⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Magic got 15 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, 8 points better than our numbers for the Magic.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Magic won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their sixteen, and were outscored 22-12 off them- Won the second chances, fifteen offensive rebounds to seven
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points 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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q4 10:03 · ORL 100-86 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Paolo Banchero technical foul (1st technical foul)
Q4 1:51 · ORL 111-99 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run from level to 12 points up
Q1 11:40 · ORL 0-12 DEN
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Nikola Jokic misses technical free throw
Q4 1:51 · ORL 111-99 DEN
📊The numbers
| ORL | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 48% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 9 | Threes made | 10 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 30% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 47 | Rebounds | 39 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 24 | Assists | 24 |
| 64 | Points in the paint | 52 |
| 18 | Fast break points | 17 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 22 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Steals | 6 |
| 6 | Blocks | 5 |
