Washington Wizards 109, Orlando Magic 126 — Recap

March 3, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Washington Wizards 109, Orlando Magic 126. Scoring by quarter: Q1 WAS 24-27 ORL; Q2 WAS 30-30 ORL; Q3 WAS 27-40 ORL; Q4 WAS 28-29 ORL.

Top performers (box score): Paolo Banchero (ORL) 37 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 threes on 15-of-21 shooting; Desmond Bane (ORL) 25 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; Will Riley (WAS) 19 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-13 shooting; Jaden Hardy (WAS) 18 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Sharife Cooper (WAS) 16 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · ORL

Paolo Banchero

37 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 1 3PM · 15-21 FG

Scoring · ORL

Desmond Bane

25 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 7-10 FG

Scoring · WAS

Will Riley

19 PTS, 3 REB, 5 AST, 2 3PM · 8-13 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

WAS 2 largest lead Q2 10:19 (WAS 31, ORL 29) · 7-0 run, Q1 2:35–Q1 1:19

ORL 25 largest lead Q4 8:17 (WAS 81, ORL 106) · 10-0 run, Q3 10:50–Q3 9:15

Swings 2 lead changes Tied 2 times

Ahead for good: Noah Penda makes driving layup (Q2 9:44, WAS 31, ORL 33).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
WAS	24	30	27	28		109
ORL	27	30	40	29		126

🧮 How They Scored

WASORL

48Points in the paint62

7Fast-break points19

10Second-chance points2

6Points off turnovers23

64Bench points37

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.5%Effective FG%61.8%

10.4%Turnover %8.0%

27.1%Offensive rebound %9.4%

0.272Free-throw rate0.487

Box Score

Washington Wizards

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Will Riley F	33	19	3	5	2	0	1	8-13	2-5	1-3	-9
Julian Reese F	33	9	8	3	0	0	1	4-6	0-0	1-4	-17
Carlton Carrington G	32	11	3	5	1	0	2	4-8	3-4	0-1	-30
Leaky Black F	31	8	9	1	0	2	0	3-8	0-2	2-2	+2
Tre Johnson G	24	9	0	1	0	1	3	3-12	0-4	3-4	-19
Bilal Coulibaly G	24	6	6	3	0	0	1	3-12	0-6	0-0	-25
Justin Champagnie F	23	13	8	1	1	3	0	6-9	0-2	1-1	+1
Jaden Hardy G	22	18	2	1	0	0	3	7-13	1-6	3-4	+6
Sharife Cooper G	20	16	3	3	0	0	1	5-11	1-3	5-6	+6

Orlando Magic

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Desmond Bane G	33	25	2	4	0	0	0	7-10	3-5	8-8	+27
Paolo Banchero F	32	37	5	6	0	0	2	15-21	1-2	6-7	+26
Jevon Carter G	30	10	3	6	0	0	0	3-9	3-7	1-2	+5
Jalen Suggs G	27	10	3	9	2	2	2	5-9	0-2	0-0	+10
Tristan Da Silva F	27	8	9	1	0	1	1	3-6	2-4	0-0	+26
Goga Bitadze C	21	9	6	2	0	1	1	2-3	0-0	5-8	+8
Noah Penda G-F	19	5	5	1	0	2	1	1-2	0-0	3-3	+3
Moritz Wagner C	16	10	3	0	0	0	0	2-6	0-1	6-6	+4
Jett Howard G	14	12	1	2	0	0	0	4-6	1-2	3-3	-1
Jase Richardson G	13	0	0	2	1	0	1	0-3	0-2	0-0	-11
Jamal Cain F	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-7
Jonathan Isaac F	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

Washington WizardsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Will Riley	Starter	33	19	66.3	18.8	-12.7	12.4
Carlton Carrington	Starter	32	11	65.2	12.7	-46.2	7.1
Tre Johnson	Starter	24	9	32.7	27.9	-36.4	-7.2
Bilal Coulibaly	Starter	24	6	25.0	22.0	-51.0	1.7
Jaden Hardy	Bench	22	18	61.0	33.3	+13.0	8.6
Sharife Cooper	Bench	20	16	58.7	27.5	+8.7	12.6
Justin Champagnie	Bench	23	13	68.9	15.5	+4.2	19.3
Anthony Gill	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
KyShawn George	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jamir Watkins	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Paolo Banchero	Starter	32	37	76.8	38.2	+39.4	23.5
Desmond Bane	Starter	33	25	92.5	20.0	+39.7	18.5
Jalen Suggs	Starter	27	10	55.6	20.0	+20.5	18.2
Goga Bitadze	Starter	21	9	69.0	18.2	+18.2	13.1
Tristan Da Silva	Starter	27	8	66.7	11.7	+44.8	10.0
Jett Howard	Bench	14	12	82.0	23.3	+1.2	16.2
Jevon Carter	Bench	30	10	50.6	14.7	+7.7	7.3
Moritz Wagner	Bench	16	10	57.9	27.3	+12.5	8.4
Noah Penda	Bench	19	5	75.3	9.5	+7.3	10.6
Jonathan Isaac	Bench	04	0	0.0	0.0	-55.6	0.0
Jamal Cain	Bench	04	0	0.0	11.1	-63.3	-12.9
Jase Richardson	Bench	13	0	0.0	13.3	-37.9	-4.6