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Washington Wizards vs. Orlando Magic

January 6, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Wizards beat the Magic 120-112 on 2026-01-06 at home. The Wizards started Khris Middleton, CJ McCollum, Bilal Coulibaly, Alex Sarr, and Tre Johnson. The Magic started Wendell Carter Jr., Desmond Bane, Paolo Banchero, Anthony Black, and Tristan da Silva. Paolo Banchero (Magic) scored 17 points (6/10) in his matchups, with Bilal Coulibaly as his primary defender. Alex Sarr (Wizards) scored 19 points (9/19) in his matchups, with Wendell Carter Jr. as his primary defender.

Box score

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

WAS
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards 120

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
CJ McCollum GS 38:10 27 6 5 0 0 2 3 11-19 3-7 2-2 +15
Bilal Coulibaly GS 34:03 14 8 3 5 0 2 3 4-8 1-3 5-6 +23
Alex Sarr GS 30:55 23 7 2 1 5 1 0 7-14 2-5 7-7 +23
Khris Middleton GS 22:33 11 7 3 1 0 2 2 2-10 1-5 6-6 +9
Tre Johnson GS 22:28 6 2 5 2 0 2 4 2-7 0-4 2-2 +16
Bub Carrington 31:00 6 5 4 1 2 1 1 3-9 0-4 0-0 -9
Justin Champagnie 22:11 17 3 3 0 2 1 5 6-7 4-5 1-2 +10
Marvin Bagley III 17:05 12 3 0 2 1 2 2 2-6 0-0 8-8 -15
Will Riley 12:21 4 2 0 0 0 1 3 2-5 0-1 0-0 -11
AJ Johnson 6:18 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 -13
Malaki Branham 2:56 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -8
Totals 120 45 25 12 10 14 25 39-86 11-34 31-33

Did not play: Anthony Gill (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tristan Vukcevic (DNP - Coach's Decision)

ORL
Orlando Magic
Orlando Magic 112

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Paolo Banchero GS 24:32 14 4 4 0 0 4 2 5-10 1-3 3-5 -22
Desmond Bane GS 23:37 15 2 3 0 0 4 2 5-8 1-2 4-6 -12
Tristan da Silva GS 21:52 13 1 1 2 0 2 1 5-9 3-4 0-0 -27
Anthony Black GS 20:30 6 5 4 0 1 4 3 3-10 0-5 0-0 -19
Wendell Carter Jr. GS 19:34 2 7 3 0 0 1 3 1-6 0-3 0-0 -19
Tyus Jones 27:30 3 3 5 1 0 0 0 1-7 1-6 0-0 +11
Noah Penda 26:54 10 4 2 4 1 2 1 4-7 1-3 1-4 +8
Jase Richardson 25:42 20 3 3 0 0 2 1 7-12 3-4 3-3 +17
Goga Bitadze 20:14 10 5 0 0 0 0 5 5-7 0-0 0-0 -7
Jett Howard 15:43 10 6 3 0 0 0 3 2-10 2-3 4-5 +23
Jonathan Isaac 11:44 9 8 0 1 2 0 2 4-6 0-0 1-1 +12
Jamal Cain 2:08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -5
Totals 112 48 28 8 4 19 23 42-92 12-33 16-24

Lineups

WAS
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

ORL
Orlando Magic
Orlando Magic

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.

Wizards defense

Defender Guarded most
CJ McCollum Anthony Black: 24 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Noah Penda: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Bilal Coulibaly Paolo Banchero: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Tristan da Silva: 18 poss., 7 pts (3/7)
Bub Carrington Tyus Jones: 31 poss., 6 pts (3/4) · Jase Richardson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Alex Sarr Wendell Carter Jr.: 20 poss., 7 pts (1/2) · Goga Bitadze: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Tre Johnson Desmond Bane: 27 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Anthony Black: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Khris Middleton Paolo Banchero: 16 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Tristan da Silva: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Justin Champagnie Jase Richardson: 12 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Tristan da Silva: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Marvin Bagley III Goga Bitadze: 14 poss., 6 pts (0/1) · Jonathan Isaac: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Will Riley Jase Richardson: 8 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Desmond Bane: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
AJ Johnson Jase Richardson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jett Howard: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Malaki Branham Jase Richardson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jett Howard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Magic defense

Defender Guarded most
Noah Penda CJ McCollum: 15 poss., 1 pts (0/3) · Justin Champagnie: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Tyus Jones Bub Carrington: 28 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · CJ McCollum: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jase Richardson Bub Carrington: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Will Riley: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Paolo Banchero Bilal Coulibaly: 34 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Khris Middleton: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Desmond Bane Tre Johnson: 28 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Justin Champagnie: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Tristan da Silva Khris Middleton: 24 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Justin Champagnie: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anthony Black CJ McCollum: 27 poss., 2 pts (1/7) · Tre Johnson: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Wendell Carter Jr. Alex Sarr: 22 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Marvin Bagley III: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Goga Bitadze Alex Sarr: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Marvin Bagley III: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jett Howard Bub Carrington: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · CJ McCollum: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Jonathan Isaac Marvin Bagley III: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Alex Sarr: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Jamal Cain Bub Carrington: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Justin Champagnie: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)