Orlando Magic 131, Cleveland Cavaliers 136 — Recap

March 24, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Orlando Magic 131, Cleveland Cavaliers 136. Scoring by quarter: Q1 ORL 39-32 CLE; Q2 ORL 29-40 CLE; Q3 ORL 29-33 CLE; Q4 ORL 34-31 CLE.

Top performers (box score): Donovan Mitchell (CLE) 42 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 14-of-22 shooting; Paolo Banchero (ORL) 36 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; James Harden (CLE) 26 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Evan Mobley (CLE) 19 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists on 8-of-8 shooting; Sam Merrill (CLE) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · CLE

Donovan Mitchell

42 PTS, 2 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 14-22 FG

Scoring · ORL

Paolo Banchero

36 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 10-19 FG

Scoring · CLE

James Harden

26 PTS, 3 REB, 7 AST, 4 3PM · 8-16 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

ORL 7 largest lead Q1 0:00 (ORL 39, CLE 32) · 11-0 run, Q3 8:21–Q3 7:04

CLE 11 largest lead Q3 7:04 (ORL 79, CLE 90) · 7-0 run, Q2 11:04–Q2 9:52

Swings 3 lead changes Tied 4 times

Ahead for good: James Harden makes 25-foot three point step back jumpshot (Q2 0:00, ORL 68, CLE 71).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
ORL	39	29	29	34		131
CLE	32	40	33	31		136

🧮 How They Scored

ORLCLE

38Points in the paint64

6Fast-break points14

23Second-chance points7

14Points off turnovers17

28Bench points28

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.1%Effective FG%67.9%

8.2%Turnover %7.9%

32.5%Offensive rebound %18.8%

0.452Free-throw rate0.358

Box Score

Orlando Magic

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Paolo Banchero F	40	36	6	5	1	1	5	10-19	3-7	13-15	-3
Tristan Da Silva F	36	18	6	3	0	0	1	5-11	3-7	5-5	+5
Desmond Bane G	36	17	7	3	2	0	2	5-13	1-3	6-6	-5
Jamal Cain F	32	17	6	3	0	0	0	5-11	1-3	6-6	+8
Wendell Carter Jr. F	29	15	5	2	1	1	0	4-7	2-5	5-6	-3
Jevon Carter G	27	15	4	4	1	0	0	6-12	3-9	0-0	-10
Jett Howard G	16	5	1	2	0	0	0	2-4	1-3	0-0	-13
Goga Bitadze C	14	4	2	3	1	0	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	-4
Moritz Wagner C	5	4	2	0	0	0	0	2-3	0-1	0-0	+4
Noah Penda G-F	5	0	0	2	0	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	-4

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden G	37	26	3	7	1	1	2	8-16	4-6	6-7	-2
Donovan Mitchell G	35	42	2	3	0	0	2	14-22	3-7	11-11	+2
Sam Merrill G	33	19	4	1	2	0	0	6-11	2-6	5-6	+4
Evan Mobley F-C	32	19	9	6	0	1	3	8-8	0-0	3-4	-4
Max Strus G	27	11	3	3	1	0	0	4-10	3-8	0-0	+13
Dean Wade F	21	2	1	1	0	0	0	1-4	0-2	0-0	-4
Keon Ellis G	20	2	3	0	1	1	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+2
Dennis Schroder G	16	6	1	2	0	0	0	3-5	0-1	0-0	-2
Thomas Bryant C	13	9	6	1	2	0	1	4-4	0-0	1-1	+13
Nae'Qwan Tomlin F	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Paolo Banchero	Starter	40	36	70.3	33.3	-2.0	13.3
Tristan Da Silva	Starter	36	18	68.2	16.5	+3.0	10.4
Desmond Bane	Starter	36	17	54.3	18.9	-6.8	7.1
Jamal Cain	Starter	32	17	62.3	18.7	+8.4	10.3
Wendell Carter Jr.	Starter	29	15	77.8	14.1	-7.5	8.3
Jevon Carter	Bench	27	15	62.5	19.0	-17.5	11.9
Jett Howard	Bench	16	5	62.5	11.1	-36.8	4.0
Moritz Wagner	Bench	05	4	66.7	27.3	+40.0	19.6
Goga Bitadze	Bench	14	4	66.7	10.0	-15.4	7.5
Colin Castleton	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jase Richardson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Noah Penda	Bench	05	0	0.0	18.2	-50.0	-15.0

Cleveland CavaliersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Donovan Mitchell	Starter	35	42	78.2	37.2	+0.8	17.1
James Harden	Starter	37	26	68.1	24.7	-0.8	11.5
Sam Merrill	Starter	33	19	69.6	19.4	+6.0	10.8
Evan Mobley	Starter	32	19	97.3	18.6	-1.9	15.3
Dean Wade	Starter	21	2	25.0	9.3	-6.2	0.8
Max Strus	Bench	27	11	55.0	16.4	+16.6	6.6
Thomas Bryant	Bench	13	9	101.4	17.2	+45.4	20.9
Dennis Schroder	Bench	16	6	60.0	15.2	-2.0	6.8
Keon Ellis	Bench	20	2	100.0	2.4	+1.9	4.0
Nae'Qwan Tomlin	Bench	06	0	0.0	0.0	+23.1	3.8
Tyrese Proctor	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0