Brooklyn Nets – Orlando Magic · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 5 February 2026

BKN98–118ORL

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↑ ORL winsBKN wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when ORL leads and falls when BKN does.

This is how the game was decided.

Desmond Bane decided it, the Orlando Magic player with the most points (23, with 3 rebounds and 4 assists; +20 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was Jalen Suggs's (+24). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

Orlando Magic 118-98 Brooklyn Nets (February 5, 2026) was not decided in the closing minutes: the Orlando Magic went ahead for good in the first quarter (11:08 left), with a three-pointer by Jalen Suggs for 3-0, and never gave up the lead.

The biggest run of Orlando Magic 118-98 Brooklyn Nets (February 5, 2026) was a 9-0 run by the Orlando Magic in the fourth quarter (from 8:32 to 7:05), from 93-76 to 102-76. The Brooklyn Nets' best was a 7-0 run in the second quarter (from 3:13 to 1:49), from 29-50 to 36-50.

With 26 points, this is Egor Dëmin's highest-scoring regular-season game of his career.

What were the keys of the last Orlando Magic vs Brooklyn Nets game?

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I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

It is compared by points with all his official NBA box scores in that scope; it is the same criterion the Analyst uses.

This is how the two teams compared in passes and jump shots.

Brooklyn made 285 passes and Orlando made 322.
BKN 285322 ORL
Brooklyn made 14 of 47 jump shots and Orlando made 18 of 49.
BKN14/47
ORL18/49

Passes come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game: each team's total adds up its players' passes. Jump shots come from ESPN's play-by-play: every field-goal attempt ESPN logs as a jump shot counts, threes included.

Rotations · who was on the floor

Closing lineup · BKN

Traore · Demin · Powell · Saraf · Wolf

Closing lineup · ORL

Richardson · Penda · Howard · Bitadze · Cain

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BKN

Nolan Traore

38′ · -11

Egor Demin

32′ · -4

Michael Porter Jr.

32′ · -23

Nic Claxton

29′ · -20

Noah Clowney

22′ · -14

Drake Powell

19′ · -2

Ziaire Williams

17′ · -18

Ben Saraf

16′ · -3

Day'Ron Sharpe

13′ · -6

Danny Wolf

22′ · +1

ORL

Desmond Bane

32′ · +20

Paolo Banchero

31′ · +14

Jalen Suggs

29′ · +24

Anthony Black

28′ · +18

Wendell Carter Jr.

22′ · +10

Jase Richardson

23′ · +6

Tristan da Silva

18′ · +12

Moritz Wagner

12′ · +6

Noah Penda

14′ · +1

Jonathan Isaac

8′ · +10

Jett Howard

12′ · -9

Goga Bitadze

6′ · -6

Jamal Cain

6′ · -6

Each bar is a stint on the floor (source: NBA). The number is minutes played and the team's +/− with him on the court. BKN and ORL.

These lineups played the most minutes together.

Brooklyn Nets

Porter, Claxton, Clowney, Traore, and Demin played 18.6 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 10 points.
Traore, Demin, Wolf, Saraf, and Powell played 6.0 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 6 points.
Porter, Williams, Sharpe, Saraf, and Powell played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.

Orlando Magic

Carter, Bane, Suggs, Banchero, and Black played 12.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 7 points.
Bitadze, Cain, Howard, Richardson, and Penda played 6.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 6 points.
Wagner, Bane, Suggs, da Silva, and Penda played 4.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.

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Brooklyn Nets

Williams, Sharpe, Wolf, Saraf, and Powell played 2.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 4 points.
Porter, Claxton, Traore, Demin, and Wolf played 2.8 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Claxton, Clowney, Traore, Demin, and Wolf played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 1 point.
Porter, Williams, Sharpe, Traore, and Powell played 2.1 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Porter, Claxton, Williams, Wolf, and Saraf played 1.8 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Williams, Sharpe, Traore, Wolf, and Powell played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Porter, Williams, Sharpe, Wolf, and Saraf played 1.7 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 3 points.
Sharpe, Traore, Demin, Wolf, and Powell played 1.1 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Porter, Claxton, Williams, Traore, and Powell played 1.0 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 5 points.

Orlando Magic

Wagner, Banchero, Black, da Silva, and Richardson played 4.5 minutes together.
Their team tied that stretch.
Carter, Bane, Banchero, Black, and Richardson played 3.7 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 3 points.
Isaac, Bane, Suggs, da Silva, and Penda played 3.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 4 points.
Carter, Banchero, Black, Howard, and Richardson played 2.6 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Wagner, Bane, Suggs, da Silva, and Richardson played 2.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 5 points.
Isaac, Bane, Suggs, Banchero, and Howard played 1.9 minutes together.
Their team lost that stretch by 1 point.
Isaac, Suggs, Banchero, Black, and Richardson played 1.5 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.
Carter, Banchero, Black, da Silva, and Richardson played 1.4 minutes together.
Their team won that stretch by 2 points.

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The lineups come from the NBA's official rotation: who was on the floor and when. Each lineup's plus-minus is worked out from every player's stints and is only shown when they all add up with each other and with the final score.

Nolan Traore covered 4.84 km, more than anyone in the game.

Nolan Traore touched the ball 88 times, a game high.
Nic Claxton defended 6 shots at the rim, a game high, and opponents made 5.

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Brooklyn Nets

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Nolan Traore	4.84	7.7	88	70
Egor Dëmin	3.86	7.3	46	37
Michael Porter Jr.	3.56	6.6	43	31
Nic Claxton	3.27	6.8	42	31
Noah Clowney	2.61	7.2	25	21
Danny Wolf	2.57	7.1	35	25
Drake Powell	2.25	7.1	24	21
Ziaire Williams	1.93	6.8	13	12
Ben Saraf	1.91	7.1	31	19
Day'Ron Sharpe	1.64	7.4	22	18

Orlando Magic

Player	km	km/h	Touches	Passes
Desmond Bane	3.64	6.9	55	40
Paolo Banchero	3.44	6.6	60	45
Jalen Suggs	3.36	7.0	74	70
Anthony Black	3.12	6.8	45	29
Jase Richardson	2.94	7.8	31

The figures come from the NBA's optical tracking (NBA.com) for this game; speed is each player's average while on the floor.

This is how each team's plays were shared among its players.

Brooklyn Nets

Player	Min	Usage (%)
Nolan Traore	37:57	21.3
Michael Porter Jr.	32:19	21.6
Egor Dëmin	31:57	20.8
Nic Claxton	28:50	15.9
Danny Wolf	21:53	23.6
Noah Clowney	21:53	15.1
Drake Powell	18:59	21.7
Ziaire Williams	16:59	12.2
Ben Saraf	16:03	20.0
Day'Ron Sharpe	13:10	15.6

Orlando Magic

Player	Min	Usage (%)
Desmond Bane	31:47	25.0
Paolo Banchero	31:21	25.4
Jalen Suggs	29:06	17.6
Anthony Black	27:35	22.2
Jase Richardson	22:32	9.6
Wendell Carter Jr.	21:49	14.3
Tristan da Silva	17:31	9.1
Noah Penda	14:15	5.6
Jett Howard	12:21	21.4

Usage is the NBA's official figure (NBA.com) for this game: out of every 100 team plays while he was on the floor, how many he finished with a shot, a turnover or free throws.

Who guarded whom

Wendell Carter Jr. guarded Nic Claxton for 5.4 minutes, over 25 possessions.
In that time, Nic Claxton scored 4 points and made 1 of 1 shots.
Anthony Black guarded Michael Porter Jr. for 5.3 minutes, over 25 possessions.
In that time, Michael Porter Jr. scored 6 points and made 1 of 5 shots.
Paolo Banchero guarded Noah Clowney for 5.2 minutes, over 26 possessions.
In that time, Noah Clowney scored 0 points and made 0 of 3 shots.

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Brooklyn Nets defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Claxton	Carter	4.7	25	5 (2/2)
Traore	Bane	3.2	19	5 (1/2)
Traore	Richardson	3.0	15	0 (0/1)
Dëmin	Black	3.0	16	5 (2/3)
Sharpe	Wagner	2.6	11	4 (2/4)
Porter	Banchero	2.5	12	4 (1/1)
Porter	Black	2.4	14	3 (1/2)
Clowney	Banchero	2.4	14	6 (2/2)
Dëmin	Suggs	2.2	13	3 (1/1)
Porter	Penda	2.2	11	0 (0/0)

Orlando Magic defending

Defender	Attacker	Min	Poss	Pts (FG)
Carter	Claxton	5.4	25	4 (1/1)
Black	Porter	5.3	25	6 (1/5)
Banchero	Clowney	5.2	26	0 (0/3)
Bane	Traore	4.5	21	5 (2/4)
Richardson	Traore	3.4	18	2 (0/1)

Matchups come from the NBA's tracking (NBA.com) for this game: how long each defender guarded each attacker and what the attacker produced in that time. Only matchups of two minutes or more are shown.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2025-26 regular season, not this game.

Brooklyn Nets

Ziaire Williams deflected 3.2 passes per game over his 55 games.
He ranks 19 of 399 in the league.
Nic Claxton contested 7.3 shots per game over his 69 games.
He ranks 32 of 399 in the league.
Noah Clowney contested 6.3 shots per game over his 66 games.
He ranks 51 of 399 in the league.

Orlando Magic

Jalen Suggs deflected 3.4 passes per game over his 57 games.
He ranks 16 of 399 in the league.
Moritz Wagner drew 0.14 charges per game over his 35 games.
He ranks 16 of 399 in the league.
Desmond Bane recovered 0.7 loose balls per game over his 82 games.
He ranks 22 of 399 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Orlando Magic have won 25 of their 50 games against the Brooklyn Nets.

25-25record of the Orlando Magic · NBA 2012-13 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Game context

Attendance

18.093

96% of capacity

Kia Center · Orlando

Scoring

216

combined points

15.2 below the season average (231.2)