⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ ORL better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 44 rebounds to 31- Owned the paint, 64 points inside to 34
- Kept giving it away, twelve turnovers to their five, and outscored them 20-8 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 3
Q3 7:41 · ORL 75-78 DEN
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q3 6:03 · ORL 83-82 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Aaron Gordon technical foul(1st technical foul)
Q3 4:50 · ORL 81-80 DEN
- Turnover
Elfrid Payton traveling
Q4 0:15 · ORL 113-120 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q3 3:36 · ORL 86-90 DEN
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 4 down to 6 up
Q4 6:03 · ORL 106-112 DEN
Bad plays
- Turnover
Jamal Murray bad pass
Q4 4:41 · ORL 106-106 DEN
- Missed FT
Will Barton misses free throw 2 of 2
Q4 0:14 · ORL 113-121 DEN
📊The numbers
| ORL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 57% |
| 11 | Threes made | 8 |
| 41% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 19 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 55 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 27 | Assists | 25 |
| 34 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 8 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 7 | Steals | 2 |
| 5 | Blocks | 4 |
