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Orlando Magic vs. Detroit Pistons

April 6, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Magic beat the Pistons 123-107 on 2026-04-06 at home. The Magic started Wendell Carter Jr., Desmond Bane, Jalen Suggs, Paolo Banchero, and Tristan da Silva. The Pistons started Kevin Huerter, Paul Reed, Jalen Duren, Ausar Thompson, and Daniss Jenkins. Jalen Duren (Pistons) scored 9 points (3/6) in his matchups, with Wendell Carter Jr. as his primary defender. Paolo Banchero (Magic) scored 18 points (8/15) in his matchups, with Ausar Thompson as his primary defender.

Box score

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

ORL
Orlando Magic
Orlando Magic 123

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Paolo Banchero GS 37:42 31 5 3 3 0 2 2 10-16 1-2 10-10 +23
Jalen Suggs GS 33:51 12 6 12 3 1 1 1 4-9 2-3 2-2 +30
Tristan da Silva GS 33:10 12 4 1 1 0 4 3 5-10 1-4 1-2 +27
Desmond Bane GS 32:06 25 3 1 2 3 1 4 9-17 4-7 3-5 +14
Wendell Carter Jr. GS 18:27 12 3 3 1 0 1 3 2-4 1-2 7-8 +26
Goga Bitadze 24:10 9 4 1 1 3 2 3 4-6 0-0 1-2 -12
Jevon Carter 19:15 0 4 3 3 1 1 2 0-3 0-2 0-0 -5
Anthony Black 15:29 14 1 2 2 0 2 0 4-11 1-4 5-7 -14
Jamal Cain 11:07 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1-1 1-1 0-2 -2
Jase Richardson 5:40 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-1 0-0 1-2 -9
Moritz Wagner 3:33 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 +2
Colin Castleton 1:50 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Alex Morales 1:50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0
Noah Penda 1:50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0
Totals 123 35 28 16 9 14 19 41-81 11-26 30-40

DET
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons 107

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Daniss Jenkins GS 33:34 18 2 7 1 0 5 3 6-11 1-3 5-5 -18
Kevin Huerter GS 31:44 17 3 5 4 0 4 2 7-14 3-7 0-0 -13
Jalen Duren GS 31:34 18 9 4 1 0 4 3 7-9 0-0 4-7 -18
Ausar Thompson GS 30:59 8 3 6 0 3 1 2 4-5 0-0 0-0 -18
Paul Reed GS 18:34 9 6 2 0 1 1 4 4-7 1-2 0-0 -24
Javonte Green 27:15 17 6 2 3 2 1 2 6-13 3-8 2-3 +5
Ronald Holland II 19:05 5 0 0 1 1 1 3 2-6 1-3 0-0 0
Marcus Sasser 18:14 5 2 4 0 0 2 1 2-8 1-3 0-0 +6
Chaz Lanier 15:59 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1-7 0-4 0-0 -8
Tolu Smith 13:02 8 3 1 0 0 0 3 3-5 0-0 2-4 +8
Totals 107 35 32 10 7 19 24 42-85 10-30 13-19

Did not play: Tobias Harris (DND - Injury/Illness), Caris LeVert (DNP - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

ORL
Orlando Magic
Orlando Magic

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

DET
Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Magic defense

Defender Guarded most
Paolo Banchero Javonte Green: 19 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Paul Reed: 18 poss., 13 pts (5/6)
Jalen Suggs Daniss Jenkins: 30 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Kevin Huerter: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tristan da Silva Kevin Huerter: 32 poss., 10 pts (4/4) · Daniss Jenkins: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Desmond Bane Ausar Thompson: 28 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Javonte Green: 11 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
Goga Bitadze Jalen Duren: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tolu Smith: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Wendell Carter Jr. Jalen Duren: 22 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Paul Reed: 5 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Jevon Carter Daniss Jenkins: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Marcus Sasser: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anthony Black Ronald Holland II: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Kevin Huerter: 5 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Jamal Cain Ronald Holland II: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Javonte Green: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moritz Wagner Jalen Duren: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Javonte Green: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jase Richardson Ronald Holland II: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Marcus Sasser: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Colin Castleton Tolu Smith: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Chaz Lanier: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Alex Morales Chaz Lanier: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Paul Reed: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Noah Penda Paul Reed: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Marcus Sasser: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Pistons defense

Defender Guarded most
Daniss Jenkins Jalen Suggs: 33 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jevon Carter: 18 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Kevin Huerter Tristan da Silva: 33 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Anthony Black: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Ausar Thompson Paolo Banchero: 23 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Desmond Bane: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Jalen Duren Wendell Carter Jr.: 22 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Goga Bitadze: 19 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Javonte Green Desmond Bane: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Paolo Banchero: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3)
Paul Reed Paolo Banchero: 21 poss., 7 pts (3/6) · Wendell Carter Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ronald Holland II Anthony Black: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Paolo Banchero: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Marcus Sasser Jevon Carter: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Suggs: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Chaz Lanier Tristan da Silva: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Desmond Bane: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Tolu Smith Goga Bitadze: 16 poss., 7 pts (2/4) · Anthony Black: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)