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Dallas Mavericks vs. Orlando Magic

April 3, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Magic beat the Mavericks 138-127 on 2026-04-03 on the road against the Mavericks. The Mavericks started Daniel Gafford, Naji Marshall, Max Christie, Cooper Flagg, and Ryan Nembhard. The Magic started Wendell Carter Jr., Desmond Bane, Franz Wagner, Jalen Suggs, and Paolo Banchero. Paolo Banchero (Magic) scored 22 points (9/15) in his matchups, with Cooper Flagg as his primary defender. Cooper Flagg (Mavericks) scored 18 points (8/16) in his matchups, with Franz Wagner as his primary defender.

Box score

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

DAL

Dallas Mavericks 127

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cooper Flagg GS	33:33	51	6	3	3	1	1	3	19-30	6-9	7-7	-2
Max Christie GS	28:30	14	5	3	0	0	1	0	4-7	3-6	3-3	+8
Naji Marshall GS	23:44	9	4	2	1	0	0	2	3-12	1-3	2-2	-16
Ryan Nembhard GS	22:26	2	7	5	0	1	3	3	1-6	0-4	0-0	0
Daniel Gafford GS	19:53	7	3	1	2	2	0	5	2-3	0-0	3-6	+3
Brandon Williams	25:34	23	2	5	2	0	3	0	7-15	0-3	9-11	-11
Dwight Powell	24:31	0	5	1	1	1	2	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	-11
Klay Thompson	22:21	18	1	2	0	0	1	0	7-13	4-10	0-0	-11
John Poulakidas	19:20	0	4	2	0	0	0	3	0-2	0-2	0-0	-4
Khris Middleton	12:10	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	0-4	0-3	0-0	-10
Tyler Smith	5:53	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	1-2	-2
AJ Johnson	2:05	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+1
Totals		127	41	25	9	5	13	24	44-95	14-42	25-31

ORL

Orlando Magic 138

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Wendell Carter Jr. GS	35:51	28	6	3	0	0	2	4	8-16	2-3	10-10	+6
Desmond Bane GS	33:25	27	7	5	3	0	1	3	8-13	3-5	8-9	+27
Jalen Suggs GS	31:14	19	4	9	3	0	3	5	8-12	3-6	0-0	0
Paolo Banchero GS	31:06	10	7	5	0	0	3	5	4-10	1-1	1-5	-9
Franz Wagner GS	17:09	18	4	1	1	0	3	0	8-12	0-3	2-2	+18
Tristan da Silva	28:46	19	5	1	1	1	4	2	6-11	3-4	4-6	-6
Jamal Cain	21:25	8	4	4	1	0	0	4	2-3	1-2	3-3	+7
Jevon Carter	19:36	5	1	4	1	0	0	1	2-4	1-2	0-0	+6
Goga Bitadze	12:09	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	2-2	+5
Jett Howard	5:09	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+3
Jase Richardson	2:05	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Noah Penda	2:05	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1
Totals		138	43	35	10	1	16	25	47-84	14-26	30-37

Did not play: Moritz Wagner (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

DAL

Dallas Mavericks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Daniel Gafford · Naji Marshall · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard Starter 6.4 min
Dwight Powell · Naji Marshall · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg · Ryan Nembhard 4.4 min
Daniel Gafford · Brandon Williams · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg · John Poulakidas 3.8 min
Dwight Powell · Naji Marshall · Brandon Williams · Max Christie · Cooper Flagg 3.8 min
Klay Thompson · Khris Middleton · Brandon Williams · Tyler Smith · John Poulakidas 3.6 min

ORL

Orlando Magic

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Franz Wagner · Jalen Suggs · Paolo Banchero Starter 9.8 min
Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Jalen Suggs · Paolo Banchero · Tristan da Silva 11.9 min
Jevon Carter · Goga Bitadze · Desmond Bane · Franz Wagner · Jamal Cain 6.6 min
Wendell Carter Jr. · Jalen Suggs · Paolo Banchero · Jamal Cain · Tristan da Silva 3.9 min
Jevon Carter · Wendell Carter Jr. · Desmond Bane · Jamal Cain · Tristan da Silva 3.0 min

Who guarded whom

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

Mavericks defense

Paolo Banchero 22 pts (9/15) in 73 possessions

Guarded by: Cooper Flagg (35 %, 11 pts) · Naji Marshall (21 %, 4 pts) · Brandon Williams (11 %, 4 pts)
Franz Wagner 9 pts (3/9) in 45 possessions

Guarded by: Cooper Flagg (29 %, 6 pts) · Khris Middleton (21 %, 0 pts) · Naji Marshall (21 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Cooper Flagg	Paolo Banchero: 25 poss., 11 pts (5/7) · Franz Wagner: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Max Christie	Desmond Bane: 36 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Paolo Banchero: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Brandon Williams	Jalen Suggs: 21 poss., 2 pts (0/2) · Jevon Carter: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/4)
Naji Marshall	Paolo Banchero: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/4) · Tristan da Silva: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Dwight Powell	Wendell Carter Jr.: 28 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Goga Bitadze: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Klay Thompson	Jamal Cain: 18 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Tristan da Silva: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Ryan Nembhard	Jalen Suggs: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jevon Carter: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
John Poulakidas	Desmond Bane: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tristan da Silva: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Daniel Gafford	Wendell Carter Jr.: 26 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Goga Bitadze: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Khris Middleton	Franz Wagner: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Goga Bitadze: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tyler Smith	Goga Bitadze: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jevon Carter: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
AJ Johnson	Jevon Carter: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jett Howard: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Magic defense

Cooper Flagg 18 pts (8/16) in 72 possessions

Guarded by: Franz Wagner (24 %, 4 pts) · Tristan da Silva (20 %, 3 pts) · Paolo Banchero (17 %, 2 pts)
Brandon Williams 14 pts (6/8) in 57 possessions

Guarded by: Jalen Suggs (36 %, 10 pts) · Jevon Carter (24 %, 2 pts) · Paolo Banchero (10 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Desmond Bane	Max Christie: 32 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Klay Thompson: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Wendell Carter Jr.	Dwight Powell: 26 poss., 10 pts (3/7) · Daniel Gafford: 24 poss., 9 pts (2/3)
Jalen Suggs	Brandon Williams: 21 poss., 10 pts (4/4) · Ryan Nembhard: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Paolo Banchero	Naji Marshall: 23 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Cooper Flagg: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tristan da Silva	Cooper Flagg: 15 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Klay Thompson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamal Cain	Klay Thompson: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Poulakidas: 12 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Franz Wagner	Cooper Flagg: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Khris Middleton: 7 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Jevon Carter	Brandon Williams: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ryan Nembhard: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Goga Bitadze	Dwight Powell: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Tyler Smith: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jett Howard	Khris Middleton: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · AJ Johnson: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jase Richardson	John Poulakidas: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Tyler Smith: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Noah Penda	Tyler Smith: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dwight Powell: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)