Denver Nuggets 104, Orlando Magic 115 — Recap

February 9, 2023 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 104, Orlando Magic 115. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 26-29 ORL; Q2 DEN 29-36 ORL; Q3 DEN 29-24 ORL; Q4 DEN 20-26 ORL.

Top performers (box score): Aaron Gordon (DEN) 37 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 15-of-21 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 29 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Wendell Carter Jr. (ORL) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-11 shooting; Cole Anthony (ORL) 17 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists on 8-of-14 shooting; Bol Bol (ORL) 17 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 threes on 8-of-11 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Aaron Gordon

37 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 15-21 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

29 PTS, 12 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 10-19 FG

Scoring · ORL

Wendell Carter Jr.

19 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 2 3PM · 7-11 FG

Season highs

Aaron Gordon · Season-high 37 points

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	26	29	29	20		104
ORL	29	36	24	26		115

🧮 How They Scored

DENORL

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.4%Effective FG%53.1%

14.5%Turnover %8.7%

17.9%Offensive rebound %31.9%

0.286Free-throw rate0.196

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope G	39	9	4	5	1	0	1	4-7	0-3	1-1	+5
Aaron Gordon F	38	37	13	3	1	1	2	15-21	3-6	4-7	+5
Nikola Jokic C	38	29	12	6	1	2	7	10-19	3-5	6-9	+8
Michael Porter Jr. F	34	12	3	0	0	0	2	3-16	3-12	3-3	-5
Bruce Brown G	33	7	2	3	2	1	2	3-7	0-3	1-2	+7
Christian Braun G	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-22
Ish Smith G	14	0	1	5	0	0	1	0-3	0-0	0-0	-18
Jeff Green F	12	7	3	1	0	0	0	3-6	0-2	1-2	-19
Vlatko Cancar F	12	3	1	1	0	1	1	1-3	1-2	0-0	-16

Orlando Magic

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Franz Wagner F	34	10	2	6	3	0	1	3-9	1-4	3-3	+5
Paolo Banchero F	33	11	10	2	0	0	2	5-12	1-2	0-2	-5
Markelle Fultz G	32	8	8	4	3	0	2	3-13	0-1	2-2	-8
Wendell Carter Jr. F	29	19	6	2	0	1	2	7-11	2-3	3-6	-7
Jalen Suggs G	27	11	4	1	0	0	1	5-11	1-5	0-0	-7
Cole Anthony G	24	17	7	7	0	3	2	8-14	0-3	1-2	+19
Moritz Wagner C	19	12	2	1	2	0	0	5-9	2-5	0-0	+18
Caleb Houstan G	16	7	2	0	1	0	0	3-4	1-2	0-0	+19
Bol Bol C	15	17	3	0	0	1	0	8-11	1-2	0-0	+16
Jonathan Isaac F	11	3	3	1	3	1	0	0-3	0-0	3-4	+5

🔬 Advanced Stats

Denver NuggetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Aaron Gordon	Bench	38	37	76.8	29.5	+6.3	25.7
Nikola Jokic	Bench	38	29	63.2	34.1	+8.9	17.2
Michael Porter Jr.	Bench	34	12	34.6	23.2	-8.2	-1.5
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Bench	39	9	60.5	9.0	+6.2	6.7
Bruce Brown	Bench	33	7	44.4	13.2	+11.6	5.1
Jeff Green	Bench	12	7	50.9	22.6	-75.8	12.0
Vlatko Cancar	Bench	12	3	50.0	13.8	-64.7	4.3
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Christian Braun	Bench	19	0	0.0	4.3	-55.0	-5.7
Peyton Watson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ish Smith	Bench	14	0	0.0	11.1	-62.9	0.0
Jack White	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Orlando MagicTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Wendell Carter Jr.	Bench	29	19	69.6	23.9	-12.1	15.6
Cole Anthony	Bench	24	17	57.1	25.8	+41.0	18.7
Bol Bol	Bench	15	17	77.3	27.5	+51.2	20.5
Moritz Wagner	Bench	19	12	66.7	17.6	+47.3	9.9
Jalen Suggs	Bench	27	11	50.0	19.0	-17.1	7.3
Paolo Banchero	Bench	33	11	42.7	19.5	-7.6	7.5
Franz Wagner	Bench	34	10	48.4	12.9	+8.3	7.5
Markelle Fultz	Bench	32	8	28.8	22.2	-10.9	5.5
Caleb Houstan	Bench	16	7	87.5	8.9	+57.6	8.8
Jonathan Isaac	Bench	11	3	31.5	20.0	+27.7	17.9
Mo Bamba	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Terrence Ross	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
R.J. Hampton	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Admiral Schofield	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0