.4 min
Goga Bitadze · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black · Tristan da Silva · Jase Richardson 5.0 min
Jonathan Isaac · Jamal Cain · Jett Howard · Jase Richardson · Noah Penda 4.4 min

CHA

Charlotte Hornets

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Brandon Miller · Kon Knueppel Starter 7.5 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Josh Green · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner 5.6 min
Miles Bridges · Collin Sexton · Josh Green · Brandon Miller · Sion James 4.6 min
Collin Sexton · LaMelo Ball · Moussa Diabaté · Tidjane Salaün · Kon Knueppel 4.6 min
Miles Bridges · LaMelo Ball · Brandon Miller · Ryan Kalkbrenner · Kon Knueppel 3.8 min

Who guarded whom

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

Magic defense

LaMelo Ball 11 pts (3/5) in 54 possessions

Guarded by: Tristan da Silva (31 %, 3 pts) · Noah Penda (18 %, 0 pts) · Jase Richardson (16 %, 0 pts)
Brandon Miller 6 pts (2/7) in 51 possessions

Guarded by: Anthony Black (44 %, 1 pts) · Desmond Bane (14 %, 3 pts) · Jase Richardson (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Desmond Bane	Kon Knueppel: 22 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Sion James: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Paolo Banchero	Miles Bridges: 40 poss., 13 pts (3/8) · Brandon Miller: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anthony Black	Brandon Miller: 23 poss., 1 pts (0/2) · Josh Green: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Jase Richardson	LaMelo Ball: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Josh Green: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Wendell Carter Jr.	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Moussa Diabaté: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Noah Penda	LaMelo Ball: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kon Knueppel: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tristan da Silva	LaMelo Ball: 17 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kon Knueppel: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jett Howard	Collin Sexton: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tidjane Salaün: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Tyus Jones	Collin Sexton: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Tidjane Salaün: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Moritz Wagner	Tidjane Salaün: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Kalkbrenner: 6 poss., 7 pts (2/4)
Goga Bitadze	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Sion James: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamal Cain	Pat Connaughton: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Antonio Reeves: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonathan Isaac	Ryan Kalkbrenner: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tidjane Salaün: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Hornets defense

Paolo Banchero 15 pts (5/10) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Miles Bridges (58 %, 0 pts) · Brandon Miller (14 %, 5 pts) · LaMelo Ball (9 %, 3 pts)
Moritz Wagner 21 pts (8/9) in 33 possessions

Guarded by: Tidjane Salaün (30 %, 9 pts) · Moussa Diabaté (26 %, 4 pts) · Ryan Kalkbrenner (23 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Miles Bridges	Paolo Banchero: 31 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Anthony Black: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Kalkbrenner	Wendell Carter Jr.: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Goga Bitadze: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
LaMelo Ball	Anthony Black: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Noah Penda: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Kon Knueppel	Noah Penda: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/3) · Tristan da Silva: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Brandon Miller	Desmond Bane: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Anthony Black: 9 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Collin Sexton	Tyus Jones: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Desmond Bane: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Sion James	Jase Richardson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyus Jones: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tidjane Salaün	Moritz Wagner: 10 poss., 9 pts (3/3) · Jett Howard: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Moussa Diabaté	Wendell Carter Jr.: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Moritz Wagner: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Josh Green	Anthony Black: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jase Richardson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Pat Connaughton	Jett Howard: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamal Cain: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Antonio Reeves	Noah Penda: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jett Howard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)