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Orlando Magic vs. Dallas Mavericks

March 5, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Magic beat the Mavericks 115-114 on 2026-03-05 at home. The Magic started Wendell Carter Jr., Desmond Bane, Jalen Suggs, Paolo Banchero, and Anthony Black. The Mavericks started Khris Middleton, P.J. Washington, Daniel Gafford, Max Christie, and Cooper Flagg. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 22 points (9/11) in his matchups, with Anthony Black as his primary defender. Paolo Banchero (Magic) scored 17 points (7/9) in his matchups, with P.J. Washington as his primary defender.

Box score

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

ORL

Orlando Magic 115

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Desmond Bane GS	37:31	14	8	3	0	0	1	5	5-13	1-3	3-3	-8
Paolo Banchero GS	35:37	16	12	6	2	0	6	0	7-17	1-6	1-2	0
Jalen Suggs GS	31:29	17	2	7	2	1	2	1	6-14	4-11	1-1	+9
Anthony Black GS	23:50	8	3	3	2	0	0	3	3-12	0-3	2-2	+2
Wendell Carter Jr. GS	23:39	15	7	1	1	1	0	4	5-6	1-1	4-4	+8
Tristan da Silva	24:47	19	3	3	3	0	1	0	7-7	4-4	1-1	+3
Noah Penda	19:50	4	4	0	0	0	1	2	2-7	0-3	0-0	0
Jevon Carter	19:01	8	2	4	0	0	1	2	3-9	2-7	0-0	-2
Moritz Wagner	12:11	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	2-8	0-1	2-2	-10
Goga Bitadze	12:05	8	4	2	0	0	0	4	4-4	0-0	0-1	+3
Totals		115	47	31	10	2	12	21	44-97	13-39	14-16

Did not play: Colin Castleton (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jett Howard (DNP - Coach's Decision), Alex Morales (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jase Richardson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

DAL

Dallas Mavericks 114

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
P.J. Washington GS	33:24	18	5	1	2	1	0	1	4-7	3-4	7-9	-3
Khris Middleton GS	32:20	19	2	7	0	0	6	2	7-15	1-3	4-5	-1
Max Christie GS	27:30	6	3	3	0	0	1	1	2-6	2-6	0-0	-12
Cooper Flagg GS	25:49	18	5	6	1	4	2	1	7-22	1-4	3-3	-4
Daniel Gafford GS	24:52	12	13	1	0	2	1	3	5-6	0-0	2-4	+6
Klay Thompson	25:42	24	4	1	1	0	1	3	7-12	7-12	3-3	+13
Naji Marshall	25:03	6	4	5	2	0	2	2	2-10	0-2	2-2	-6
Dwight Powell	20:24	2	4	0	0	2	0	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	-5
Ryan Nembhard	13:48	6	2	4	0	0	0	1	3-5	0-0	0-0	+4
Caleb Martin	11:08	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	1-2	+3
Totals		114	44	28	6	9	13	17	39-86	14-32	22-28

Did not play: AJ Johnson (DNP - Coach's Decision), Brandon Williams (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

ORL

Orlando Magic

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Jalen Suggs · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black Starter 12.6 min
Jevon Carter · Moritz Wagner · Desmond Bane · Tristan da Silva · Noah Penda 6.4 min
Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Jalen Suggs · Paolo Banchero · Tristan da Silva 5.8 min
Jevon Carter · Goga Bitadze · Desmond Bane · Tristan da Silva · Noah Penda 3.8 min
Goga Bitadze · Desmond Bane · Jalen Suggs · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black 3.7 min

DAL

Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Khris Middleton · P.J. Washington · Daniel Gafford · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg Starter 9.1 min
Klay Thompson · Khris Middleton · P.J. Washington · Daniel Gafford · Cooper Flagg 5.2 min
Klay Thompson · Daniel Gafford · Naji Marshall · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg 5.0 min
Khris Middleton · Dwight Powell · P.J. Washington · Naji Marshall · Max Christie 4.2 min
Klay Thompson · Caleb Martin · Daniel Gafford · Naji Marshall · Ryan Nembhard 3.4 min

Who guarded whom

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

Magic defense

Cooper Flagg 22 pts (9/11) in 49 possessions

Guarded by: Anthony Black (26 %, 4 pts) · Tristan da Silva (19 %, 9 pts) · Desmond Bane (14 %, 0 pts)
Klay Thompson 10 pts (3/3) in 50 possessions

Guarded by: Tristan da Silva (23 %, 3 pts) · Jalen Suggs (18 %, 3 pts) · Desmond Bane (17 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Desmond Bane	Khris Middleton: 26 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Max Christie: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Paolo Banchero	P.J. Washington: 38 poss., 5 pts (2/8) · Khris Middleton: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Jalen Suggs	Max Christie: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Khris Middleton: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Anthony Black	Cooper Flagg: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Naji Marshall: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tristan da Silva	Klay Thompson: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Cooper Flagg: 9 poss., 9 pts (3/3)
Wendell Carter Jr.	Daniel Gafford: 17 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Dwight Powell: 14 poss., 9 pts (3/3)
Noah Penda	Naji Marshall: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Cooper Flagg: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jevon Carter	Ryan Nembhard: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Naji Marshall: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Moritz Wagner	Daniel Gafford: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Dwight Powell: 4 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Goga Bitadze	Dwight Powell: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Daniel Gafford: 6 poss., 4 pts (2/2)

Mavericks defense

Paolo Banchero 17 pts (7/9) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: P.J. Washington (52 %, 9 pts) · Klay Thompson (8 %, 0 pts) · Khris Middleton (7 %, 2 pts)
Moritz Wagner 4 pts (2/3) in 25 possessions

Guarded by: Daniel Gafford (45 %, 2 pts) · Caleb Martin (14 %, 0 pts) · P.J. Washington (10 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
P.J. Washington	Paolo Banchero: 36 poss., 9 pts (3/4) · Jalen Suggs: 6 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Khris Middleton	Jalen Suggs: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Desmond Bane: 13 poss., 4 pts (1/4)
Max Christie	Desmond Bane: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Suggs: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Klay Thompson	Tristan da Silva: 17 poss., 9 pts (3/6) · Jalen Suggs: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cooper Flagg	Anthony Black: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/5) · Noah Penda: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/6)
Daniel Gafford	Wendell Carter Jr.: 14 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Moritz Wagner: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Naji Marshall	Desmond Bane: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Anthony Black: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Dwight Powell	Wendell Carter Jr.: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Goga Bitadze: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Nembhard	Jevon Carter: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Anthony Black: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Caleb Martin	Desmond Bane: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Paolo Banchero: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)