{"id":534613,"date":"2026-03-12T02:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T02:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/534613\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T02:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T02:50:08","slug":"magic-128-122-cavaliers-mar-11-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/534613\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic 128-122 Cavaliers (Mar 11, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORLANDO, Fla. — \u2014 Desmond Bane<\/a> had a 3-pointer and two free throws in the final 17.4 seconds to cap a 35-point night and help the Orlando Magic<\/a> hold off the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> 128-122 on Wednesday for their fifth straight victory.<\/p>\n

Paolo Banchero<\/a> added 25 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Magic. Tristan da Silva<\/a> scored nine of his 23 points in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

James Harden<\/a> had 30 points and eights assists for Cleveland. Donovan Mitchell<\/a> added 25 points, hitting a 3-pointer that brought the Cavaliers within two after Orlando led by 13 midway through the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

Bane countered with a 3-pointer as he was falling out of bounds with 17.4 seconds left, then added two free throws with eight seconds remaining.<\/p>\n

Three 3-pointers by Keon Ellis<\/a>, who finished with 20 points, keyed the late comeback of the Cavaliers.<\/p>\n

Evan Mobley<\/a> had 18 points and 13 rebounds for Cleveland. The Cavaliers have lost five of nine after winning seven straight.<\/p>\n

Mitchell and Harden each scored 16 points in the first half, but the Cavaliers missed 11 of 12 3-point shots in the second quarter and were tied at 62 at halftime. Harden opened the second half with a 3-pointer, but Mobley was called for his fourth foul just 35 seconds into the third quarter.<\/p>\n

The five-game winning streak is Orlando’s longest of the season.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Cavaliers: At Dallas on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Magic: Host Washington on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. — \u2014 Desmond Bane had a 3-pointer and two free throws in the final 17.4 seconds…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-534613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}