Orlando Magic at Miami Heat
· National Basketball AssociationBanchero scores 27, Magic top Heat 121-117 and move to 5-0 vs. Miami this season
Wendell Carter Jr. scored 15 for the Magic, who won their seventh straight and snapped Miami's season-best, seven-game winning streak.
Orlando led by as many as 22, before Miami twice got within two in the final 18.5 seconds.
Orlando (38-28) moved a game clear of Miami (38-30) in the race for fifth in the Eastern Conference, plus is 10 games over .500 for the first time since the end of the 2023-24 season.
Jaime Jaquez Jr. scored 22, while Bam Adebayo and Norman Powell each had 20 for Miami, which hadn't gone 0-5 against one team since doing so against New York — then coached by now-Heat President Pat Riley — in 1992-93.
The only other instance in the last three decades: New Orleans went 5-0 against Sacramento in 2023-24.
The Heat got Tyler Herro and Powell back from injuries, with Herro starting and Powell coming off the bench for the first time since 2023-24 with the Los Angeles Clippers. Herro scored 10.
The five-game season series was impossible for the better part of the last three decades, given that the NBA scheduling formula almost always called for teams to play four games against opponents from their division, three or four games against the other in-conference opponents and two games against each opponent from the opposite conference.
The advent of the NBA Cup — and the quirk of two games being added to each team's schedule after pool play — makes the five-game series possible. It has now happened 13 times over the last three seasons.
Heat: Visit Charlotte on Tuesday.
Regular Season Series
ORL wins series 5-0
Recent Plays
| 4th 0.0 |  |
End of Game | 121 - 117 |
| 4th 0.0 | |
End of the 4th Quarter | 121 - 117 |
| 4th 2.3 |  |
Paolo Banchero defensive rebound | 121 - 117 |
| 4th 2.3 |  |
Bam Adebayo misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot | 121 - 117 |
| 4th 7.8 | |
Paolo Banchero makes free throw 2 of 2 | 121 - 117 |
Statistics
 ORL |
 MIA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 44-89 | FG | 41-88 |
| 49 | Field Goal % | 47 |
| 10-32 | 3PT | 12-38 |
| 31 | Three Point % | 32 |
| 23-25 | FT | 23-28 |
| 92 | Free Throw % | 82 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 11 | Offensive Rebounds | 7 |
| 38 | Defensive Rebounds | 25 |
| 26 | Assists | 25 |
| 6 | Steals | 13 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 20 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 1 |
| 25 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 9 |
| 11 | Fast Break Points | 24 |
| 54 | Points in Paint | 52 |
| 23 | Fouls | 21 |
| 22 | Largest Lead | 1 |
| 2 | Lead Changes | 2 |
| 99 | Percent Led | 0 |
Miami Heat Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Tyler Herro, G | Out | Apr 27 |
| Bam Adebayo, C | Out | Apr 14 |
| Dru Smith, G | Out | Apr 13 |
| Nikola Jovic, F | Out | Apr 13 |
Orlando Magic Injuries
| NAME, POS | STATUS | DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Isaac, F | Out | May 3 |
| Franz Wagner, F | Out | May 2 |
Game Information
Location: Miami, FL
Attendance: 19,757 · Capacity:
2025-26 Southeast Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Atlanta |
46 | 36 | .561 | - | L1 |
 Orlando |
45 | 37 | .549 | 1 | L1 |
 Charlotte |
44 | 38 | .537 | 2 | W1 |
 Miami |
43 | 39 | .524 | 3 | W2 |
 Washington |
17 | 65 | .207 | 29 | L10 |
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