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October 13, 2026 at 2:22 AM UTC

Postgame Report

Harden Leads Cavaliers Past Magic, 119-105, in Cleveland Preseason Meeting

James Harden scored 24 in 26 minutes as Cleveland beat Orlando by 14 at home on Oct. 11, in a preseason game that was more about rotations than the result.

The Cleveland Cavaliers Defeat the Orlando Magic in Second Pre-Season Game — Sports Illustrated
The Cleveland Cavaliers Defeat the Orlando Magic in Second Pre-Season Game — Sports Illustrated

The Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Orlando Magic 119-105 at home on Sunday, Oct. 11, pulling clear for a 14-point win. James Harden led the way with 24 points in 26 minutes, and Donovan Mitchell added 11 points and six assists. Tristan da Silva was Orlando's best scorer with 17.

It was preseason, so the lineups said more than the score. Evan Mobley played the most of anyone at 27 minutes and finished with 14 points and seven rebounds. Harden, Mitchell and Jarrett Allen all logged between 25 and 26. Orlando kept Franz Wagner to 15 minutes and Paolo Banchero to 18, with 10 points apiece, and gave long looks to Jase Richardson, Jamal Cain and Noah Penda. Cleveland's reserves did the quiet damage: Mario Hezonja and Jaylon Tyson each had 13, and Thomas Bryant scored 12 in just seven minutes.

Anyone looking for more detail online will find little of it. The Yahoo Sports page for the game offers a highlights video and nothing else specific to what happened, with no recap and no numbers. For a night when the box score is the real story, that is thin.

The clip itself runs 57 seconds, which is enough for a few dunks and a couple of threes and not much more. The footage is credited to NBA.com, which put it up shortly after the game ended, a little past 1 a.m. UTC on Monday, Oct. 12.

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