Orlando Magic 112, Atlanta Hawks 124 — Recap

March 16, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Orlando Magic 112, Atlanta Hawks 124. Scoring by quarter: Q1 ORL 21-34 ATL; Q2 ORL 29-33 ATL; Q3 ORL 33-37 ATL; Q4 ORL 29-20 ATL.

Top performers (box score): Nickeil Alexander-Walker (ATL) 41 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 9 threes on 12-of-21 shooting; Jalen Johnson (ATL) 24 points, 15 rebounds, 13 assists, 2 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Paolo Banchero (ORL) 18 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 3-of-13 shooting; Desmond Bane (ORL) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-16 shooting; Wendell Carter Jr. (ORL) 17 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-10 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · ATL

Nickeil Alexander-Walker

41 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 9 3PM · 12-21 FG

Scoring · ATL

Jalen Johnson

24 PTS, 15 REB, 13 AST, 2 3PM · 10-19 FG

Scoring · ORL

Paolo Banchero

18 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 1 3PM · 3-13 FG

Season highs

Nickeil Alexander-Walker · Season-high 41 pointsDyson Daniels · Season-high 12 reboundsNickeil Alexander-Walker · Season-high 9 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

ORL 2 largest lead Q1 10:53 (ORL 2, ATL 0) · 10-0 run, Q4 10:50–Q4 8:02

ATL 29 largest lead Q3 8:09 (ORL 56, ATL 85) · 11-0 run, Q1 9:16–Q1 6:56

Swings 3 lead changes Tied 2 times

Ahead for good: Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes two point shot (CJ McCollum assists) (Q1 8:35, ORL 7, ATL 9).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
ORL	21	29	33	29		112
ATL	34	33	37	20		124

🧮 How They Scored

ORLATL

46Points in the paint46

17Fast-break points11

13Second-chance points19

15Points off turnovers17

44Bench points20

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

49.5%Effective FG%54.8%

9.5%Turnover %10.9%

17.0%Offensive rebound %31.9%

0.242Free-throw rate0.312

Box Score

Orlando Magic

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Paolo Banchero F	33	18	10	3	0	2	2	3-13	1-2	11-16	-16
Desmond Bane G	31	18	2	4	1	0	1	7-16	3-7	1-1	-24
Wendell Carter Jr. F	28	17	3	1	1	0	2	6-10	2-5	3-3	-17
Jalen Suggs G	28	8	6	5	1	1	3	4-11	0-5	0-0	-10
Tristan Da Silva F	28	7	2	1	0	0	0	2-8	1-5	2-2	-8
Jevon Carter G	19	13	3	2	2	0	3	5-8	3-6	0-0	-10
Jett Howard G	19	10	1	0	1	0	0	4-10	2-5	0-0	+8
Moritz Wagner C	14	7	6	1	0	0	0	3-9	1-5	0-0	-3
Noah Penda G-F	14	2	1	1	1	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+4
Jamal Cain F	14	2	3	1	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	0
Goga Bitadze C	6	4	3	1	0	0	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	+8
Jase Richardson G	5	6	0	0	2	0	0	2-4	1-2	1-1	+8

Atlanta Hawks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	37	41	7	5	2	0	3	12-21	9-14	8-9	+27
Jalen Johnson F	37	24	15	13	1	0	4	10-19	2-6	2-2	+12
Onyeka Okongwu F-C	37	15	7	4	0	1	1	5-12	2-6	3-4	+4
Dyson Daniels G	36	15	12	3	1	1	2	6-9	0-1	3-5	+7
CJ McCollum G	31	9	2	3	1	1	1	3-14	1-7	2-2	+20
Jonathan Kuminga F	19	7	8	1	0	0	2	2-7	0-0	3-5	-8
Jock Landale C	11	8	1	2	0	0	0	3-4	1-1	1-2	+8
Zaccharie Risacher F	10	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	+8
Gabe Vincent G	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-6
Mouhamed Gueye F	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-8
Corey Kispert F	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	-4

🔬 Advanced Stats

Orlando MagicTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Desmond Bane	Starter	31	18	54.7	22.1	-32.9	7.6
Paolo Banchero	Starter	33	18	44.9	27.2	-21.6	8.2
Wendell Carter Jr.	Starter	28	17	75.1	19.4	-25.3	9.4
Jalen Suggs	Starter	28	8	36.4	19.7	-16.1	6.7
Tristan Da Silva	Starter	28	7	39.4	13.2	-17.0	2.3
Jevon Carter	Bench	19	13	81.3	22.9	-24.6	18.3
Jett Howard	Bench	19	10	50.0	20.8	+16.4	6.1
Moritz Wagner	Bench	14	7	38.9	23.7	-6.3	9.3
Jase Richardson	Bench	5	6	67.6	28.6	+64.5	27.9
Goga Bitadze	Bench	06	4	66.7	21.4	+64.5	25.6
Jamal Cain	Bench	14	2	100.0	2.9	-4.1	6.7
Noah Penda	Bench	14	2	50.0	5.6	+9.7	8.1

Atlanta HawksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Starter	37	41	82.1	29.5	+34.9	24.0
Jalen Johnson	Starter	37	24	60.4	25.5	+15.0	22.0
Onyeka Okongwu	Starter	37	15	54.5	15.2	+4.9	8.1
Dyson Daniels	Starter	36	15	67.0	13.5	+10.3	10.5
CJ McCollum	Starter	31	9	30.2	19.5	+27.6	0.0
Jock Landale	Bench	11	8	82.0	17.9	+27.5	11.3
Jonathan Kuminga	Bench	19	7	38.0	21.6	-14.1	4.5
Corey Kispert	Bench	04	3	50.0	27.3	-47.3	5.0
Zaccharie Risacher	Bench	10	2	50.0	8.0	+44.3	12.8
Buddy Hield	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Gabe Vincent	Bench	10	0	0.0	4.2	-27.3	0.0
Caleb Houstan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Keaton Wallace	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Mouhamed Gueye	Bench	08	0	0.0	5.9	-41.2	-3.5
Asa Newell	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0