NBA Playoffs: Magic vs. Cavaliers Game 7 updates, score, highlights, analysis
Rachel Ellis
Updated on April 03, 2026
For the first time in six years, the Cavaliers are headed to the second round of the NBA playoffs, defeating the Magic 106-94. It was a group effort, with Donovan Mitchel, Max Strus, Evan Mobley, and Darius Garland coming alive in the second half to stuff the Magic and send them back to Orlando.
It looked like Paolo Banchero and this young Magic team were going to walk away with it in the first half, at one point holding an 18-point lead over the Cavs. But the Cavs came out of halftime a different team. Led by Mitchell, the Cavs took control within the first two minutes of the third quarter and never gave it up.
