{"id":653503,"date":"2026-03-11T23:34:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T23:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/653503\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T23:34:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T23:34:47","slug":"live-updates-donovan-mitchells-cavs-take-on-paolo-bancheros-magic-on-a-six-game-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/653503\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Updates: Donovan Mitchell&#8217;s Cavs take on Paolo Banchero&#8217;s Magic on a six-game night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1963757\" class=\"wp-image-1963757 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/rockets-nuggets-december-20-2025-1568x882.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"882\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1963757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nikola Joki\u0107\u2019s Nuggets take on the Rockets in the second half of our ESPN doubleheader.<\/p>\n<p>What we know about Wednesday night\u2019s games:<\/p>\n<p>Our ESPN doubleheader opens with Donovan Mitchell\u2019s Cavaliers taking on Paolo Banchero\u2019s Magic (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/cle-vs-orl-0022500947\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">7:30 ET<\/a>), as Orlando chases its fifth straight win.<br \/>\nThen, we have Kevin Durant\u2019s Rockets facing Nikola Joki\u0107\u2019s Nuggets (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/hou-vs-den-0022500950\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">10 ET<\/a>) in the nightcap.<\/p>\n<p>MARCH 11, 2026 \/\/ 6:30 ET<\/p>\n<p>Amen Thompson rising<\/p>\n<p>The Rockets\u2019 second-year wing has played the second-most minutes in the NBA over the last five games \u2014 188.3, just behind Jalen Brunson\u2019s 189.2 \u2014 while shooting 64.3% from the field and posting a +24 mark.<\/p>\n<p>Check out his best plays.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amen Thompson&#8217;s top plays from the last five games.<\/p>\n<p>MARCH 11, 2026 \/\/ 6:00 ET<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to a six-game night!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2023246\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2023246\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mitchell-banchero-1568x882.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"882\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2023246\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donovan Mitchells\u2019s Cavaliers are in Orlando to take on Paolo Banchero\u2019s Magic to open our ESPN doubleheader.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s slate is highlighted by an ESPN doubleheader featuring Donovan Mitchell\u2019s Cavaliers facing Paolo Banchero\u2019s Magic (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/cle-vs-orl-0022500947\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">7:30 ET<\/a>), followed by Kevin Durant\u2019s Rockets versus Nikola Joki\u0107\u2019s Nuggets (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/hou-vs-den-0022500950\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">10 ET<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the complete schedule:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nikola Joki\u0107\u2019s Nuggets take on the Rockets in the second half of our ESPN doubleheader. What we know&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":653504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3779],"tags":[7,48,6,47,76,3883],"class_list":["post-653503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando-magic","tag-basketball","tag-magic","tag-nba","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-magic","tag-orlandomagic"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116213169302716257","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653503","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=653503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}