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Orlando Magic vs. Washington Wizards

March 3, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Magic beat the Wizards 126-109 on 2026-03-03 at home. The Magic started Goga Bitadze, Desmond Bane, Jalen Suggs, Paolo Banchero, and Tristan da Silva. The Wizards started Bilal Coulibaly, Bub Carrington, Tre Johnson, Will Riley, and Julian Reese. Jaden Hardy (Wizards) scored 9 points (3/5) in his matchups, with Noah Penda as his primary defender. Paolo Banchero (Magic) scored 18 points (7/14) in his matchups, with Will Riley as his primary defender.

Box score

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

ORL

Orlando Magic 126

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Desmond Bane GS	33:04	25	2	4	0	0	0	2	7-10	3-5	8-8	+27
Paolo Banchero GS	31:53	37	5	6	0	0	2	3	15-21	1-2	6-7	+26
Tristan da Silva GS	27:26	8	9	1	0	1	1	3	3-6	2-4	0-0	+26
Jalen Suggs GS	26:29	10	3	9	2	2	2	3	5-9	0-2	0-0	+10
Goga Bitadze GS	21:28	9	6	2	0	1	1	2	2-3	0-0	5-8	+8
Jevon Carter	30:07	10	3	6	0	0	0	2	3-9	3-7	1-2	+5
Noah Penda	19:01	5	5	1	0	2	1	0	1-2	0-0	3-3	+3
Moritz Wagner	15:33	10	3	0	0	0	0	2	2-6	0-1	6-6	+4
Jett Howard	13:31	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	4-6	1-2	3-3	-1
Jase Richardson	12:59	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	0-3	0-2	0-0	-11
Jonathan Isaac	4:20	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5
Jamal Cain	4:09	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-7
Totals		126	38	33	3	6	8	22	42-76	10-25	32-37

WAS

Washington Wizards 109

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Will Riley GS	33:22	19	3	5	2	0	1	3	8-13	2-5	1-3	-9
Julian Reese GS	32:35	9	8	3	0	0	1	3	4-6	0-0	1-4	-17
Bub Carrington GS	31:39	11	3	5	1	0	2	3	4-8	3-4	0-1	-30
Bilal Coulibaly GS	24:10	6	6	3	0	0	1	3	3-12	0-6	0-0	-25
Tre Johnson GS	23:52	9	0	1	0	1	3	3	3-12	0-4	3-4	-19
Leaky Black	30:35	8	9	1	0	2	0	3	3-8	0-2	2-2	+2
Justin Champagnie	22:34	13	8	1	1	3	0	2	6-9	0-2	1-1	+1
Jaden Hardy	21:37	18	2	1	0	0	3	2	7-13	1-6	3-4	+6
Sharife Cooper	19:36	16	3	3	0	0	1	2	5-11	1-3	5-6	+6
Totals		109	42	23	4	6	12	24	43-92	7-32	16-25

Did not play: Kyshawn George (DND - Injury/Illness), Anthony Gill (NWT - Not With Team), Jamir Watkins (NWT - Not With Team)

Lineups

ORL

Orlando Magic

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Goga Bitadze · Desmond Bane · Jalen Suggs · Paolo Banchero · Tristan da Silva Starter 9.5 min
Jevon Carter · Moritz Wagner · Desmond Bane · Jalen Suggs · Noah Penda 8.0 min
Goga Bitadze · Jamal Cain · Jett Howard · Jase Richardson · Noah Penda 4.2 min
Jevon Carter · Desmond Bane · Jalen Suggs · Paolo Banchero · Tristan da Silva 3.8 min
Jonathan Isaac · Jevon Carter · Moritz Wagner · Jalen Suggs · Jase Richardson 3.7 min

WAS

Washington Wizards

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Bilal Coulibaly · Bub Carrington · Tre Johnson · Will Riley · Julian Reese Starter 14.2 min
Sharife Cooper · Jaden Hardy · Leaky Black · Will Riley · Julian Reese 4.2 min
Sharife Cooper · Justin Champagnie · Jaden Hardy · Leaky Black · Bub Carrington 3.9 min
Sharife Cooper · Justin Champagnie · Jaden Hardy · Bilal Coulibaly · Leaky Black 3.9 min
Sharife Cooper · Justin Champagnie · Jaden Hardy · Leaky Black · Will Riley 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Magic defense

Jaden Hardy 9 pts (3/5) in 43 possessions

Guarded by: Noah Penda (23 %, 2 pts) · Jalen Suggs (16 %, 0 pts) · Desmond Bane (14 %, 3 pts)
Tre Johnson 10 pts (3/7) in 44 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Suggs (25 %, 4 pts) · Desmond Bane (17 %, 2 pts) · Paolo Banchero (17 %, 4 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Paolo Banchero	Will Riley: 16 poss., 9 pts (3/5) · Leaky Black: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Desmond Bane	Bub Carrington: 14 poss., 7 pts (2/2) · Justin Champagnie: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jevon Carter	Bub Carrington: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Sharife Cooper: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Tristan da Silva	Bilal Coulibaly: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Will Riley: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jalen Suggs	Tre Johnson: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Bub Carrington: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Goga Bitadze	Julian Reese: 27 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Tre Johnson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Noah Penda	Jaden Hardy: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Leaky Black: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jett Howard	Leaky Black: 6 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Jaden Hardy: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moritz Wagner	Julian Reese: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Leaky Black: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jase Richardson	Sharife Cooper: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Will Riley: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jamal Cain	Leaky Black: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Will Riley: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jonathan Isaac	Justin Champagnie: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Leaky Black: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Wizards defense

Paolo Banchero 18 pts (7/14) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Will Riley (33 %, 5 pts) · Leaky Black (15 %, 2 pts) · Bilal Coulibaly (13 %, 0 pts)
Moritz Wagner 11 pts (5/8) in 32 possessions

Guarded by: Julian Reese (44 %, 2 pts) · Leaky Black (26 %, 2 pts) · Justin Champagnie (10 %, 3 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Will Riley	Paolo Banchero: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Jevon Carter: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Julian Reese	Goga Bitadze: 29 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Moritz Wagner: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bub Carrington	Jevon Carter: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jalen Suggs: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Leaky Black	Paolo Banchero: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Tristan da Silva: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Bilal Coulibaly	Tristan da Silva: 21 poss., 4 pts (2/8) · Paolo Banchero: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tre Johnson	Desmond Bane: 14 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jalen Suggs: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Justin Champagnie	Desmond Bane: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jevon Carter: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jaden Hardy	Noah Penda: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Jalen Suggs: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Sharife Cooper	Jevon Carter: 12 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Jase Richardson: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/3)