Orlando Magic @ New Orleans Pelicans
Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA | Game ID: 22401141
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
NOP 23 15 27 28 93ORL 32 36 20 25 113
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Banchero scores 34 points and Magic build a 30-point halftime lead in a 113-93 rout of the Pelicans
NEW ORLEANS -- — Paolo Banchero had 34 points, 11 rebounds and four steals, and the Orlando Magic beat the New Orleans Pelicans 113-93 on Thursday night.
Franz Wagner added 27 points, six rebounds and five assists, going 11 for 17 from the field and 4 of 4 from the free throw line.
Zion Williamson led the Pelicans with 20 points, eight rebounds and five assists. New Orleans also got 17 points from Trey Murphy III .
The Magic took the lead with 9:24 left in the first quarter and did not relinquish it. It was 68-38 by halftime, with Banchero racking up 24 points and Wagner 20. It was the first time since detailed play-by-play began being kept in 1996-97 that two Orlando players scored at least 20 points in the first half.
Takeaways Magic: Orlando delivered a clean offensive performance in a game it needed to strengthen its playoff positioning. The Magic shot 51.8% from the field and committed just eight turnovers. Orlando’s starting forwards, Banchero and Wagner, shot a combined 25 of 39 from the field.
Pelicans: New Orleans scored just 15 points in the second quarter on 5-for-18 shooting to fall behind by 30 at the break.
Key moment Banchero’s behind-the-back dribble into a Euro step in traffic for a layup gave the Magic a 47-30 lead in the second quarter.
Key stat At one point, Banchero and Wagner had made a combined 15-for-16 shots from the field.
Up next The Magic visit Minnesota on Friday. The Pelicans will visit the Spurs on Saturday.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
ORLAB A. Black
CH C. Houstan
CJ C. Joseph
FW F. Wagner
GB G. Bitadze
JH J. Howard
JI J. Isaac
KC K. Caldwell-Pope
PB P. Banchero
TQ T. Queen
TD T. da Silva
WC W. Carter Jr.
NOPAR A. Reeves
BB B. Brown
CM C. McCollum
JA J. Alvarado
JH J. Hawkins
JR J. Robinson-Earl
KM K. Matković
MB M. Bamba
TM T. Murphy III
ZW Z. Williamson
ORL/NOP the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur