Orlando Magic 115, Denver Nuggets 126 — Recap

December 18, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Orlando Magic 115, Denver Nuggets 126. Scoring by quarter: Q1 ORL 32-25 DEN; Q2 ORL 22-43 DEN; Q3 ORL 31-31 DEN; Q4 ORL 30-27 DEN.

Top performers (box score): Jamal Murray (DEN) 32 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 7 threes on 11-of-22 shooting; Paolo Banchero (ORL) 26 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists on 9-of-21 shooting; Wendell Carter Jr. (ORL) 26 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 11-of-15 shooting; Nikola Jokic (DEN) 23 points, 11 rebounds, 13 assists on 10-of-17 shooting; Anthony Black (ORL) 22 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · DEN

Jamal Murray

32 PTS, 2 REB, 3 AST, 7 3PM · 11-22 FG

Scoring · ORL

Paolo Banchero

26 PTS, 16 REB, 10 AST · 9-21 FG

Scoring · ORL

Wendell Carter Jr.

26 PTS, 8 REB, 0 AST, 4 3PM · 11-15 FG

Season highs

Wendell Carter Jr. · Season-high 26 pointsPaolo Banchero · Season-high 16 reboundsCameron Johnson · Season-high 11 reboundsPaolo Banchero · Season-high 10 assistsWendell Carter Jr. · Season-high 4 threes

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
ORL	32	22	31	30		115
DEN	25	43	31	27		126

🧮 How They Scored

ORLDEN

62Points in the paint54

27Fast-break points28

8Second-chance points12

23Points off turnovers13

30Bench points33

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

53.3%Effective FG%64.8%

8.1%Turnover %12.1%

25.5%Offensive rebound %13.5%

0.286Free-throw rate0.170

Box Score

Orlando Magic

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Paolo Banchero F	39	26	16	10	1	0	2	9-21	0-4	8-12	-6
Anthony Black G	37	22	2	3	2	0	3	8-18	2-6	4-6	-5
Desmond Bane G	36	6	2	8	0	2	1	3-11	0-4	0-0	-15
Wendell Carter Jr. F	29	26	8	0	1	2	0	11-15	4-7	0-0	+7
Jett Howard G	29	12	6	2	1	0	0	3-6	2-5	4-4	+15
Jase Richardson G	19	9	1	2	1	0	2	4-9	1-3	0-0	+1
Goga Bitadze C	19	6	4	1	2	2	0	3-7	0-1	0-0	-18
Tyus Jones G	19	5	0	4	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	2-2	-20
Noah Penda G-F	12	3	5	0	1	0	1	1-2	1-1	0-2	-14

Denver Nuggets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Nikola Jokic C	38	23	11	13	2	0	6	10-17	0-2	3-4	+20
Jamal Murray G	36	32	2	3	1	0	1	11-22	7-12	3-4	+7
Cameron Johnson F	36	19	11	3	0	1	0	6-9	3-5	4-4	+27
Bruce Brown G	34	11	2	2	0	0	2	5-11	1-3	0-0	-13
Tim Hardaway Jr. G	27	12	4	0	0	0	2	5-8	2-4	0-0	-1
Jalen Pickett G	24	9	3	7	0	0	0	3-7	3-6	0-0	+17
Spencer Jones F	19	8	1	1	3	0	0	4-7	0-3	0-0	+8
Jonas Valanciunas C	13	10	5	0	1	2	2	4-6	0-1	2-3	-6
Zeke Nnaji F-C	8	0	1	2	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-2
Julian Strawther G	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-2

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Wendell Carter Jr.	Starter	29	26	86.7	21.7	+7.7	19.9
Paolo Banchero	Starter	39	26	49.5	29.5	-7.2	16.0
Anthony Black	Starter	37	22	53.3	26.1	-7.7	4.9
Desmond Bane	Starter	36	6	27.3	13.8	-19.5	2.8
Tyus Jones	Starter	19	5	86.8	6.4	-51.3	7.0
Jett Howard	Bench	29	12	77.3	11.9	+28.3	11.8
Jase Richardson	Bench	19	9	50.0	22.9	+8.0	4.3
Goga Bitadze	Bench	19	6	42.9	14.3	-46.3	5.9
Noah Penda	Bench	12	3	52.1	13.8	-59.2	8.8
Jonathan Isaac	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tristan Da Silva	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jamal Murray	Starter	36	32	67.3	29.3	+9.1	12.4
Nikola Jokic	Starter	38	23	61.3	28.6	+26.3	17.0
Cameron Johnson	Starter	36	19	88.3	13.8	+38.7	15.1
Bruce Brown	Starter	34	11	50.0	16.9	-16.2	2.6
Spencer Jones	Starter	19	8	57.1	15.9	+28.8	4.7
Tim Hardaway Jr.	Bench	27	12	75.0	16.4	+2.2	8.2
Jonas Valanciunas	Bench	13	10	68.3	26.5	-27.4	13.5
Jalen Pickett	Bench	24	9	64.3	12.5	+35.3	12.1
Julian Strawther	Bench	6	2	100.0	7.1	-15.4	8.0
Zeke Nnaji	Bench	8	0	0.0	0.0	-19.6	8.8
Hunter Tyson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0