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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nuggets | 31 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 126 |
 Magic | 23 | 25 | 36 | 43 | 127 |
DENTeam statsORL| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEN | 44-8651.2% | 11-2937.9% | 27-3090.0% | 49 | 27 | 16 |
| ORL | 46-8951.7% | 10-2934.5% | 25-3767.6% | 35 | 32 | 6 |
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Orlando Magic127| 38 | 24 | 7-13 | 0-2 | 10-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +15 | +1.9 | |||||
| 38 | 18 | 8-16 | 1-4 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −18 | −1.2 | |||||
| 36 | 12 | 6-13 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −8.2 | |||||
| 30 | 38, Career high (his best before, 31) | 14-24 | 7-11, Career high (his best before, 4) | 3-6 | 0 | +6 | +15.0 | |||||||
| 23 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −2.2 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 17 | 7-11 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +0.7 | ||||
| 17 | 4 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 0 | +15 | −3.3 | |||||||
| 10 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +1.4 | |||
| 10 | 5 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | +17 | +6.3 | |||||
| 5 | 7 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | +1.7 | |||
| 2 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −1.3 | |
| Team | 127 | 46-8951.7% | 10-2934.5% | 35 | 32 | 6 | 25 | 25-3767.6% | 9 | 8 | 0 | |||
Bench 35 points on 11 for 21 shooting
Did not play: Orlando Robinson (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets126| 38 | 34 | 11-22 | 0-0 | 12-13 | 0 | +16 | +15.9 | |||||||
| 37 | 24 | 9-21 | 2-6 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | −4.2 | |||||
| 35 | 15 | 6-9 | 1-3 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +11 | +1.0 | ||||||
| 34 | 14 | 4-7 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 0 | +8 | +2.9 | |||||||
| 33 | 20 | 6-14 | 4-12 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0.0 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | −7 | −2.7 | |||||||
| 17 | 13 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −13 | +1.4 | ||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | −5.5 | |||||
| 10 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −17 | −3.6 | ||||||
| Team | 126 | 44-8651.2% | 11-2937.9% | 49 | 27 | 16 | 23 | 27-3090.0% | 15 | 5 | 3 | |||
Bench 19 points on 8 for 13 shooting
Did not play: DaRon Holmes II, Curtis Jones, Hunter Tyson and Zeke Nnaji (coach’s decision).
Magic127Nuggets126ClickTap 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.
Desmond Bane made 2 free throws with 6.9 seconds left, and the Orlando Magic rallied from 17 points down in the third quarter to beat the Denver Nuggets 127-126.
The Magic trailed 62-48 at halftime and 70-53 with 9:50 left in the third quarter. They outscored the Nuggets 74-56 the rest of the way.
The Nuggets had the ball down 1 after a timeout, but Jamal Murray missed a 21-foot fadeaway at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the Nuggets outscored the Magic 15-13. Nikola Jokić (No. 3 in clutch points, 2025-26) scored 9 of the Nuggets’ 15 on 1 for 3 shooting and 7 for 8 at the line. With 1:09 left, Anthony Black stole the ball from Jokić, and his driving layup off it put the Magic ahead 121-120.
Black scored a career-high 38 points with 7 3-pointers, and Bane added 24 points and 6 assists. Bane scored 15 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Nuggets, Jokić had 34 points, a season-high 21 rebounds and 12 assists, his 180th career triple-double, and Murray added 24 points (12 in the first quarter). Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 20 points (12 on 4 3-pointers). The Nuggets had 3 20-point scorers.
The Nuggets forced 6 turnovers, about 7 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Magic were outscored 18-5 in 5 minutes with Jones, Carter, Banchero, Black and Silva on the floor together. Wendell Carter Jr. fouled out.
Orlando MagicDenver NuggetsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. Wins: how much his shots, free throws, turnovers and passes moved his team’s chance to win (1.00 is a whole win).
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 8% (3rd quarter, 9:37 left).
102 points from the field on 89 shots: 4.6 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 24-28 | 85.7% | 67% |
| In the paint | 8-26 | 30.8% | 45% |
| Mid-range | 4-6 | 66.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 7-11 | 63.6% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 3-18 | 16.7% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Jones | 16 | 10 | 3-6 | +6 |
| Jamal Murray | 12 | 7 | 3-5 | +4 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 11 | 6 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Nikola Jokić | 8 | 8 | 3-4 | +6 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 7 | 3-5 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 38 points on 63 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 25 | 4 | 1-1 | −3 |
| Spencer Jones | 18 | 2 | 1-2 | −3 |
| Bruce Brown | 14 | 7 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Jamal Murray | 8 | 2 | 0-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 8 | 3-5 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 83 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jokić | 46 | 7 | 3-10 | −2 |
| Peyton Watson | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Jamal Murray | 8 | 7 | 3-3 | +5 |
| Spencer Jones | 4 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 18 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 15 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.
Score margin over time — positive = ORL leads, negative = DEN leads
ORL Largest Lead
7
Q4 5:13
DEN Largest Lead
17
Q3 9:50
Key Scoring Runs (8+)
ORL 9-0 run
Q1 10:11 – Q1 8:30
-7 → +2
DEN 8-0 run
Q2 2:03 – Q2 0:33
-7 → -15
ORL 10-0 run
Q3 8:34 – Q3 7:28
-15 → -5
ORL 9-0 run
Q4 9:12 – Q4 7:31
-5 → +4
