Denver Nuggets 126, Orlando Magic 127 — Recap

December 27, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Denver Nuggets 126, Orlando Magic 127. Scoring by quarter: Q1 DEN 31-23 ORL; Q2 DEN 31-25 ORL; Q3 DEN 31-36 ORL; Q4 DEN 33-43 ORL.

Top performers (box score): Anthony Black (ORL) 38 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 7 threes on 14-of-24 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 34 points, 21 rebounds, 12 assists on 11-of-22 shooting; Jamal Murray (DEN) 24 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-21 shooting; Desmond Bane (ORL) 24 points, 1 rebounds, 6 assists on 7-of-13 shooting; Tim Hardaway Jr. (DEN) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 threes on 6-of-14 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · ORL

Anthony Black

38 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 7 3PM · 14-24 FG

Scoring · DEN

Nikola Jokic

34 PTS, 21 REB, 12 AST · 11-22 FG

Scoring · DEN

Jamal Murray

24 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 2 3PM · 9-21 FG

Season highs

Anthony Black · Season-high 38 pointsNikola Jokic · Season-high 21 reboundsAnthony Black · Season-high 7 threes

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

📊 Game Flow

DEN 17 largest lead Q3 9:50 (DEN 70, ORL 53) · 9-0 run, Q4 4:09–Q4 1:47

ORL 7 largest lead Q4 5:13 (DEN 107, ORL 114) · 10-0 run, Q3 8:34–Q3 7:28

Swings 15 lead changes Tied 9 times

Ahead for good: Desmond Bane makes free throw 2 of 2 (Q4 0:06, DEN 126, ORL 127).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
DEN	31	31	31	33		126
ORL	23	25	36	43		127

🧮 How They Scored

DENORL

62Points in the paint64

12Fast-break points13

19Second-chance points10

4Points off turnovers27

19Bench points35

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

57.6%Effective FG%57.3%

13.9%Turnover %5.4%

36.6%Offensive rebound %20.9%

0.349Free-throw rate0.416

Box Score

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	38	34	21	12	1	0	4	11-22	0-0	12-13	+16
Jamal Murray G	37	24	5	3	0	0	2	9-21	2-6	4-4	+6
Peyton Watson G	34	15	5	0	2	0	1	6-9	1-3	2-2	+11
Spencer Jones F	34	14	6	3	0	3	2	4-7	3-5	3-5	+8
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	33	20	4	2	0	0	0	6-14	4-12	4-4	-1
Bruce Brown G	27	2	3	4	2	0	1	1-3	0-1	0-0	-7
Julian Strawther G	17	13	0	1	0	0	1	5-6	1-2	2-2	-13
Jonas Valanciunas C	10	4	4	1	0	0	3	2-3	0-0	0-0	-17
Jalen Pickett G	10	0	1	1	0	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	-8

Orlando Magic

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Desmond Bane G	38	24	1	6	0	1	7-13	0-2	10-10	+15
Wendell Carter Jr. F	38	18	7	4	0	0	8-16	1-4	1-2	-18
Paolo Banchero F	36	12	6	6	0	3	6-13	0-2	0-4	-11
Tristan Da Silva F	31	17	5	0	1	0	7-11	2-4	1-2	+2
Anthony Black G	30	38	6	5	2	1	14-24	7-11	3-6	+6
Tyus Jones G	23	0	1	6	0	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	-12
Jase Richardson G	17	4	3	1	1	1	1-4	0-3	2-3	+15
Jonathan Isaac F	10	5	1	2	4	0	1-2	0-1	3-4	+17
Noah Penda G-F	10	2	4	2	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	+8
Jamal Cain F	5	7	1	0	0	0	2-3	0-1	3-4	-12
Jett Howard G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Nikola Jokic	Starter	38	34	61.3	34.4	+18.8	25.5
Jamal Murray	Starter	37	24	52.7	27.8	+6.2	8.5
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Starter	33	20	63.5	19.3	-3.3	8.7
Peyton Watson	Starter	34	15	75.9	11.6	+13.4	9.5
Spencer Jones	Starter	34	14	76.1	12.8	+7.4	7.7
Julian Strawther	Bench	17	13	94.5	21.1	-37.1	14.3
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	10	4	66.7	27.3	-73.4	1.2
Bruce Brown	Bench	27	2	33.3	6.7	-10.6	2.8
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jalen Pickett	Bench	10	0	0.0	13.0	-30.4	-6.5
Hunter Tyson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
DaRon Holmes II	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Curtis Jones	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
Anthony Black	Starter	30	38	71.3	37.5	+13.7	20.7
Desmond Bane	Starter	38	24	69.0	21.2	+17.0	10.3
Wendell Carter Jr.	Starter	38	18	53.3	18.2	-21.6	6.7
Paolo Banchero	Starter	36	12	40.7	20.9	-12.9	3.4
Tyus Jones	Starter	23	0	0.0	3.8	-25.0	3.6
Tristan Da Silva	Bench	31	17	71.5	16.0	+1.3	10.9
Jamal Cain	Bench	05	7	73.5	41.7	-109.1	23.3
Jonathan Isaac	Bench	10	5	66.5	17.4	+77.3	23.2
Jase Richardson	Bench	17	4	37.6	14.0	+39.1	2.4
Noah Penda	Bench	10	2	113.6	4.3	+34.8	17.6
Orlando Robinson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jett Howard	Bench	02	0	0.0	20.0	-100.0	-12.5