⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 11 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Made eleven threes to their five- Looked after the ball, eleven turnovers to their seventeen
- Burned in transition, 0 fast break points to 12
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
Nene Hilario technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q3 1:37 · DEN 63-70 ORL
Magic
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Dwight Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q1 7:39 · DEN 6-10 ORL
📊The numbers
| DEN | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 5 | Threes made | 11 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 19 | Assists | 16 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 4 | Points off turnovers | 9 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
