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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Magic | 29 | 36 | 21 | 23 | 109 |
 Nuggets | 23 | 24 | 38 | 34 | 119 |
ORLTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORL | 42-8947.2% | 13-3537.1% | 12-1770.6% | 36 | 27 | 11 |
| DEN | 43-8848.9% | 9-2931.0% | 24-3177.4% | 54 | 27 | 14 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Denver Nuggets119| 38 | 17 | 5-11 | 0-1 | 7-9 | 0 | +15 | +5.5 | |||||||
| 37 | 22 | 7-18 | 3-9 | 5-5 | 0 | 0 | +15 | +0.3 | ||||||
| 36 | 20 | 8-14 | 2-5 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +11 | +5.2 | ||||||
| 35 | 15 | 5-11 | 2-4 | 0 | 3-4 | +12 | +0.8 | |||||||
| 35 | 24 | 10-13 | 1-1 | 0 | 3-5 | 0 | +12 | +8.7 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 18 | 10 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | −4 | +1.0 | |||||
| 13 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | −2 | +0.6 | ||||||
| 9 | 3 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −0.1 | ||||
| 9 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −5.0 | ||||
| 6 | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +2 | +0.5 | ||||||
| 6 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −5.0 | ||
| Team | 119 | 43-8848.9% | 9-2931.0% | 54 | 27 | 14 | 14 | 24-3177.4% | 19 | 6 | 5 | |||
Bench 21 points on 8 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Zeke Nnaji, Gary Clark, Vlatko Čančar and Bol Bol (coach’s decision).
Orlando Magic109| 39 | 19 | 7-17 | 2-6 | 3-3 | −18 | +1.1 | ||||||||
| 37 | 17 | 5-7 | 3-4 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | −13 | +4.7 | ||||||
| 35 | 16 | 8-15 | 0-2 | 0-1 | −12 | +2.9 | ||||||||
| 33 | 16 | 7-13 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | −13 | +1.3 | |||||||
| 31 | 8 | 3-11 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0 | −4 | −5.8 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 19 | 7-18 | 2-9 | 3-5 | 0 | +3 | −2.3 | |||||||
| 21 | 3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −3.9 | ||||||
| 13 | 11 | 4-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +1.8 | |||||
| Team | 109 | 42-8947.2% | 13-3537.1% | 36 | 27 | 11 | 26 | 12-1770.6% | 10 | 11 | 4 | |||
Bench 33 points on 12 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Khem Birch, Michael Carter-Williams, Otto Porter Jr. and Karim Mane (injury/illness).
Nuggets119Magic109ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Aaron Gordon scored 24 points (18 in the paint), and the Denver Nuggets rallied from 18 points down in the second quarter to beat the Orlando Magic 119-109 for their fifth straight win.
The Nuggets trailed 65-47 at halftime. They outscored the Magic 72-44 the rest of the way.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Magic 11-4. Jamal Murray (No. 6 in clutch wins added, 2020-21) scored 7 of the Nuggets’ 11 on 2 for 3 shooting and 2 for 2 at the line. With 4:54 left, Murray stole the ball from Wendell Carter Jr., and his driving layup off it put the Nuggets ahead 101-100.
Murray scored 22 points. Michael Porter Jr. added 20 points (10 in the paint) and 12 rebounds, and Nikola Jokić had 17 points, 9 rebounds and 16 assists. The Nuggets had 3 20-point scorers. Jokić assisted on 6 of Gordon’s 10 baskets.
For the Magic, Chuma Okeke scored 19 points.
The Magic gave up 19 offensive rebounds, about 10 more than usual for the shots the Nuggets missed. The Nuggets outscored the Magic 58-32 in the paint. The Magic’s starters were outscored 33-18 in 11 minutes together. Mo Bamba fouled out.
Denver NuggetsOrlando MagicPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Nuggets’ chance bottomed out at 13% (2nd quarter, 0.0s left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
95 points from the field on 88 shots: 2.9 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 26-37 | 70.3% | 64% |
| In the paint | 5-10 | 50.0% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 3-12 | 25.0% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 3-7 | 42.9% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-22 | 27.3% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuma Okeke | 40 | 13 | 6-8 | +2 |
| James Ennis III | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Dwayne Bacon | 8 | 5 | 2-4 | +3 |
| R.J. Hampton | 6 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R.J. Hampton | 30 | 6 | 2-5 | −4 |
| James Ennis III | 15 | 3 | 1-4 | −2 |
| Dwayne Bacon | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Chuma Okeke | 6 | 6 | 3-5 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 2 | 0-3 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 71 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Ennis III | 22 | 3 | 1-1 | −3 |
| Terrence Ross | 16 | 9 | 3-6 | +4 |
| Dwayne Bacon | 15 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Chuma Okeke | 10 | 4 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 4 | 2-5 | +1 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 73 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
ORL
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DEN
Highest Leverage Moments
Ennis III 25' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Randle 2 AST)
Q4 9:11
18.9%
54→35
Murray 26' 3PT Jump Shot (22 PTS) (Jokic 15 AST)
Q4 2:25
16.1%
77→93
Carter Jr. 15' Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Hampton 3 AST)
Q4 5:24
15.2%
58→43
Morris 3' Cutting Finger Roll Layup Shot (10 PTS) (Jokic 13 AST)
Q4 7:57
14.9%
43→58
Murray 4' Running Finger Roll Layup (17 PTS)
Q4 4:49
14.9%
43→58
