Orlando Magic 138, Dallas Mavericks 127 — Recap

April 3, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Orlando Magic 138, Dallas Mavericks 127. Scoring by quarter: Q1 ORL 38-31 DAL; Q2 ORL 33-27 DAL; Q3 ORL 40-34 DAL; Q4 ORL 27-35 DAL.

Top performers (box score): Cooper Flagg (DAL) 51 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 6 threes on 19-of-30 shooting; Wendell Carter Jr. (ORL) 28 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-16 shooting; Desmond Bane (ORL) 27 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Brandon Williams (DAL) 23 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists on 7-of-15 shooting; Tristan Da Silva (ORL) 19 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DAL

Cooper Flagg

51 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 6 3PM · 19-30 FG

Scoring · ORL

Wendell Carter Jr.

28 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 8-16 FG

Scoring · ORL

Desmond Bane

27 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 8-13 FG

Season highs

Cooper Flagg · Season-high 51 pointsWendell Carter Jr. · Season-high 28 pointsCooper Flagg · Season-high 6 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

ORL 30 largest lead Q4 10:10 (ORL 122, DAL 92) · 11-0 run, Q2 0:49–Q3 10:50

DAL 3 largest lead Q1 7:40 (ORL 12, DAL 15) · 11-0 run, Q3 4:49–Q3 2:48

Swings 4 lead changes Tied 3 times

Ahead for good: Tristan da Silva makes 25-foot three pointer (Paolo Banchero assists) (Q2 4:58, ORL 56, DAL 53).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
ORL	38	33	40	27		138
DAL	31	27	34	35		127

🧮 How They Scored

ORLDAL

54Points in the paint48

16Fast-break points13

6Second-chance points14

17Points off turnovers18

36Bench points43

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

64.3%Effective FG%54.8%

13.8%Turnover %10.9%

20.0%Offensive rebound %23.4%

0.440Free-throw rate0.312

Box Score

Orlando Magic

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Wendell Carter Jr. F	36	28	6	3	0	0	2	8-16	2-3	10-10	+6
Desmond Bane G	34	27	7	5	3	0	1	8-13	3-5	8-9	+27
Jalen Suggs G	31	19	4	9	3	0	3	8-12	3-6	0-0	0
Paolo Banchero F	31	10	7	5	0	0	3	4-10	1-1	1-5	-9
Tristan Da Silva F	29	19	5	1	1	1	4	6-11	3-4	4-6	-6
Jamal Cain F	21	8	4	4	1	0	0	2-3	1-2	3-3	+7
Jevon Carter G	20	5	1	4	1	0	0	2-4	1-2	0-0	+6
Franz Wagner F	17	18	4	1	1	0	3	8-12	0-3	2-2	+18
Goga Bitadze C	12	2	4	2	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	2-2	+5
Jett Howard G	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+3
Jase Richardson G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-1
Noah Penda G-F	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-1

Dallas Mavericks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Cooper Flagg F	34	51	6	3	3	1	1	19-30	6-9	7-7	-2
Max Christie G	28	14	5	3	0	0	1	4-7	3-6	3-3	+8
Brandon Williams G	26	23	2	5	2	0	3	7-15	0-3	9-11	-11
Dwight Powell F-C	25	0	5	1	1	1	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	-11
Naji Marshall F	24	9	4	2	1	0	0	3-12	1-3	2-2	-16
Klay Thompson G	22	18	1	2	0	0	1	7-13	4-10	0-0	-11
Ryan Nembhard G	22	2	7	5	0	1	3	1-6	0-4	0-0	0
Daniel Gafford F	20	7	3	1	2	2	0	2-3	0-0	3-6	+3
John Poulakidas G	19	0	4	2	0	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-4
Khris Middleton F	12	0	1	1	0	0	2	0-4	0-3	0-0	-10
AJ Johnson G	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+1

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Wendell Carter Jr.	Starter	36	28	68.6	26.4	+7.5	13.3
Desmond Bane	Starter	34	27	79.6	19.3	+31.3	18.3
Jalen Suggs	Starter	31	19	79.2	19.7	0.0	15.6
Franz Wagner	Starter	17	18	69.9	31.9	+46.1	17.4
Paolo Banchero	Starter	31	10	41.0	20.3	-9.5	2.8
Tristan Da Silva	Bench	29	19	69.6	26.5	-10.0	8.3
Jamal Cain	Bench	21	8	92.6	7.1	+14.3	8.9
Jevon Carter	Bench	20	5	62.5	8.0	+13.6	7.6
Goga Bitadze	Bench	12	2	53.2	5.9	+16.1	7.8
Jett Howard	Bench	05	2	100.0	7.7	+27.3	9.5
Moritz Wagner	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jase Richardson	Bench	02	0	0.0	20.0	-20.0	-200.0
Noah Penda	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	-20.0	200.0

Dallas MavericksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Cooper Flagg	Starter	34	51	77.1	37.5	-5.8	26.6
Max Christie	Starter	28	14	84.1	11.8	+10.6	13.2
Naji Marshall	Starter	24	9	34.9	20.6	-27.3	4.1
Daniel Gafford	Starter	20	7	62.1	9.4	+6.3	5.3
Ryan Nembhard	Starter	22	2	16.7	16.4	0.0	2.0
Brandon Williams	Bench	26	23	58.0	31.5	-23.5	15.8
Klay Thompson	Bench	22	18	69.2	26.4	-19.1	10.4
AJ Johnson	Bench	02	2	100.0	14.3	+20.0	500.0
Khris Middleton	Bench	12	0	0.0	18.8	-34.5	-11.0
Dwight Powell	Bench	25	0	0.0	3.1	-24.3	0.0