⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 10 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, sixteen of 40 from three- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 42
- Kept giving it away, 23 turnovers to their fifteen, and outscored them 29-17 off them
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 1 down to 8 up
Q1 9:30 · DEN 12-4 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 14-point lead to 22
Q2 10:37 · DEN 40-18 ORL
Bad plays
- Technical
Austin Rivers technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 7:41 · DEN 99-82 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 18-point deficit to 10
Q2 4:49 · DEN 48-38 ORL
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 20-point deficit to 12
Q4 8:10 · DEN 99-87 ORL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 16 | Threes made | 11 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 21 | Free throws made | 20 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Assists | 24 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 50 |
| 20 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 29 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 23 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 7 | Steals | 16 |
| 2 | Blocks | 5 |
