March 12, 2026; Orlando, Florida, USA; Orlando Magic’s forward Paolo Banchero (5) defends Washington Wizards’ guard Will Riley (27) in the first quarter at the Kia Center. Mandatory Credit: Mike Watters-Imagn Image Jalen Suggs had 28 points with a game-tying 3-pointer with 1:27 left in overtime, Tristan da Silva had a career-high 26 points, and the Orlando Magic withstood a fourth-quarter storm from the visiting Washington Wizards to win 136-131 on Thursday night.
Desmond Bane scored 22 points, Wendell Carter Jr. 19 and Paolo Banchero 18 for a double-double for the Magic, who won their sixth straight title.
Bilal Coulibaly was the game’s leading scorer with a career-high 29 points for the Wizards, who never led until overtime, trailed by as many as 19 points midway through the third period and still had 17 points in the first minute of the final period before Coulibaly forced an extra session with a game-tying 26-footer with 5.8 seconds left.
Koulibaly gave the visitors a brief one-point lead with two free throws early in overtime, and finally, a 3-pointer with 1:39 to play put Washington up 131 points before Orlando scored the final five points of the game.
Suggs’ 3-pointer and two free throws with 56.1 seconds left closed the scoring.
The Wizards’ big run came as part of a 42-point fourth quarter, capped by an 11-0 run that brought them within 109-104 on a pair of Bub Carrington free throws with 3:34 remaining. To end a nine-game losing streak, they got within four on a Carrington jumper with 2:54 to play, three on Koulibaly’s 3-point play 37 seconds later and one on an Anthony Gill layup with 23.7 seconds to play.
Koulibaly’s 3-pointer that forced overtime was followed by six free throws from Bain (4) and da Silva (2), with Bain’s second shot with 9.0 seconds left.
Suggs complemented his team-high scoring with a game-high eight assists. Carter tied Washington’s Tristan Vukcevic for the game’s top rebounding honors with 11.
Alex Sarr (16 points), Trae Young (15), Leaky Black (12), Justin Champagnie (12) and Vukcevic (11) joined Coulibaly for the Wizards’ humiliating 150-129 loss in Miami, where Bam Adebayo scored 83 points.
Young, playing for just the third time since Dec. 27, also had a team-high six assists in 21 minutes.
–Field level media
