⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 16 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ ORL better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Magic did not.
From the game
Made twelve threes to their five- Won the glass, 52 rebounds to 40
- Owned the paint, 60 points inside to 40
- A 12-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 28 in the third quarter
- Kept giving it away, twenty turnovers to their fourteen
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 6 down to 2 up
Q1 2:40 · DEN 23-21 ORL
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 16-point lead to 28
Q3 4:21 · DEN 90-62 ORL
Bad plays
- Flagrant
Hunter Tyson flagrant foul type 1
Q4 6:34 · DEN 102-71 ORL
Magic
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 33-point deficit to 22
Q4 3:21 · DEN 112-90 ORL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Anthony Black misses free throw flagrant 2 of 2
Q4 6:34 · DEN 102-72 ORL
📊The numbers
| DEN | ORL | |
|---|---|---|
| 53% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 12 | Threes made | 5 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 16% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 52 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 33 | Assists | 21 |
| 60 | Points in the paint | 40 |
| 24 | Fast break points | 12 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 4 | Blocks | 8 |
