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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 28 | 34 | 26 | 31 | 119 |
 Magic | 28 | 28 | 26 | 42 | 124 |
DENTeam statsORL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 44-9347.3% | 15-3542.9% | 16-2176.2% | 42 | 29 | 10 |
| ORL | 44-8154.3% | 10-2934.5% | 26-3086.7% | 41 | 27 | 12 |
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.
Orlando Magic124| 35 | 23 | 8-14 | 4-5 | 3-5 | −4 | +5.2 | ||||||||
| 32 | 6 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | +2 | −1.1 | |||||||
| 31 | 27 | 11-18 | 1-4 | 4-4 | −4 | +8.8 | ||||||||
| 29 | 10 | 4-8 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −3.3 | ||||||
| 15 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −7.8 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 20 | 6-11 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 7-8 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +3.4 | ||||
| 23 | 5 | 1-7 | 1-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −1.3 | |||||
| 17 | 12 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +9 | +9.1 | |||||
| 15 | 12 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 0 | +6 | +3.0 | |||||||
| 14 | 9 | 4-6 | 0-2 | 1-1 | +6 | +4.2 | ||||||||
| Team | 124 | 44-8154.3% | 10-2934.5% | 41 | 27 | 12 | 21 | 26-3086.7% | 11 | 9 | 7 | |||
Bench 58 points on 19 for 35 shooting
Did not play: Admiral Schofield, Caleb Houstan and Chuma Okeke (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets119| 37 | 15 | 7-16 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | +4 | −1.5 | |||||||
| 36 | 30 | 12-18 | 1-2 | 5-5 | +4 | +21.4 | ||||||||
| 34 | 10 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | −7.2 | |||||
| 34 | 14 | 5-15 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −0.7 | ||||||
| 31 | 25 | 9-16 | 5-9 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +3.6 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | 13 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −0.9 | ||||||
| 17 | 7 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.3 | |||||
| 12 | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −0.4 | |||||
| 10 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −1.6 | ||||
| 8 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −6.2 | |||
| Team | 119 | 44-9347.3% | 15-3542.9% | 42 | 29 | 10 | 25 | 16-2176.2% | 17 | 6 | 2 | |||
Bench 25 points on 8 for 20 shooting
Did not play: Justin Holiday; DeAndre Jordan, Braxton Key, Hunter Tyson and Collin Gillespie (coach’s decision).
Magic124Nuggets119ClickTap 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.
Franz Wagner scored 27 points (16 in the paint), and the Orlando Magic beat the defending champion Denver Nuggets 124-119 for their fifth straight win.
Paolo Banchero’s 28-foot 3-pointer put the Magic ahead for good with 1:49 left in the fourth quarter.
The Nuggets had the ball down 3 with 4.3 seconds left, but Franz Wagner stole the ball from Aaron Gordon. A 3-pointer would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the Magic outscored the Nuggets 18-11. Franz Wagner scored 7 of the Magic’s 18 on 2 for 4 shooting and 3 for 3 at the line. Early in the fourth quarter, Gary Harris had 2 of his 3 steals in 31 seconds, the first leading to Jonathan Isaac’s layup and the second to Moritz Wagner’s free throws that put the Magic ahead 97-96.
Banchero had 23 points and 3 blocks. Cole Anthony added 20 points (11 in the second quarter) off the bench, and Joe Ingles had 12 points and 7 assists off the bench. The Magic had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Nuggets, Nikola Jokić had 30 points, 13 rebounds, 12 assists and 3 steals on 12 for 18 shooting, his 111th career triple-double, and Michael Porter Jr. added 25 points with 5 3-pointers. Jokić scored 15 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter.
The Magic shot 54.3% from the field to the Nuggets’ 47.3% and outscored them 58-25 off the bench. The Magic outscored the Nuggets 34-24 in 10 minutes with Harris, Ingles, Isaac, Wagner and Anthony on the floor together.
Orlando MagicDenver NuggetsPS, 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 Magic’s chance bottomed out at 15% (4th quarter, 11:30 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
98 points from the field on 81 shots: 7.8 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 20-29 | 69.0% | 66% |
| In the paint | 10-12 | 83.3% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 4-11 | 36.4% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 1-7 | 14.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-22 | 40.9% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 22 | 2 | 1-5 | −4 |
| Aaron Gordon | 11 | 4 | 2-2 | +1 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | 10 | 10 | 4-5 | +7 |
| Nikola Jokić | 7 | 8 | 4-7 | +6 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 7 | 3-4 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 31 points on 56 possessions. He usually scores about 16 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Gordon | 31 | 4 | 1-3 | −5 |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | 9 | 6 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Reggie Jackson | 6 | 10 | 4-5 | +8 |
| Nikola Jokić | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 5 | 2-4 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 27 points on 62 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie Jackson | 21 | 7 | 3-6 | +1 |
| Christian Braun | 9 | 2 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Julian Strawther | 5 | 2 | 0-0 | +1 |
| Aaron Gordon | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 8 | 3-5 | +5 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 53 possessions. He usually scores about 14 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.
ORL win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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50/50
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Highest Leverage Moments
Banchero 28' 3PT Jump Shot (23 PTS) (F. Wagner 4 AST)
Q4 1:49
25.4%
56→82
Porter Jr. 26' 3PT Jump Shot (25 PTS) (Jokic 12 AST)
Q4 7:33
21.3%
55→34
Caldwell-Pope 26' 3PT Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Gordon 1 AST)
Q4 3:22
18.8%
79→60
Jokic Tip Layup Shot (28 PTS)
Q4 0:19
16.3%
95→79
Anthony 15' Running Pull-Up Jump Shot (20 PTS)
Q4 4:54
15.3%
37→53
