⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 19 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 16 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their four- Lived at the line, 30 free throws to their seventeen
- Won the second chances, eighteen offensive rebounds to eleven
- A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up in the first quarter
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
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Nuggets
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run took them from 6 down to 8 up
Q1 1:20 · ORL 27-35 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q2 8:38 · ORL 33-48 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 25
Q2 6:11 · ORL 35-60 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| ORL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 4 | Threes made | 12 |
| 24% | Three-point accuracy | 43% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 48 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 18 |
| 26 | Assists | 30 |
| 48 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 16 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 27 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 11 |
| 4 | Blocks | 6 |
