Orlando Magic @ Los Angeles Lakers
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at 10:30 PM ET
Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA | Game ID: 22500840
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
LAL 33 23 24 29 109ORL 25 28 26 31 110
ESPN UpdateESPN Update
Wendell Carter Jr. scores late winner in Magic's 110-109 victory over slumping Lakers
LOS ANGELES -- — Wendell Carter Jr . made a go-ahead putback with 6.7 seconds to play, Paolo Banchero scored 36 points and the Orlando Magic finished a strong West Coast trip with a 110-109 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night.
LeBron James missed a fallaway 3-point attempt on the final shot by the Lakers, who went 4-4 on a disappointing homestand spanning the All-Star break. Los Angeles has lost four of six and fallen into sixth place in the West, repeatedly failing to beat playoff-caliber teams.
Desmond Bane scored 22 points and Carter had 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Magic , who have won six of eight overall after taking three of four on the road out of the break. That surge — capped by their fourth consecutive win over the Lakers — has moved the Magic within a half-game of sixth place in the Eastern Conference.
Orlando rallied from an early double-digit deficit to take a five-point lead with 5 1/2 minutes left, but Rui Hachimura hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2:14 to play for the Lakers. Bane drilled a go-ahead 3 with 34.6 seconds left, but Doncic found James under the basket for a dunk to reclaim the lead.
After Carter scored on the Magic's second offensive rebound of their final possession, Luka Doncic belatedly got the ball to James, whose desperation shot didn't go.
Doncic had 22 points and 15 assists, while James and Deandre Ayton scored 21 apiece for the Lakers. Austin Reaves scored all 18 of his points in the second half.
The Lakers' turnovers and the Magic's poor 3-point shooting kept the game close through three quarters.
Orlando starting guard Jalen Suggs missed his third straight game with a back strain.
Lakers backup center Jaxson Hayes remained out with an ankle injury.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
LALAR A. Reaves
DA D. Ayton
DO Doncic
JL J. LaRavia
JV J. Vanderbilt
LD L. Dončić
LJ L. James
LK L. Kennard
MK M. Kleber
MS M. Smart
RH R. Hachimura
ORLAB A. Black
DB D. Bane
JC J. Carter
JH J. Howard
JI J. Isaac
JR J. Richardson
MW M. Wagner
PB P. Banchero
TD T. da Silva
WC W. Carter Jr.
LAL/ORL 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