Los Angeles Lakers @ Orlando Magic
Monday, March 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
Kia Center, Orlando, FL | Game ID: 22401038
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
ORL 26 32 34 26 118LAL 30 30 18 28 106
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Wagner and Banchero power the Magic to a 118-106 win over the struggling Lakers
ORLANDO, Fla. -- — Franz Wagner had 32 points and eight assists, Paolo Banchero added 30 points and seven rebounds and the Orlando Magic sent the Los Angeles Lakers to their third straight loss, 118-106 on Monday night.
Luka Doncic scored 32 points and LeBron James added 24 points and eight assists for the Lakers, who have lost seven of their last 10.
Anthony Black came off the bench and finished with 17 points, five rebounds and six assists for the Magic.
Austin Reaves scored eight of his 17 points in the first quarter for the Lakers, who led by nine points late in the first half, but were outscored 34-18 in the third quarter.
Takeaways Lakers: With a third straight loss in the opener of a four-game trip, the Lakers (43-28) slipped into a tie for fourth place in the Western Conference with idle Memphis.
Magic: Orlando (34-38) snapped a six-game home losing streak and remained eighth place in the Eastern Conference.
Key moment After the Lakers had trimmed a 17-point deficit to seven with 5:40 remaining, Wagner and Banchero combined for Orlando's next 10 points, including six on layups, for a 110-98 lead with 3:19 left.
Key stat The lowest scoring team in the NBA at 104.8 points per game, the Magic shot 49.4% overall, made 15 3-pointers and made just nine turnovers.
Up next The Lakers play at Indiana on Wednesday night. The Magic are at Charlotte on Tuesday night.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
ORLAB A. Black
CH C. Houstan
CJ C. Joseph
FW F. Wagner
GB G. Bitadze
GH G. Harris
JI J. Isaac
KC K. Caldwell-Pope
PB P. Banchero
TD T. da Silva
WC W. Carter Jr.
LALAR A. Reaves
DF D. Finney-Smith
DK D. Knecht
DO Doncic
GV G. Vincent
JG J. Goodwin
JH J. Hayes
JV J. Vanderbilt
LD L. Dončić
LJ L. James
RH R. Hachimura
ORL/LAL 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