{"id":619298,"date":"2026-02-23T05:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T05:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/619298\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T05:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T05:59:00","slug":"desmond-bane-scores-36-points-to-help-the-magic-hold-off-the-clippers-111-109-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/619298\/","title":{"rendered":"Desmond Bane scores 36 points to help the Magic hold off the Clippers, 111-109"},"content":{"rendered":"

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Desmond Bane<\/a> scored 36 points and Paolo Banchero<\/a> added 16 points and eight assists as the Orlando Magic<\/a> held on for a 111-109 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Wendell Carter<\/a> Jr. had 15 points and 14 rebounds and Tristan da Silva<\/a> scored 13 for the Magic, who improved to 5-2 since Feb. 5.<\/p>\n

Kawhi Leonard<\/a> shrugged off an ankle injury to score 37 points and Bennedict Mathurin<\/a> added 21 points and nine rebounds off the bench for the Clippers, who are 4-5 since Feb. 2. Mathurin missed a 3-point attempt to win the game at the buzzer.<\/p>\n

Jordan Miller<\/a> had 14 points for the Clippers. <\/p>\n

Leonard exited Friday\u2019s loss against the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> with an ankle sprain. Mathurin was playing in his fifth game for the Clippers after he was acquired at the trade deadline from the Indiana Pacers.<\/p>\n

Orlando won despite going 8 of 23 from 3-point range, two games after setting a franchise record with 27 3-pointers in a victory at Sacramento. Jalen Suggs<\/a> missed his second consecutive game for the Magic with back spasms.<\/p>\n

In a tight game throughout, Leonard gave the Clippers a 107-105 lead with 3:03 remaining on a jumper from the top of the key. The Magic took charge from there as Bane hit a jumper to tie the score and then made a layup with 1:28 left for a 109-107 advantage.<\/p>\n

As the Clippers missed four consecutive shots, Orlando went up 111-107 on a fast-break dunk from Banchero with 40 seconds left.<\/p>\n

Bane tried to pad the Magic\u2019s lead with eight seconds remaining but had his shot blocked inside by rookie Yanic Konan Niederhauser<\/a>. Mathurin then raced down the floor only to miss a 25-footer as time expired.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Magic: At the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Clippers: Host the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP NBA<\/a>: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Desmond Bane scored 36 points and Paolo Banchero added 16 points and eight assists…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,363,497,79016,461,6483,529,192,1407,6,12,76,402,1253,454,10948],"class_list":["post-619298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-nba-draft","tag-basketball","tag-bennedict-mathurin","tag-desmond-bane","tag-event_recap","tag-jalen-suggs","tag-jordan-miller","tag-kawhi-leonard","tag-la-clippers","tag-national-basketball-association","tag-nba","tag-nba-draft","tag-orlando-magic","tag-paolo-banchero","tag-tristan-da-silva","tag-wendell-carter-jr","tag-yanic-konan-niederhauser"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116118418420267597","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619298\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}