Magic vs. Bucks Prediction, Picks and Odds
Our detailed prediction and analysis for the Magic vs. Bucks NBA game on March 8, 2026 is featured below. Drawing from 10,000 game simulations, we provide expert picks, betting odds, and insights.
FINAL
NBA
FINAL
NBA
Magic
130
91
Fiserv Forum
Bucks
Fiserv Forum
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Magic | 25 | 42 | 33 | 30 | 130 |
Bucks | 15 | 40 | 15 | 21 | 91 |
Live Probabilities
Spread
Over / Under
Moneyline
- Magic
- Bucks
Win Probability
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Magic | 25 | 42 | 33 | 30 | 130 |
Bucks | 15 | 40 | 15 | 21 | 91 |
Q4 00:27 Bucks misses three point jump shot
Q4 00:36 AJ Green misses three point jump shot
Q4 00:57 Bucks misses two point jump shot
Q4 1:19 AJ Green misses three point jump shot
Q4 1:46 Bucks misses three point jump shot
Q4 1:57 Magic misses two point jump shot
Q4 2:29 Bucks misses three point jump shot
Q4 2:43 Magic makes two point jump shot
Q4 2:57 Bucks makes two point jump shot
Q4 3:06 Magic makes two point jump shot
Play by Play
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
ALL
- Magic turnover
- Magic turnover
- End of 4th Quarter.
- Goga Bitadze defensive rebound
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- Andre Jackson Jr. offensive rebound
- AJ Green misses three point jump shot
- Bucks personal foul
- +1Jett Howard makes regular free throw 2 of 2128-91
- Pete Nance turnover
- +1Jett Howard makes regular free throw 1 of 2130-91
- Bucks misses two point jump shot
- Magic defensive rebound
- Stoppage (Out of bounds)
- Thanasis Antetokounmpo turnover (out of bounds lost ball)
- Jett Howard turnover (lost ball) (Thanasis Antetokounmpo steals)
- Noah Penda defensive rebound
- Noah Penda personal foul (Thanasis Antetokounmpo draws the foul)
- Thanasis Antetokounmpo misses regular free throw 1 of 2
- Bucks offensive rebound
- Thanasis Antetokounmpo misses regular free throw 2 of 2
- Thanasis Antetokounmpo offensive rebound
- AJ Green misses three point jump shot
- Thanasis Antetokounmpo defensive rebound
- AJ Green shooting foul (Goga Bitadze draws the foul)
- Goga Bitadze misses regular free throw 1 of 2
- Goga Bitadze misses regular free throw 2 of 2
- Magic offensive rebound
- Jett Howard defensive rebound
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- Pete Nance defensive rebound
- Magic misses two point jump shot
- Bucks turnover
- Magic turnover
- Magic defensive rebound
- Magic 60 second timeout
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot128-91
- +2Bucks makes two point jump shot126-91
- Thanasis Antetokounmpo defensive rebound
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot126-89
- Bucks personal foul
- Goga Bitadze misses regular free throw 1 of 1
- Noah Penda defensive rebound
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- Magic personal foul
- Noah Penda defensive rebound
- Bucks personal foul
- +1Noah Penda makes regular free throw 1 of 2123-89
- +1Noah Penda makes regular free throw 2 of 2124-89
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- Gary Trent Jr. defensive rebound
- Magic misses three point jump shot
- +3Bucks makes three point jump shot122-89
- AJ Green defensive rebound
- Magic misses three point jump shot
- +2Bucks makes two point jump shot122-86
- +3Magic makes three point jump shot122-84
- Goga Bitadze defensive rebound
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- +3Magic makes three point jump shot119-84
- Noah Penda defensive rebound
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot116-84
- Magic offensive rebound
- Stoppage (Out of bounds)
- Magic misses three point jump shot
- Pete Nance offensive rebound
- +2Bucks makes two point jump shot114-84
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot114-82
- Goga Bitadze offensive rebound
- Magic misses two point jump shot
- Goga Bitadze defensive rebound
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot111-82
- Bucks personal foul
- +1Goga Bitadze makes regular free throw 1 of 1112-82
- +2Bucks makes two point jump shot109-82
- Pete Nance defensive rebound
- Magic misses three point jump shot
- Bucks personal foul
- Goga Bitadze offensive rebound
- Magic misses three point jump shot
- Magic personal foul
- +1Thanasis Antetokounmpo makes regular free throw 1 of 2109-79
- Magic lineup change (Jevon Carter, Jamal Cain, Goga Bitadze, Tristan da Silva, Noah Penda)
- +1Thanasis Antetokounmpo makes regular free throw 2 of 2109-80
- Magic lineup change (Jevon Carter, Jamal Cain, Goga Bitadze, Noah Penda, Jett Howard)
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot108-78
- Bucks personal foul
- +1Desmond Bane makes regular free throw 1 of 1109-78
- Magic lineup change (Jevon Carter, Desmond Bane, Goga Bitadze, Tristan da Silva, Noah Penda)
- Moritz Wagner defensive rebound
- Bucks misses two point jump shot
- Andre Jackson Jr. defensive rebound
- Magic misses two point jump shot
- Desmond Bane offensive rebound
- Magic misses two point jump shot
- +3Bucks makes three point jump shot106-78
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- Bucks offensive rebound
- Magic personal foul
- Magic lineup change (Jevon Carter, Desmond Bane, Tristan da Silva, Noah Penda, Moritz Wagner)
- Bucks lineup change (Pete Nance, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, AJ Green, Andre Jackson Jr., Gary Trent Jr.)
- Bucks personal foul
- +1Jalen Suggs makes regular free throw 1 of 3104-75
- +1Jalen Suggs makes regular free throw 2 of 3105-75
- +1Jalen Suggs makes regular free throw 3 of 3106-75
- Moritz Wagner defensive rebound
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- Bobby Portis defensive rebound
- Bucks personal foul
- +1Noah Penda makes regular free throw 1 of 2103-75
- Noah Penda misses regular free throw 2 of 2
- Noah Penda defensive rebound
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- Andre Jackson Jr. defensive rebound
- Magic misses two point jump shot
- Moritz Wagner offensive rebound
- Bucks 60 second timeout
- Instant replay
- Bobby Portis shooting foul
- Magic misses two point jump shot
- Magic offensive rebound
- Stoppage (Out of bounds)
- Magic misses two point jump shot
- +3Bucks makes three point jump shot102-75
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot102-72
- +2Bucks makes two point jump shot100-72
- Magic personal foul
- Jalen Suggs turnover (offensive foul)
- Magic misses three point jump shot
- Magic offensive rebound
- End of 3rd Quarter.
- Bucks lineup change (AJ Green, Myles Turner, Andre Jackson Jr., Bobby Portis, Ryan Rollins)
- Magic lineup change (Jalen Suggs, Desmond Bane, Tristan da Silva, Noah Penda, Moritz Wagner)
- +3Bucks makes three point jump shot100-70
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot100-67
- Moritz Wagner defensive rebound
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- Magic personal foul
- Jevon Carter turnover (offensive foul)
- Magic personal foul
- Cam Thomas misses regular free throw 1 of 2
- Bucks offensive rebound
- +1Cam Thomas makes regular free throw 2 of 298-67
- Magic turnover
- Desmond Bane defensive rebound
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- Bobby Portis defensive rebound
- Bucks personal foul
- +1Moritz Wagner makes regular free throw 1 of 298-66
- Moritz Wagner misses regular free throw 2 of 2
- Bucks lineup change (Pete Nance, Cam Thomas, Bobby Portis, Gary Trent Jr., Ryan Rollins)
- +2Bucks makes two point jump shot97-66
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot97-64
- Moritz Wagner offensive rebound
- Magic misses three point jump shot
- Bucks personal foul
- Magic 60 second timeout
- Magic lineup change (Jevon Carter, Desmond Bane, Noah Penda, Moritz Wagner, Jett Howard)
- Paolo Banchero defensive rebound
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot95-65
- Jevon Carter defensive rebound
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- Bucks personal foul
- +1Paolo Banchero makes regular free throw 1 of 292-65
- +1Paolo Banchero makes regular free throw 2 of 293-65
- +2Bucks makes two point jump shot91-64
- Jericho Sims defensive rebound
- Instant replay
- Magic misses three point jump shot
- Noah Penda defensive rebound
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- Magic personal foul
- Magic lineup change (Jevon Carter, Paolo Banchero, Noah Penda, Moritz Wagner, Jett Howard)
- +3Magic makes three point jump shot91-62
- Bucks misses two point jump shot
- Bucks offensive rebound
- Bucks turnover
- Magic lineup change (Jevon Carter, Paolo Banchero, Tristan da Silva, Moritz Wagner, Jett Howard)
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot88-62
- Tristan da Silva offensive rebound
- Magic misses three point jump shot
- +2Bucks makes two point jump shot86-62
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot86-60
- +2Bucks makes two point jump shot84-60
- Bobby Portis defensive rebound
- Magic misses two point jump shot
- Bucks personal foul
- Myles Turner turnover (offensive foul)
- Bucks lineup change (Pete Nance, Cam Thomas, Bobby Portis, Jericho Sims, Gary Trent Jr.)
- Magic lineup change (Jalen Suggs, Paolo Banchero, Tristan da Silva, Moritz Wagner, Jett Howard)
- Bucks personal foul
- Paolo Banchero misses regular free throw 1 of 2
- Magic offensive rebound
- +1Paolo Banchero makes regular free throw 2 of 284-58
- Bucks lineup change (Pete Nance, Cam Thomas, Myles Turner, Bobby Portis, Gary Trent Jr.)
- Jalen Suggs defensive rebound
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- Magic personal foul
- Magic personal foul
- Magic lineup change (Jalen Suggs, Paolo Banchero, Desmond Bane, Tristan da Silva, Moritz Wagner)
- Bucks lineup change (Cam Thomas, Myles Turner, Ousmane Dieng, Bobby Portis, Gary Trent Jr.)
- Ousmane Dieng defensive rebound
- Magic misses three point jump shot
- Tristan da Silva defensive rebound
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot83-58
- Paolo Banchero defensive rebound
- Bucks misses two point jump shot
- Bucks personal foul
- Wendell Carter Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 2
- Magic offensive rebound
- Bucks lineup change (AJ Green, Cam Thomas, Myles Turner, Ousmane Dieng, Bobby Portis)
- +1Wendell Carter Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 281-58
- Bucks turnover
- Jericho Sims offensive rebound
- Bucks misses two point jump shot
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot80-58
- Bucks turnover
- Magic turnover
- Jalen Suggs defensive rebound
- Bucks misses two point jump shot
- Magic personal foul
- +3Magic makes three point jump shot78-58
- Wendell Carter Jr. defensive rebound
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- +3Magic makes three point jump shot75-58
- +3Bucks makes three point jump shot72-58
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot72-55
- Bucks 60 second timeout
- Bucks turnover
- +3Magic makes three point jump shot70-55
- Bucks turnover
- Magic turnover
- Stoppage (Out of bounds)
- Jalen Suggs defensive rebound
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- Bucks offensive rebound
- End of 1st Half.
- Magic lineup change (Jalen Suggs, Wendell Carter Jr., Paolo Banchero, Desmond Bane, Tristan da Silva)
- Bucks lineup change (AJ Green, Myles Turner, Ousmane Dieng, Jericho Sims, Ryan Rollins)
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot66-55
- Bucks personal foul
- +1Paolo Banchero makes regular free throw 1 of 167-55
- Magic lineup change (Jevon Carter, Wendell Carter Jr., Paolo Banchero, Desmond Bane, Jett Howard)
- +2Bucks makes two point jump shot64-55
- +3Magic makes three point jump shot64-53
- Ryan Rollins defensive rebound
- Magic personal foul
- +1Ryan Rollins makes regular free throw 1 of 261-52
- +1Ryan Rollins makes regular free throw 2 of 261-53
- Magic misses three point jump shot
- +3Bucks makes three point jump shot61-51
- +3Magic makes three point jump shot61-48
- +3Bucks makes three point jump shot58-48
- Magic personal foul
- Magic lineup change (Jevon Carter, Wendell Carter Jr., Paolo Banchero, Desmond Bane, Tristan da Silva)
- +3Magic makes three point jump shot58-45
- Bucks violation
- Magic 60 second timeout
- Magic lineup change (Jalen Suggs, Wendell Carter Jr., Paolo Banchero, Desmond Bane, Tristan da Silva)
- +3Bucks makes three point jump shot55-45
- Cam Thomas defensive rebound
- Magic misses three point jump shot
- Magic offensive rebound
- Stoppage (Out of bounds)
- Magic misses three point jump shot
- +3Bucks makes three point jump shot55-42
- Bobby Portis defensive rebound
- Magic misses two point jump shot
- Tristan da Silva defensive rebound
- Bucks misses two point jump shot
- Stoppage (Out of bounds)
- Magic personal foul
- Bucks lineup change (Cam Thomas, Myles Turner, Ousmane Dieng, Bobby Portis, Ryan Rollins)
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot55-39
- Bucks 60 second timeout
- Bucks turnover
- +3Magic makes three point jump shot53-39
- Wendell Carter Jr. defensive rebound
- Bucks misses two point jump shot
- Bucks personal foul
- +1Wendell Carter Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 249-39
- +1Wendell Carter Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 250-39
- +3Bucks makes three point jump shot48-38
- Magic personal foul
- Bucks lineup change (AJ Green, Myles Turner, Ousmane Dieng, Jericho Sims, Ryan Rollins)
- Magic lineup change (Jevon Carter, Wendell Carter Jr., Paolo Banchero, Desmond Bane, Tristan da Silva)
- +1AJ Green makes regular free throw 1 of 148-39
- Magic turnover
- Bucks turnover
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot48-35
- Bucks turnover
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot46-35
- +3Bucks makes three point jump shot44-35
- Jericho Sims defensive rebound
- Magic misses two point jump shot
- +2Bucks makes two point jump shot44-32
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot44-30
- Bucks 60 second timeout
- Magic lineup change (Jalen Suggs, Wendell Carter Jr., Paolo Banchero, Tristan da Silva, Noah Penda)
- Bucks lineup change (AJ Green, Cam Thomas, Bobby Portis, Jericho Sims, Ryan Rollins)
- Noah Penda offensive rebound
- Bucks personal foul
- +1Paolo Banchero makes regular free throw 1 of 242-30
- Paolo Banchero misses regular free throw 2 of 2
- Bucks turnover
- Magic turnover
- Magic lineup change (Jalen Suggs, Paolo Banchero, Tristan da Silva, Noah Penda, Moritz Wagner)
- +2Bucks makes two point jump shot41-30
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot41-28
- +2Bucks makes two point jump shot39-28
- Bucks personal foul
- +1Moritz Wagner makes regular free throw 1 of 238-26
- +1Moritz Wagner makes regular free throw 2 of 239-26
- Magic lineup change (Jalen Suggs, Paolo Banchero, Noah Penda, Moritz Wagner, Jett Howard)
- +2Bucks makes two point jump shot37-26
- Ousmane Dieng defensive rebound
- Magic misses three point jump shot
- Moritz Wagner defensive rebound
- +2Bucks makes two point jump shot37-24
- Magic personal foul
- Cam Thomas misses regular free throw 1 of 1
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot36-22
- Bucks personal foul
- +1Desmond Bane makes regular free throw 1 of 137-22
- Moritz Wagner defensive rebound
- Bucks misses two point jump shot
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot34-22
- +2Bucks makes two point jump shot32-22
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot32-20
- +2Bucks makes two point jump shot30-20
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot30-18
- Moritz Wagner defensive rebound
- Bucks misses two point jump shot
- +3Magic makes three point jump shot28-18
- +3Bucks makes three point jump shot25-18
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- Bucks offensive rebound
- End of 1st Quarter.
- Magic lineup change (Jalen Suggs, Desmond Bane, Noah Penda, Moritz Wagner, Jett Howard)
- Magic turnover
- Moritz Wagner defensive rebound
- Bobby Portis offensive rebound
- +2Bucks makes two point jump shot25-15
- Magic personal foul
- Bobby Portis misses regular free throw 1 of 1
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- +3Magic makes three point jump shot25-13
- Desmond Bane offensive rebound
- Magic misses three point jump shot
- Bucks personal foul
- Magic lineup change (Jevon Carter, Desmond Bane, Noah Penda, Moritz Wagner, Jett Howard)
- Bucks lineup change (Cam Thomas, Ousmane Dieng, Bobby Portis, Jericho Sims, Gary Trent Jr.)
- +2Bucks makes two point jump shot22-13
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot22-11
- Jett Howard defensive rebound
- Bucks misses two point jump shot
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot20-11
- +2Bucks makes two point jump shot18-11
- Bobby Portis offensive rebound
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- Bobby Portis defensive rebound
- Bucks personal foul
- Magic 60 second timeout
- Bucks lineup change (Pete Nance, Ousmane Dieng, Bobby Portis, Jericho Sims, Gary Trent Jr.)
- Magic lineup change (Jevon Carter, Paolo Banchero, Desmond Bane, Moritz Wagner, Jett Howard)
- +1Paolo Banchero makes regular free throw 1 of 218-9
- Paolo Banchero misses regular free throw 2 of 2
- Jevon Carter defensive rebound
- Bucks misses two point jump shot
- +3Jevon Carter makes three point jump shot17-9
- Wendell Carter Jr. misses two point driving layup
- Wendell Carter Jr. offensive rebound
- Bucks personal foul
- +1Desmond Bane makes technical free throw 1 of 114-9
- +2Bucks makes two point jump shot13-9
- Gary Trent Jr. defensive rebound
- Desmond Bane misses two point running layup
- Bucks misses two point jump shot
- Magic defensive rebound
- Ousmane Dieng offensive rebound
- Gary Trent Jr. turnover (bad pass)
- Bucks misses two point jump shot
- Magic personal foul
- Bucks lineup change (Pete Nance, Myles Turner, Ousmane Dieng, Bobby Portis, Gary Trent Jr.)
- Magic lineup change (Jevon Carter, Wendell Carter Jr., Paolo Banchero, Desmond Bane, Jett Howard)
- Bobby Portis defensive rebound
- Magic misses three point jump shot
- +2Bucks makes two point jump shot13-7
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot13-5
- Tristan da Silva defensive rebound
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- Magic turnover
- Tristan da Silva defensive rebound
- Bucks misses two point jump shot
- Bobby Portis defensive rebound
- Magic misses three point jump shot
- Bucks turnover
- Magic lineup change (Jevon Carter, Wendell Carter Jr., Paolo Banchero, Tristan da Silva, Jett Howard)
- Bobby Portis defensive rebound
- Magic misses three point jump shot
- Bucks turnover
- Stoppage (Out of bounds)
- Magic lineup change (Jalen Suggs, Wendell Carter Jr., Paolo Banchero, Tristan da Silva, Jett Howard)
- Bucks lineup change (Pete Nance, AJ Green, Myles Turner, Bobby Portis, Ryan Rollins)
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot11-5
- Desmond Bane defensive rebound
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- Magic turnover
- Bucks 60 second timeout
- Bucks lineup change (Pete Nance, AJ Green, Myles Turner, Jericho Sims, Ryan Rollins)
- Paolo Banchero defensive rebound
- Bucks misses two point jump shot
- +2Magic makes two point jump shot9-5
- Desmond Bane defensive rebound
- Bucks misses two point jump shot
- Jericho Sims defensive rebound
- Magic misses two point jump shot
- +3Bucks makes three point jump shot7-5
- Jericho Sims offensive rebound
- Bucks misses three point jump shot
- Magic turnover
- Magic misses two point jump shot
- Magic offensive rebound
- Stoppage (Out of bounds)
- Paolo Banchero defensive rebound
- Bucks misses two point jump shot
- Jericho Sims defensive rebound
- Magic misses two point jump shot
- Bucks turnover
- Magic turnover
- +2Ousmane Dieng makes two point jump shot7-2
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Magic vs. Bucks: Detailed Breakdown
Matchup Overview
- Teams: Magic vs. Bucks
- Date: Sunday, March 8, 2026
- Time: 8:00 PM ET
- Venue: Fiserv Forum
Current Betting Odds
- Spread: Magic favored at -5.5
- Total (Over/Under): 217.5
- Moneyline Odds: Magic -210, Bucks +185
Dimers' Win Probabilities
- Magic: 71%
- Bucks: 29%
Dimers' predictive model, renowned for its accuracy, assesses each team's chances by simulating the outcome of the game 10,000 times. This method provides a precise and unbiased view.
Projected Final Score
Our predicted final score for this NBA matchup is Magic 112-106 Bucks.
This prediction is based on each team's average score following 10,000 game simulations.
Our Prediction: Who Wins?
After extensive simulations, our model gives the Magic a win probability of 71%, while the Bucks have a win probability of 29%. Discover the best spread, over/under, and moneyline odds for the game on this page.
Summary
According to our analysis, the Magic are more likely to beat the Bucks in the NBA game at Fiserv Forum on Monday. Discover the best spread, over/under and moneyline odds, picks and probabilities for the game on this page.
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