Game ID: 22501186
Orlando Magic @ Boston Celtics
Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM ET
TD Garden, Boston, MA
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
BOS 20 32 42 19 113ORL 29 32 20 27 108
BOS vs ORL ScoutingBOS vs ORL Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
BOS availability going into 4/05 · 1 day's restOUT Vučević missed 14 since 3/08, returns tonight: 13 min (63% of 20)
BACK Brown back 3/30 after 2, 36 min since (104% of 34)
BACK Walsh back 3/27 after 6, 22 min since (127% of 17)
NEW Scheierman 18 to 25 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 4/07 · 1 day's restBACK Brown back 3/30 after 2, 36 min since (104% of 34)
BACK Vučević back 4/05 after 14, 13 min since (63% of 20)
NEW Queta 25 to 31 min over the last 4
BOS availability going into 4/09 · 1 day's restOUT Garza missed 2 since 4/05, out tonight
BACK Brown back 3/30 after 2, 37 min since (108% of 34)
BACK Vučević back 4/05 after 14, 18 min since (87% of 20)
NEW Queta 25 to 30 min over the last 4
BOS availability going into 4/10 · back-to-backOUT Garza missed 3 since 4/05, returns tonight: 16 min (104% of 16)
OUT González missed 2 since 4/07, returns tonight: 25 min (180% of 14)
BACK Vučević back 4/05 after 14, 20 min since (97% of 20)
BOS availability going into 4/12 · 1 day's restBACK Vučević back 4/05 after 14, 20 min since (95% of 20)
BACK Garza back 4/10 after 3, 16 min since (104% of 16)
BACK González back 4/10 after 2, 25 min since (180% of 14)
BOS availability going into 4/19 · 6 days' restOUT Tatum missed 2 since 4/10, returns tonight: 32 min (96% of 34)
BACK Vučević back 4/05 after 14, 20 min since (95% of 20)
BACK Garza back 4/10 after 3, 27 min since (175% of 16)
BACK González back 4/10 after 2, 25 min since (180% of 14)
NEW Scheierman 18 to 24 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 4/21 · 1 day's restBACK Tatum back 4/19 after 2, 32 min since (96% of 34)
BACK Garza back 4/10 after 3, 23 min since (147% of 16)
BACK González back 4/10 after 2, 13 min since (94% of 14)
NEW Scheierman 18 to 24 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 4/24 · 2 days' restBACK Tatum back 4/19 after 2, 36 min since (106% of 34)
BACK Garza back 4/10 after 3, 18 min since (113% of 16)
BACK González back 4/10 after 2, 13 min since (94% of 14)
NEW Scheierman 18 to 24 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 4/26 · 1 day's restOUT González missed 2 since 4/21, returns tonight: 3 min (20% of 14)
BACK Tatum back 4/19 after 2, 38 min since (113% of 34)
BACK Garza back 4/10 after 3, 15 min since (96% of 16)
ORL availability going into 4/05 · 1 day's restOUT Black missed 15 since 3/08, out tonight
BACK Fra. Wagner back 4/01 after 22, 18 min since (61% of 30)
BACK Suggs back 3/26 after 2, 31 min since (109% of 28)
NEW Cain 13 to 20 min over the last 5
ORL availability going into 4/06 · back-to-backOUT Black missed 16 since 3/08, returns tonight: 16 min (53% of 29)
OUT Mor. Wagner missed 2 since 4/03, returns tonight: 4 min (30% of 12)
BACK Fra. Wagner back 4/01 after 22, 19 min since (63% of 30)
NEW Cain 13 to 21 min over the last 5
ORL availability going into 4/08 · 1 day's restOUT Howard missed 2 since 4/05, out tonight
BACK Fra. Wagner back 4/01 after 22, 19 min since (63% of 30)
BACK Black back 4/06 after 16, 16 min since (53% of 29)
BACK Mor. Wagner back 4/06 after 2, 4 min since (30% of 12)
NEW Cain 13 to 21 min over the last 5
ORL availability going into 4/10 · 1 day's restOUT Howard missed 3 since 4/05, out tonight
BACK Fra. Wagner back 4/01 after 22, 20 min since (65% of 30)
BACK Black back 4/06 after 16, 16 min since (54% of 29)
BACK Mor. Wagner back 4/06 after 2, 5 min since (44% of 12)
NEW Cain 13 to 21 min over the last 5
ORL availability going into 4/12 · 1 day's restOUT Howard missed 4 since 4/05, out tonight
BACK Black back 4/06 after 16, 17 min since (57% of 29)
BACK Mor. Wagner back 4/06 after 2, 5 min since (44% of 12)
NEW Cain 13 to 20 min over the last 5
ORL availability going into 4/19 · 6 days' restOUT Howard missed 5 since 4/05, out tonight
OUT Mor. Wagner missed 2 since 4/10, out tonight
BACK Black back 4/06 after 16, 17 min since (59% of 29)
NEW Cain 13 to 19 min over the last 5
ORL availability going into 4/22 · 2 days' restOUT Penda missed 2 since 4/12, returns tonight: 3 min (24% of 13)
OUT Howard missed 6 since 4/05, returns tonight: 3 min (24% of 12)
OUT Mor. Wagner missed 3 since 4/10, returns tonight: 3 min (26% of 12)
OUT Richardson missed 2 since 4/12, returns tonight: 3 min (28% of 11)
BACK Black back 4/06 after 16, 18 min since (62% of 29)
ORL availability going into 4/25 · 2 days' restBACK Penda back 4/22 after 2, 3 min since (24% of 13)
BACK Howard back 4/22 after 6, 3 min since (24% of 12)
BACK Mor. Wagner back 4/22 after 3, 3 min since (26% of 12)
BACK Richardson back 4/22 after 2, 3 min since (28% of 11)
ORL availability going into 4/27 · 1 day's restBACK Penda back 4/22 after 2, 3 min since (24% of 13)
BACK Howard back 4/22 after 6, 3 min since (24% of 12)
BACK Mor. Wagner back 4/22 after 3, 3 min since (26% of 12)
BACK Richardson back 4/22 after 2, 3 min since (28% of 11)
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 107, shooting 52 percent and 42 from three, 16 free throws a game; Brown at 28 and Tatum at 23 a game. It has won the glass by 10 a night. One day's rest. Orlando comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 126 a night and allowing 113, shooting 51 percent and 38 from three, 32 free throws a game; Bane at 20 and Banchero at 20 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 6 a night. One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the line, where Orlando takes 32 free throws a game to Boston's 16 and the defense, Boston allowing 107 a night to Orlando's 113. Call it Boston 117, Orlando 113, Orlando keeping it close.
4/05 vs TOR 115-101 — BOS notes
BOS won 115-101. BOS shot 53% (47 of 88) to TOR's 48%, 8 of 28 from three. The glass went 44-31 for them. Brown led with 26 (11 of 20, 1 of 3 from three); Tatum added 23, Queta 18. The hinge was Q4, 35-24: a lead of 3 became 14, and the lead reached 18. Queta was the night's best plus/minus at +30.
4/07 vs CHA 113-102 — BOS notes
BOS won 113-102. BOS shot 49% (43 of 87) to CHA's 43%, 17 of 42 from three. Brown led with 35 (13 of 29, 3 of 10 from three, 6 of 7 at the line); Tatum added 23, White 12. The hinge was Q3, 35-26: BOS came in trailing by 6 and left it ahead by 3. BOS trailed 55-61 at the half and won the second half 58-41. White was the night's best plus/minus at +18.
4/09 @ NYK 106-112 — BOS notes
BOS lost 106-112. BOS shot 45% (38 of 84) to NYK's 54%, 16 of 43 from three. The glass went 42-30 for them. Tatum led with 24 (7 of 22, 2 of 10 from three, 8 of 10 at the line); Pritchard added 23, Scheierman 20. Q1 was theirs, 29-26, but the other 3 periods went 86-77 against them. Tatum's -16 in 40 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/10 vs NOP 144-118 — BOS notes
BOS won 144-118. BOS shot 54% (52 of 96) to NOP's 46%, 29 of 59 from three, and got to the line 15 times to NOP's 30. Hauser led with 24 (8 of 13, 8 of 12 from three); Brown added 23, Pritchard 21. The hinge was Q1, 44-25: from level to 19 ahead, and the lead reached 41. Pritchard was the night's best plus/minus at +29.
4/12 vs ORL 113-108 — BOS notes
BOS won 113-108. BOS shot 41% (36 of 87) to ORL's 40%, 19 of 50 from three, and got to the line 22 times to ORL's 30. Scheierman led with 30 (8 of 20, 6 of 14 from three, 8 of 8 at the line); Garza added 27, Harper Jr. 27. The hinge was Q3, 42-20: BOS came in trailing by 9 and left it ahead by 13, and the lead reached 16. BOS trailed 52-61 at the half and won the second half 61-47. Scheierman was the night's best plus/minus at +15.
4/19 vs PHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 108, shooting 49 percent and 40 from three, 16 free throws a game; Brown at 28 and Tatum at 23 a game. It has won the glass by 5 a night. Without Tatum (2 straight). 6 days' rest. Philadelphia comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 106 a night and allowing 109, shooting 44 percent and 31 from three, 22 free throws a game; Maxey at 23 and Edgecombe at 16 a game. Without Embiid (3 straight). 6 days' rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the arc, Boston at 40 percent from three to Philadelphia's 31 and the glass, where Boston has been plus-5 a night and Philadelphia minus-2. Call it Boston 116, Philadelphia 108.
4/21 vs PHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 106, shooting 48 percent and 41 from three, 17 free throws a game; Brown at 28 and Tatum at 24 a game. That is 3 straight wins. One day's rest. Philadelphia comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 105 a night and allowing 110, shooting 43 percent and 29 from three, 23 free throws a game; Maxey at 23 and Edgecombe at 14 a game. Without Embiid (4 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the arc, Boston at 41 percent from three to Philadelphia's 29 and the line, where Philadelphia takes 23 free throws a game to Boston's 17. Call it Boston 117, Philadelphia 107, Boston by 10.
4/24 @ PHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Philadelphia comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 107 a night and allowing 107, shooting 45 percent and 34 from three, 19 free throws a game; Maxey at 25 and Edgecombe at 18 a game. Without Embiid (5 straight). 2 days' rest. Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 108, shooting 46 percent and 38 from three, 19 free throws a game; Brown at 28 and Tatum at 23 a game. 2 days' rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where Boston has been plus-4 a night and Philadelphia minus-2 and the arc, Boston at 38 percent from three to Philadelphia's 34. Call it Boston 112, Philadelphia 111, Philadelphia keeping it close.
4/26 @ PHI — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Philadelphia comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 107 a night and allowing 106, shooting 44 percent and 34 from three, 18 free throws a game; Maxey at 27 and George at 17 a game. Without Embiid (6 straight), Watford (2 straight). One day's rest. Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 106, shooting 46 percent and 39 from three, 19 free throws a game; Brown at 28 and Tatum at 23 a game. One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where Boston has been plus-3 a night and Philadelphia minus-3 and the arc, Boston at 39 percent from three to Philadelphia's 34. Call it Boston 112, Philadelphia 110, Philadelphia keeping it close.
4/05 @ NOP 112-108 — ORL notes
ORL won 112-108. ORL shot 43% (40 of 93) to NOP's 42%, 7 of 33 from three. The glass went 57-47 for them. Bane led with 27 (8 of 19, 3 of 8 from three, 8 of 11 at the line); Banchero added 23, Carter Jr. 13. The hinge was Q4, 31-20: ORL came in trailing by 7 and left it ahead by 4. ORL trailed 52-60 at the half and won the second half 60-48. Cain was the night's best plus/minus at +11.
4/06 vs DET 123-107 — ORL notes
ORL won 123-107. ORL shot 51% (41 of 81) to DET's 49%, 11 of 26 from three, and went to the line 40 times to DET's 19 — 30 points from the stripe to their 13. ORL turned it over 14 times to DET's 19. Banchero led with 31 (10 of 16, 10 of 10 at the line); Bane added 25, Black 14. The hinge was Q2, 39-27: a lead of 2 became 14, and the lead reached 26. Suggs was the night's best plus/minus at +30.
4/08 vs MIN 132-120 — ORL notes
ORL won 132-120. ORL shot 54% (51 of 95) to MIN's 50%, 12 of 29 from three, and went to the line 23 times to MIN's 14 — 18 points from the stripe to their 12. The glass went 48-33 for them. Banchero led with 20 (8 of 11); Bane added 18, F. Wagner 17. The hinge was Q2, 29-21: a lead of 2 became 10, and the lead reached 24. Bane was the night's best plus/minus at +22.
4/10 @ CHI 127-103 — ORL notes
ORL won 127-103. ORL shot 52% (49 of 94) to CHI's 44%, 13 of 37 from three. ORL turned it over 14 times to CHI's 20. Wagner led with 25 (8 of 13, 3 of 5 from three, 6 of 9 at the line); Cain added 20, Bitadze 15. The hinge was Q2, 36-27: a lead of 2 became 11, and the lead reached 28. Banchero was the night's best plus/minus at +21.
4/12 @ BOS 108-113 — ORL notes
ORL lost 108-113. ORL shot 40% (36 of 91) to BOS's 41%, 12 of 43 from three, and went to the line 30 times to BOS's 22 — 24 points from the stripe to their 22. Suggs led with 23 (8 of 17, 7 of 15 from three); Banchero added 23, Wagner 20. Q1 was theirs, 29-20, but the other 3 periods went 93-79 against them. They led by as many as 11.
4/19 @ DET — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Detroit comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 110, shooting 53 percent and 40 from three, 24 free throws a game; Duren at 19 and Harris at 15 a game. That is 3 straight wins. It has won the glass by 10 a night. 6 days' rest. Orlando comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 110, shooting 48 percent and 33 from three, 31 free throws a game; Banchero at 22 and Fra. Wagner at 18 a game. It has won the glass by 7 a night. 6 days' rest.
So: Detroit wins, and the game turns on the arc, Detroit at 40 percent from three to Orlando's 33 and the line, where Orlando takes 31 free throws a game to Detroit's 24. Call it Detroit 117, Orlando 113, Orlando keeping it close.
4/22 @ DET — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Detroit comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 113, shooting 51 percent and 38 from three, 27 free throws a game; Cunningham at 18 and Duren at 17 a game. It has won the glass by 7 a night. 2 days' rest. Orlando comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 109, shooting 49 percent and 34 from three, 27 free throws a game; Banchero at 22 and Fra. Wagner at 20 a game. It has won the glass by 6 a night. 2 days' rest.
So: Detroit wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it Detroit 116, Orlando 114, Orlando keeping it close.
4/25 vs DET — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Orlando comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 107, shooting 46 percent and 31 from three, 26 free throws a game; Banchero at 20 and Fra. Wagner at 19 a game. 2 days' rest. Detroit comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 105, shooting 50 percent and 36 from three, 28 free throws a game; Cunningham at 20 and Duren at 15 a game. It has won the glass by 10 a night. 2 days' rest.
So: Detroit wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where Detroit has been plus-10 a night and Orlando plus-3 and the arc, Detroit at 36 percent from three to Orlando's 31. Call it Detroit 113, Orlando 112, Orlando keeping it close.
4/27 vs DET — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Orlando comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 104, shooting 43 percent and 32 from three, 28 free throws a game; Banchero at 21 and Fra. Wagner at 19 a game. One day's rest. Detroit comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 106, shooting 48 percent and 34 from three, 27 free throws a game; Cunningham at 23 and Harris at 18 a game. It has won the glass by 6 a night. One day's rest.
So: Orlando wins, and the game turns on the glass, where Detroit has been plus-6 a night and Orlando plus-1. Call it Orlando 111, Detroit 110, Detroit keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
ORLAB A. Black
DB D. Bane
FW F. Wagner
GB G. Bitadze
JC J. Cain
JC J. Carter
JS J. Suggs
PB P. Banchero
TD T. da Silva
WC W. Carter Jr.
BOSAW A. Williams
BS B. Scheierman
DB D. Banton
JT J. Tonje
JW J. Walsh
LG L. Garza
MS M. Shulga
RH R. Harper Jr.
ORL/BOS 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
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
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
Celtics' reserves beat Orlando 113-108, send Magic into a play-in game against the 76ers
BOSTON -- — Baylor Scheierman scored a career-high 30 points, Luka Garza added 27, including a key 3-pointer with 31.6 seconds left, and the Boston Celtics’ reserves defeated Orlando 113-108 on Sunday night, sending the Magic into a road play-in tournament game.
Ron Harper Jr . had a career-best 27 points for Boston, and Garza grabbed 12 rebounds.
Paolo Banchero led Orlando with 23 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, and Jalen Suggs scored 23 points.
The Magic (45-37) had won five straight and seemed ready to lock up a home game as the Eastern Conference’s No. 7 seed before the loss. They entered tied with Toronto for sixth, but fell to eighth and will face Philadelphia.
Boston sat eight of its regular rotation players, including stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown .
Playing most of the season without Tatum, who was recovering from Achilles tendon surgery , the Celtics (56-26) turned in a better-than-expected season by earning the East’s No. 2 seed.
Wendell Carter Jr’s free throw cut Boston’s lead to 108-105 with 1:37 remaining and Suggs’ right-wing 3 tied it before Garza collected a pass off an in-bounds, turned and hit his 3-pointer.
The Celtics led 101-85 early in the final quarter before the Magic cut the deficit to five points on Banchero’s layup with just under four minutes left.
Mainly behind Harper and Scheierman, Boston’s reserves hung around early, falling behind by double digits midway into the second quarter and then rallying behind a 3-point shooting barrage (9 of 16) in the third quarter to outscore the Magic 42-20 in the period and open a 94-81 lead.
The Celtics hit four 3-pointers in a 1:48 span — two by Scheierman — during a 12-2 spurt that pulled them ahead.
Up next Magic: Travel to No. 7 Philadelphia for a play-in game.
Celtics: Await their first-round playoff opponent.