Home › Game previews › NBA › October 2026 › Atlanta Hawks at Orlando Magic
NBA · October 21, 2026

Atlanta Hawks vs Orlando Magic Final — October 21, 2026

Atlanta Hawks logo
Atlanta Hawks
132
Top scorer Jalen Johnson72 games
FINAL
Orlando Magic logo
Orlando Magic
125
Top scorer Paolo Banchero72 games
Wednesday, October 21 · 7:10 PM ET
ATLOffenseFull 2025-26 regular season (last season)ORL
14th114.2
Offensive ratingpoints scored per 100 possessions
112.419th
6th118.5
PPG
115.515th
ATLDefenseORL
11th111.9
Defensive ratingpoints allowed per 100 possessions
111.410th
18th116.0
Opp PPG
114.512th
ATLTeamORL
12th+2.3
Net ratingoffensive minus defensive rating
+1.017th
ATLLast 10 gamesORL
+3+3+3+24+24+24+24+24+24+24
Game by game
+16+21+21+21+21+21+21+21+21+21
10-0
Last 10
10-0
+177
Net points
+205
Top third of the leagueMiddle thirdBottom thirdBar = league rank (full = 1st)
Injuries & restkey injuries · rest and travel
ATLRest & travelORL
5 days
Days of rest
5 days
402 mi647 km
Travel to the game
Home
ATLKey injuriesORL
None listed
Players out or limited
Anthony Black GOut
About these numbers

Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before kickoff. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.

Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.

Distance is straight-line from each team's home arena; time-zone change is at game time. Rest counts days since each team's previous game.

No key players listed.

Key players only. Injury report as of October 21, 9:40 a.m. ET.

The pre-game matchup

The Hawks visited the Magic on Wednesday, October 21 at 7:10 PM ET.

Last season (2025-26), the Hawks scored 118.5 points per game (6th of 30) and allowed 116.0 (18th). The Magic scored 115.5 points per game (15th of 30) and allowed 114.5 (12th).

Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Hawks 114.2 (14th), Magic 112.4 (19th). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Hawks 111.9 (11th), Magic 111.4 (10th). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Hawks +2.3 (12th), Magic +1.0 (17th). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.

The Magic closed as 2.5-point favorites at home against the Hawks. The spread closed where it opened. The total closed 233.5, unchanged from the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Hawks +111, Magic -134) prices the Hawks at 45% and the Magic at 55%.

Written from the numbers available before kickoff.

Result

Final score and result vs the closing line

Atlanta Hawks 132, Orlando Magic 125

Atlanta Hawks won by 7.

  • Against the closing spread (Orlando Magic -2.5): Atlanta Hawks covered.
  • Combined score 257 vs the closing total of 233.5: Over.
  • Atlanta Hawks closed at +111 on the moneyline (a 45% no-vig market-implied chance).

Market

Closing line and line movement

Spreadno move
OpenMagic -2.5 (-110)
Hawks +2.5 (-110)
CloseMagic -2.5 (-105)
Hawks +2.5 (-115)
Totalno move
Open233.5 (o -115 / u -105)
Close233.5 (o -115 / u -105)
Moneyline
OpenHawks +120 44%
Magic -140 56%
CloseHawks +111 45%
Magic -134 55%

Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at kickoff. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.

Members

G&W Line

G&W’s own number for this game, next to the market. Analytics

Projected score
Spread
Total
Win %
Unlock every game with Analytics — $44.44/moSee today’s free game →

Matchup

Players to watch

Atlanta Hawks logo
Hawks
72 games · Jalen Johnson
  • Points per game22.525th
  • Rebounds per game10.310th
  • Assists per game7.97th
  • Minutes per game35.2
78 games · Nickeil Alexander-Walker
  • Points per game20.835th
  • Rebounds per game3.4212th
  • Assists per game3.780th
  • Minutes per game33.4
Orlando Magic logo
Magic
72 games · Paolo Banchero
  • Points per game22.226th
  • Rebounds per game8.424th
  • Assists per game5.241st
  • Minutes per game34.8
34 games · Franz Wagner
  • Points per game20.636th
  • Rebounds per game5.2104th
  • Assists per game3.398th
  • Minutes per game30.0

2025-26 regular-season per-game averages, top two scorers per team, from season player stats captured before game time. Ranks among the 389 players with at least 20 games.

Head-to-head

The teams have met 16 times since 2022: the Hawks won 12 and the Magic 4.

DateScoreLineTotal
Apr 1, 2026Hawks 130, Magic 101
Hawks won

Mar 16, 2026Magic 112, Hawks 124
Hawks won

Nov 4, 2025Magic 112, Hawks 127
Hawks won

Oct 24, 2025Hawks 111, Magic 107
Hawks won

Apr 13, 2025Magic 105, Hawks 117
Hawks won

Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.

Teams

Atlanta Hawks

Orlando Magic

Gridiron & Wine graded a pick on this game: see the archived pick.

More NBA games on October 21, 2026

All NBA games in October 2026

Follow the market every day

See every game's current line on the odds board, or check our fully tracked results.

Odds boardTracked results