Orlando Magic vs. Denver Nuggets

Dec 18, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
ORL	32	22	31	30	115
DEN	25	43	31	27	126

Game Recap

Jamal Murray’s game-high 32 points and another triple-double from Nikola Jokic power Denver past Orlando.

Player Stats

MAGIC	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
3Desmond BaneSF	36	3-11	0-4	0-0	2	8	0	2	1	3	-15	6
5Paolo BancheroPF	39	9-21	0-4	8-12	16	10	1	0	2	1	-6	26
34Wendell Carter Jr.C	28	11-15	4-7	0-0	8	0	1	2	0	3	+7	26
0Anthony BlackSG	37	8-18	2-6	4-6	2	3	2	0	3	4	-5	22
2Tyus JonesPG	19	1-2	1-2	2-2	0	4	0	0	0	0	-20	5
13Jett Howard	28	3-6	2-5	4-4	6	2	1	0	0	2	+15	12
35Goga Bitadze	19	3-7	0-1	0-0	4	1	2	2	0	2	-18	6
93Noah Penda	11	1-2	1-1	0-2	5	0	1	0	1	0	-14	3
11Jase Richardson	19	4-9	1-3	0-0	1	2	1	0	2	2	+1	9
23Tristan da Silva	— did not play —												— did not play —
1Jonathan Isaac	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	43-9147.3%	11-3333.3%	18-2669.2%	44	30	9	6	9	17	-	115

NUGGETS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23Cameron JohnsonSF	35	6-9	3-5	4-4	11	3	0	1	0	3	+27	19
21Spencer JonesPF	18	4-7	0-3	0-0	1	1	3	0	0	6	+8	8
15Nikola JokicC	37	10-17	0-2	3-4	11	13	2	0	6	1	+20	23
11Bruce BrownSG	34	5-11	1-3	0-0	2	2	0	0	2	2	-13	11
27Jamal MurrayPG	35	11-22	7-12	3-4	2	3	1	0	1	2	+7	32
10Tim Hardaway Jr.	26	5-8	2-4	0-0	4	0	0	0	2	0	-1	12
3Julian Strawther	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	2
17Jonas Valanciūnas	13	4-6	0-1	2-3	5	0	1	2	2	4	-6	10
22Zeke Nnaji	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0
24Jalen Pickett	23	3-7	3-6	0-0	3	7	0	0	0	0	+17	9
5Hunter Tyson	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	49-8855.7%	16-3644.4%	12-1580.0%	40	31	7	3	13	18	-	126

Play-by-Play

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1st quarterORLDEN

(11:57)
(11:47) Black Step Out of Bounds Turnover (P1.T1)
(11:35) MISS Murray 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(11:33) Banchero REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:27) Jokic P.FOUL (P1.T1) (J.Tiven)
+3 (11:23) Carter Jr. 24' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jones 1 AST)
30
+2 (11:14) Brown 4' Cutting Layup Shot (2 PTS) (Jokic 1 AST)
32
+2 (11:07) Bane 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
52
(10:50) Jokic Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T1)
(10:50) Banchero STEAL (1 STL)
+3 (10:33) Black 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Jones 2 AST)
82
+2 (10:15) Jokic 3' Driving Layup (2 PTS)
84
(10:15) Carter Jr. S.FOUL (P1.T1) (J.Tiven)
(10:15) MISS Jokic Free Throw 1 of 1
(10:13) Carter Jr. REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:57) Banchero 2' Driving Reverse Layup (2 PTS) (Jones 3 AST)
104
(9:47) MISS Jokic 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(9:44) Banchero REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(9:40) MISS Black 2' Running Layup
(9:40) Johnson BLOCK (1 BLK)
(9:37) Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:33) Jokic 2' Running Dunk (4 PTS) (Brown 1 AST)
106
(9:16) MISS Carter Jr. 3PT Jump Shot
(9:15) NUGGETS Rebound
(8:56) MISS Jokic 5' Layup
(8:51) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (8:51) Jokic Tip Layup Shot (6 PTS)
108
(8:41) MISS Bane 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(8:39) Banchero REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(8:36) MISS Bane 25' 3PT Fadeaway Jumper
(8:33) Johnson REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(8:27) MISS Jokic 26' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(8:24) Banchero REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
+2 (8:17) Black 3' Driving Layup (5 PTS) (Bane 1 AST)
128
(8:11) Bane P.FOUL (P1.T2) (C.Flores)
(8:09) Carter Jr. P.FOUL (P2.T3) (B.Kennedy)
+2 (7:59) Johnson 18' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Jokic 2 AST)
1210
(7:39) Black Bad Pass Turnover (P2.T2)
(7:39) Jones STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (7:36) Jones 1' Running Dunk (2 PTS) (Johnson 1 AST)
1212
(7:21) MISS Howard 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(7:18) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(7:10) MISS Jokic 2' Driving Finger Roll Layup
(7:08) Banchero REBOUND (Off:1 Def:4)
(7:06) Jones S.FOUL (P1.T2) (B.Kennedy)
+1 (7:06) Banchero Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)
1312
+1 (7:06) Banchero Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)
1412
(6:51) MISS Johnson 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:46) Howard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:41) Jones S.FOUL (P2.T3) (C.Flores)
(6:41) NUGGETS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
(6:41) MISS Banchero Free Throw 1 of 2
(6:41) Magic Rebound
+1 (6:41) Banchero Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
1512
(6:31) MISS Jones 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(6:27) Howard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (6:13) Howard 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS) (Jones 4 AST)
1712
(5:55) Brown Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T2)
+3 (5:43) Jones 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Black 1 AST)
2012
+2 (5:27) Strawther 2' Driving Layup (2 PTS) (Jokic 3 AST)
2014
(5:27) NUGGETS Violation: Delay of game Violation
+3 (5:09) Black 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Banchero 1 AST)
2314
+3 (4:41) Murray 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS)
2317
+2 (4:32) Bane 3' Driving Finger Roll Layup (4 PTS)
2517
(4:21) Murray Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T3)
(4:21) Bitadze STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (4:19) Bitadze 3' Driving Dunk (2 PTS)
2717
(4:19) NUGGETS Timeout: Regular (Full 2 Short 0)
(4:03) Jokic Traveling Turnover (P2.T4)
+2 (3:49) Black 7' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot (10 PTS)
2917
+2 (3:37) Brown 3' Reverse Layup (4 PTS) (Jokic 4 AST)
2919
(3:22) MISS Richardson 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:17) Penda REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(3:04) Magic Turnover: Shot Clock (T#3)
(2:56) Black Violation:Kicked Ball (B.Kennedy)
(2:44) MISS Valanciunas 1' Driving Reverse Layup
(2:44) Bitadze BLOCK (1 BLK)
(2:42) Bane REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(2:30) MISS Richardson 1' Driving Finger Roll Layup
(2:27) Jokic REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
(2:23) MISS Murray 3PT Running Jump Shot
(2:20) Penda REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(2:15) MISS Bane 10' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
(2:15) NUGGETS Rebound
(2:15) Bitadze L.B.FOUL (P1.T4) (B.Kennedy)
+2 (2:01) Jokic 5' Finger Roll Layup (8 PTS)
2921
(1:47) MISS Bane 5' Driving Finger Roll Layup
(1:45) Bitadze REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(1:44) MISS Black 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(1:42) NUGGETS Rebound
+2 (1:27) Valanciunas 4' Layup (2 PTS) (Jokic 5 AST)
2923
(1:27) Howard S.FOUL (P1.PN) (J.Tiven)
(1:27) MISS Valanciunas Free Throw 1 of 1
(1:24) Penda REBOUND (Off:1 Def:2)
+3 (1:14) Penda 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Richardson 1 AST)
3223
+2 (1:01) Johnson 12' Turnaround Fadeaway (4 PTS) (Jokic 6 AST)
3225
(0:49) Richardson Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T4)
(0:49) Valanciunas STEAL (1 STL)
(0:45) Jokic Lost Ball Turnover (P3.T5)
(0:45) Penda STEAL (1 STL)
(0:42) Richardson OFF.Foul (P1) (J.Tiven)
(0:42) Richardson Offensive Foul Turnover (P2.T5)
(0:30) MISS Hardaway Jr. 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:26) Penda REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(0:05) MISS Penda 4' Driving Layup
(0:05) Valanciunas BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:05) NUGGETS Rebound
(0:01) MISS Murray 36' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(0:01) NUGGETS Rebound

2nd quarter

3rd quarter

4th quarter

Team Stats

ORL

DEN

115Points126

43-91(47.3%)Field Goal(%)49-88(55.7%)

11-33(33.3%)3-Point(%)16-36(44.4%)

18-26(69.2%)Free Throw(%)12-15(80.0%)

44(12)Rebounds(Offensive)40(5)

30Assists31

9Steals7

6Blocks3

9Turnovers13

17Fouls18

62Pts In The Paint54

27Fast Break Pts28

23Pts Off Turnovers13

30Bench Pts33

14Largest Lead21

Game Details

Thursday, December 18, 2025 · 9:00 PM

Ball Arena · Denver, CO

attendance: 19,731 (103.3%)