⏱️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 third quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 9 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 24 free throws to their thirteen- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 38
- Kept giving it away, fourteen turnovers to their eight
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q2 10:22 · ORL 37-25 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Kyle O'Quinn traveling
Q4 1:02 · ORL 110-115 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Aaron Brooks misses free throw 1 of 2
Q4 0:13 · ORL 112-119 DEN
📊The numbers
| ORL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 51% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 45% |
| 13 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 23 | Assists | 30 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 12 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 11 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 4 |
| 6 | Blocks | 6 |
