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Orlando Magic vs. New Orleans Pelicans

January 11, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Magic beat the Pelicans 128-118 on 2026-01-11 at home. The Magic started Goga Bitadze, Desmond Bane, Paolo Banchero, Anthony Black, and Noah Penda. The Pelicans started Zion Williamson, Trey Murphy III, Bryce McGowens, Jeremiah Fears, and Derik Queen. Zion Williamson (Pelicans) scored 12 points (3/5) in his matchups, with Paolo Banchero as his primary defender. Paolo Banchero (Magic) scored 15 points (7/10) in his matchups, with Zion Williamson 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	39:22	23	8	8	1	1	4	4	7-16	0-2	9-10	+18
Noah Penda GS	37:34	9	6	2	1	0	0	2	2-6	2-3	3-4	+21
Anthony Black GS	36:04	26	5	7	3	0	4	1	9-10	3-4	5-7	+17
Desmond Bane GS	35:18	27	5	4	2	0	3	1	9-18	1-4	8-8	+17
Goga Bitadze GS	32:06	14	13	1	3	2	0	4	7-10	0-1	0-0	+23
Tristan da Silva	18:44	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	4-7	4-5	4-4	-7
Tyus Jones	11:56	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1-4	0-1	0-0	-7
Moritz Wagner	9:49	8	2	2	0	0	0	2	3-7	0-2	2-2	-6
Jonathan Isaac	8:48	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-13
Jase Richardson	7:21	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	-11
Jamal Cain	2:58	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Totals		128	39	27	10	3	11	16	43-82	11-24	31-35

Did not play: Jett Howard (DNP - Coach's Decision), Orlando Robinson (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans 118

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III GS	37:16	21	7	6	0	0	3	3	8-15	3-7	2-2	-11
Zion Williamson GS	31:53	22	3	3	2	1	1	4	9-14	0-0	4-5	-10
Jeremiah Fears GS	28:03	16	4	3	2	0	2	1	7-12	2-3	0-0	-9
Derik Queen GS	27:38	10	3	6	2	2	4	4	4-8	0-0	2-3	-19
Bryce McGowens GS	26:17	6	1	2	1	0	0	5	2-4	2-4	0-0	-22
Jordan Poole	22:31	21	0	2	1	0	4	1	7-11	6-8	1-2	-3
Micah Peavy	19:09	2	1	3	0	0	0	3	1-6	0-3	0-0	+14
Karlo Matković	18:23	11	0	1	0	2	0	1	4-4	1-1	2-2	+2
Yves Missi	18:06	7	5	0	0	4	0	3	3-4	0-0	1-1	+7
Jordan Hawkins	10:44	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+1
Totals		118	26	27	8	9	14	25	46-80	14-26	12-15

Did not play: Trey Alexander (DNP - Coach's Decision), DeAndre Jordan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Kevon Looney (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

ORL

Orlando Magic

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Goga Bitadze · Desmond Bane · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black · Noah Penda Starter 24.1 min
Goga Bitadze · Paolo Banchero · Anthony Black · Tristan da Silva · Noah Penda 6.1 min
Tyus Jones · Moritz Wagner · Desmond Bane · Jase Richardson · Noah Penda 2.7 min
Tyus Jones · Moritz Wagner · Desmond Bane · Paolo Banchero · Tristan da Silva 2.6 min
Tyus Jones · Jonathan Isaac · Moritz Wagner · Tristan da Silva · Jase Richardson 2.4 min

NOP

New Orleans Pelicans

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Zion Williamson · Trey Murphy III · Bryce McGowens · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen Starter 12.7 min
Zion Williamson · Jordan Poole · Jordan Hawkins · Yves Missi · Micah Peavy 5.9 min
Zion Williamson · Trey Murphy III · Jeremiah Fears · Derik Queen · Micah Peavy 4.1 min
Jordan Poole · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković · Derik Queen · Micah Peavy 3.2 min
Jordan Poole · Trey Murphy III · Karlo Matković · Yves Missi · Micah Peavy 2.7 min

Who guarded whom

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

Magic defense

Zion Williamson 12 pts (3/5) in 62 possessions

Guarded by: Paolo Banchero (41 %, 7 pts) · Noah Penda (21 %, 3 pts) · Desmond Bane (11 %, 0 pts)
Jeremiah Fears 15 pts (5/7) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: Anthony Black (53 %, 5 pts) · Noah Penda (12 %, 3 pts) · Paolo Banchero (12 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Paolo Banchero	Zion Williamson: 26 poss., 7 pts (2/2) · Karlo Matković: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Noah Penda	Trey Murphy III: 34 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Zion Williamson: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Anthony Black	Jeremiah Fears: 29 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Bryce McGowens: 10 poss., 8 pts (2/2)
Desmond Bane	Bryce McGowens: 23 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Micah Peavy: 13 poss., 6 pts (1/3)
Goga Bitadze	Derik Queen: 25 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Yves Missi: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tristan da Silva	Jordan Poole: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Trey Murphy III: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyus Jones	Jordan Hawkins: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jordan Poole: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Moritz Wagner	Yves Missi: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Karlo Matković: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jonathan Isaac	Yves Missi: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Derik Queen: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jase Richardson	Jordan Poole: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Micah Peavy: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jamal Cain	Jordan Poole: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Karlo Matković: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Paolo Banchero 15 pts (7/10) in 80 possessions

Guarded by: Zion Williamson (41 %, 7 pts) · Karlo Matković (20 %, 0 pts) · Derik Queen (9 %, 0 pts)
Desmond Bane 15 pts (6/12) in 74 possessions

Guarded by: Bryce McGowens (34 %, 3 pts) · Micah Peavy (14 %, 2 pts) · Jordan Poole (14 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Trey Murphy III	Noah Penda: 44 poss., 15 pts (6/7) · Desmond Bane: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Zion Williamson	Paolo Banchero: 33 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · Noah Penda: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/4)
Jeremiah Fears	Anthony Black: 36 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Goga Bitadze: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Derik Queen	Goga Bitadze: 28 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Paolo Banchero: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Bryce McGowens	Desmond Bane: 25 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Anthony Black: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Jordan Poole	Desmond Bane: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Anthony Black: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Micah Peavy	Desmond Bane: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Tyus Jones: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Karlo Matković	Paolo Banchero: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Goga Bitadze: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Yves Missi	Goga Bitadze: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Moritz Wagner: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Hawkins	Tyus Jones: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tristan da Silva: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)