{"id":530490,"date":"2026-03-12T02:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T02:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/530490\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T02:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T02:53:07","slug":"desmond-bane-scores-35-points-to-help-magic-beat-cavaliers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/530490\/","title":{"rendered":"Desmond Bane scores 35 points to help Magic beat Cavaliers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Desmond Bane 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 hold off the Cleveland Cavaliers 128-122 on Wednesday for their fifth straight victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Paolo Banchero added 25 points, eight rebounds and seven assists for the Magic. Tristan da Silva scored nine of his 23 points in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">James Harden had 30 points and eights assists for Cleveland. Donovan Mitchell 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<p class=\"c-paragraph\">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<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Three 3-pointers by Keon Ellis, who finished with 20 points, keyed the late comeback of the Cavaliers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Evan Mobley had 18 points and 13 rebounds for Cleveland. The Cavaliers have lost five of nine after winning seven straight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">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<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The five-game winning streak is Orlando\u2019s longest of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Up next<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Cavaliers: At Dallas on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Magic: Host Washington on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Dick Scanlon, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Desmond Bane had a 3-pointer and two free throws in the final 17.4 seconds&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":530491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-530490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}