Cavaliers vs Magic: head-to-head
45 meetings since 2015-16
Cleveland Cavaliers27wins
Orlando Magic18Rivalry analysis
Since the 2015-16 season, the Cavaliers and the Magic have met 45 times, regular season and playoffs combined. The Cavaliers lead the series 27-18.
Over the last 6 meetings, the Cavaliers won 4 and the Magic won 2. The most recent game, on March 24, 2026, ended Cavaliers 136-131.
The home team won 30 of the 45 games (67%). These matchups averaged 210.1 total points, with a typical winning margin of 13.3 points; 9 of them were decided by five points or fewer.
Season-series sweeps: Cavaliers in 2022-23, Magic in 2020-21, Magic in 2019-20, Cavaliers in 2016-17, Cavaliers in 2015-16. They have also met 7 times in the playoffs (2023-24), with the Cavaliers winning 4 and the Magic 3. Their next meeting is scheduled for December 16, 2026 in Orlando.
Next meetings
| Dec 16, 2026 | Cavaliers @ Magic | 7:00 PM EST | CLE 51% |
| Jan 7, 2027 | Cavaliers @ Magic | 7:00 PM EST | |
| Feb 6, 2027 | Magic @ Cavaliers | 7:30 PM EST |
Probability from today's Elo ratings (home court included); the frozen pre-game figure appears on the game page 7 days before tip-off.
Biggest wins
| Cavaliers | CLE 122 – 82 ORL · 2025-02-25 |
| Magic | CLE 83 – 121 ORL · 2024-04-25 |
2025-26 CLE 3 – 1 ORL
| 2026-03-24 | ORL 131 – 136 CLE | Final |
| 2026-03-11 | CLE 122 – 128 ORL | Final |
| 2026-01-26 | ORL 98 – 114 CLE | Final |
| 2026-01-24 | CLE 119 – 105 ORL | Final |
2024-25 CLE 2 – 1 ORL
| 2025-03-16 | ORL 108 – 103 CLE | Final |
| 2025-02-25 | CLE 122 – 82 ORL | Final |
| 2024-11-01 | ORL 109 – 120 CLE | Final |
2023-24 CLE 6 – 5 ORL
| 2024-05-05 · playoffs | ORL 94 – 106 CLE | Final |
| 2024-05-03 · playoffs | CLE 96 – 103 ORL | Final |
| 2024-04-30 · playoffs | ORL 103 – 104 CLE | Final |
| 2024-04-27 · playoffs | CLE 89 – 112 ORL | Final |
| 2024-04-25 · playoffs | CLE 83 – 121 ORL | Final |
| 2024-04-22 · playoffs | ORL 86 – 96 CLE | Final |
| 2024-04-20 · playoffs | ORL 83 – 97 CLE | Final |
| 2024-02-22 | ORL 116 – 109 CLE | Final |
| 2024-01-22 | CLE 126 – 99 ORL | Final |
| 2023-12-11 | CLE 94 – 104 ORL | Final |
| 2023-12-06 | ORL 111 – 121 CLE | Final |
2022-23 CLE 4 – 0 ORL
| 2023-04-06 | CLE 118 – 94 ORL | Final |
| 2023-04-04 | CLE 117 – 113 ORL | Final |
| 2022-12-02 | ORL 96 – 107 CLE | Final |
| 2022-10-26 | ORL 92 – 103 CLE | Final |
2021-22 CLE 2 – 1 ORL
| 2022-04-05 | CLE 115 – 120 ORL | Final |
| 2022-03-28 | ORL 101 – 107 CLE | Final |
| 2021-11-27 | ORL 92 – 105 CLE | Final |
2020-21 CLE 0 – 3 ORL
| 2021-04-28 | ORL 109 – 104 CLE | Final |
| 2021-01-06 | CLE 94 – 105 ORL | Final |
| 2021-01-04 | CLE 83 – 103 ORL | Final |
2019-20 CLE 0 – 3 ORL
| 2019-12-06 | ORL 93 – 87 CLE | Final |
| 2019-11-27 | ORL 116 – 104 CLE | Final |
| 2019-10-23 | CLE 85 – 94 ORL | Final |
2018-19 CLE 1 – 2 ORL
| 2019-03-14 | CLE 91 – 120 ORL | Final |
| 2019-03-03 | ORL 93 – 107 CLE | Final |
| 2018-11-05 | CLE 100 – 102 ORL | Final |
2017-18 CLE 2 – 2 ORL
| 2018-02-06 | CLE 98 – 116 ORL | Final |
| 2018-01-18 | ORL 103 – 104 CLE | Final |
| 2018-01-06 | CLE 131 – 127 ORL | Final |
| 2017-10-21 | ORL 114 – 93 CLE | Final |
2016-17 CLE 3 – 0 ORL
| 2017-04-04 | ORL 102 – 122 CLE | Final |
| 2017-03-11 | CLE 116 – 104 ORL | Final |
| 2016-10-29 | ORL 99 – 105 CLE | Final |
2015-16 CLE 4 – 0 ORL
| 2016-03-18 | CLE 109 – 103 ORL | Final |
| 2016-01-02 | ORL 79 – 104 CLE | Final |
| 2015-12-11 | CLE 111 – 76 ORL | Final |
| 2015-11-23 | ORL 103 – 117 CLE | Final |
Results from BALLDONTLIE. Our database starts with the 2015-16 season, so this is not an all-time franchise record.