⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 14 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 48 rebounds to 37
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony Technical Foul. Anthony's 3rd Personal Foul, Denver's 9th Team Foul.
Q4 2:34 · DEN 104-91 ORL
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Steve Francis Technical Foul. Francis's 2nd Personal Foul, Orlando's 4th Team Foul.
Q2 11:02 · DEN 35-23 ORL
📊The numbers
| DEN | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 48% |
| 2 | Threes made | 5 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 29 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 53 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 27 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 22 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 9 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 0 |
