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||**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Final**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|**28**|**34**|**26**|**31**|**119**|[](/DEN)|
**ORL**|**28**|**28**|**26**|**42**|**124**|[](/ORL)|
**Team**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
[](/DEN)**DEN**|**44-93 (47.3)**|**15-35 (42.9)**|**16-21 (76.2)**|**17**|**42**|**29**|**10**|**6**|**2**|**25**|**119**|
[](/ORL)**ORL**|**44-81 (54.3)**|**10-29 (34.5)**|**26-30 (86.7)**|**11**|**41**|**27**|**12**|**9**|**7**|**21**|**124**|
**[](/DEN)DEN**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
M. Porter Jr.^^SF|30:41|9-16 (56.3)|5-9 (55.6)|2-2 (100.0)|0|2|0|0|1|0|4|25|+5|
A. Gordon^^PF|36:41|7-16 (43.8)|1-3 (33.3)|0-2 (0.0)|7|10|1|2|2|0|3|15|+4|
N. Jokic^^C|36:20|12-18 (66.7)|1-2 (50.0)|5-5 (100.0)|5|13|12|1|3|2|4|30|+4|
K. Caldwell-Pope^^SG|34:16|3-8 (37.5)|2-5 (40.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|1|2|2|0|0|2|10|+5|
R. Jackson^^PG|33:46|5-15 (33.3)|3-7 (42.9)|1-1 (100.0)|1|4|9|1|0|0|1|14|-8|
C. Braun|21:10|4-7 (57.1)|2-2 (100.0)|3-3 (100.0)|1|7|1|3|0|0|4|13|-13|
J. Strawther|16:58|2-6 (33.3)|1-4 (25.0)|2-2 (100.0)|1|2|2|0|0|0|5|7|-5|
J. Pickett|8:09|0-4 (0.0)|0-3 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|0|1|0|0|0|0|+1|
P. Watson|10:19|1-1 (100.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-2 (0.0)|1|1|0|0|0|0|1|2|-9|
Z. Nnaji|11:40|1-2 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|1-2 (50.0)|1|1|2|0|0|0|1|3|-9|
**Totals**||**44-93 (47.3)**|**15-35 (42.9)**|**16-21 (76.2)**|**17**|**42**|**29**|**10**|**6**|**2**|**25**|**119**||
**DNP:** ***Justin Holiday***, ***Collin Gillespie***, ***DeAndre Jordan***, ***Braxton Key***, ***Hunter Tyson***
**Inactive:** ***Vlatko Cancar***, ***Jay Huff***, ***Jamal Murray***
**[](/ORL)ORL**|**Min**|**FG**|**3PT**|**FT**|**OR**|**Reb**|**Ast**|**TO**|**Stl**|**Blk**|**PF**|**Pts**|**+/-**|
|:—|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|—:|
F. Wagner^^SF|31:11|11-18 (61.1)|1-4 (25.0)|4-4 (100.0)|1|3|4|1|1|2|1|27|-4|
P. Banchero^^PF|34:42|8-14 (57.1)|4-5 (80.0)|3-5 (60.0)|1|3|4|3|1|3|1|23|-4|
G. Bitadze^^C|31:36|2-4 (50.0)|0-0 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|2|11|2|1|0|1|2|6|+2|
J. Suggs^^SG|28:30|4-9 (44.4)|0-3 (0.0)|2-2 (100.0)|1|5|4|2|1|0|5|10|+3|
A. Black^^PG|15:27|0-1 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0-0 (0.0)|0|1|1|3|0|0|2|0|+4|
J. Ingles|16:49|4-4 (100.0)|2-2 (100.0)|2-2 (100.0)|0|1|7|0|1|0|3|12|+9|
G. Harris|23:12|1-7 (14.3)|1-6 (16.7)|2-2 (100.0)|0|3|3|0|3|0|2|5|+1|
C. Anthony|28:50|6-11 (54.5)|1-4 (25.0)|7-8 (87.5)|3|5|0|0|0|0|3|20|+2|
J. Isaac|14:26|4-6 (66.7)|0-2 (0.0)|1-1 (100.0)|2|6|1|1|1|1|1|9|+6|
M. Wagner|15:17|4-7 (57.1)|1-3 (33.3)|3-4 (75.0)|1|3|1|1|1|0|1|12|+6|
**Totals**||**44-81 (54.3)**|**10-29 (34.5)**|**26-30 (86.7)**|**11**|**41**|**27**|**12**|**9**|**7**|**21**|**124**||
**DNP:** ***Caleb Houstan***, ***Chuma Okeke***, ***Admiral Schofield***
**Inactive:** ***Wendell Carter Jr.***, ***Markelle Fultz***, ***Kevon Harris***, ***Jett Howard***, ***Trevelin Queen***
||**PITP**|**2^^nd PTS**|**FB PTS**|**BIG LD**|**BEN PTS**|**TOT TOV**|**TOV PTS**||
|:—|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
**DEN**|44|20|4|9|25|12|12|[](/DEN)|
**ORL**|60|22|12|5|58|12|17|[](/ORL)|
**Lead Changes: 19** | **Times Tied: 15** | **Gametime: 2:22** | **Attendance: 18237**
*Officials: Sean Corbin, Rodney Mott, Scott Wall*
by BigHoneyBot
42 Comments
Man, Malone looks absolutely exhausted.
Losing sucks.
With the road record being so terrible again, we need to get the 1st seed so the team can rely on home court. Also, there’s a really good chance this road trip ends 1-4.
Wouldn’t have been as frustrated with this one if Nuggets didn’t make some stupid decisions at the end there. Orlando is a good team, so a loss was possible on the road, just not sure why no one tried to shoot a 3 at the end, even if it was forced.
Still having problems with defense, much more so because other teams seem to have figured out that attacking Jokic and MPJ out of the PnR with a quicker smaller guy seems to be the most reliable way to score on us.
I don’t want to pile on the young man too much, but I swear I’ve never seen back to back airballed 3s from one player as bad as what Pickett did there. That was an unflattering little trip down the court for him.
happy thanksgiving nuggets nation.
turkey came early
but enjoy your day
Rookies looking roughhhhh
A little surprised we haven’t seen much of Biden mike
Well I know what I’m NOT thankful for this year
Might take a pause from watching away games
I get developing players and all but if Strawther continues chucking contested bricks we’re better off playing Holiday.
Pwat and Zeke were dog shit as well. Both have absolute butter fingers.
Why did Dame try to dunk right there💀💀
We need Jamal
I don’t care how but Houston must fall
Maybe pursing absolutely no free agents in the offseason was a bad idea
42 fourth quarter points for the Magic. Yikes.
S/o to Christian “Bruce” Braun tho. He’s been playing great.
This time last year, we were 10-7. Just for perspective.
Also Pop doing that is weird. Its literally a sport and an opposing team. You’re suppose to boo the players shooting lol.
We need Jamal more than ever 💔
is it a bad time to question the Hyland contract.
could of just offered him a coaching spot.
I don’t know if anyone recall but this is how we started off last year too. Hell even some mid season and late season games was slug fest with tons of careless mistakes, then playoff came around and everyone just locked tf in.
Losing sucks but it’s November. We chilling.
I made $10 betting Jokic under on 3 pointers…. I wanted to lose that $10 so badly man
Whenever I start feeling sad about these November games, I look back on when I felt down losing games in November last year, and how after winning the championship, all that stress just seemed so goofy in hindsight.
Losing sucks, but it’s gonna happen while the team’s figuring out rotations and building chemistry in the early months of the regular season.
But, boy, do I miss Jamal
Fuck
Nuggets fan in Orlando here. Third time I’ve gone to the game in person, third time they’ve lost. I think I’m their bad luck charm — sorry y’all 😅🥲
Most of our problems disappear when Mal returns. Reggie returns to the bench to run the 2nd unit. I would look at trading Zeke and a pick for someone else though (either a big or another ball handler). His time is up and has failed to develop these past 3-4 years.
JAMAL ONCE AGAIN 0 POINTS?!?
I just realized, we can’t win shit on the road during the regular season lol.
I know he dealt with foul trouble but MPJ gotta get more than 31 minutes in that game
I dont know what the defense is for running the rookie line early 4th. Malones regular season rotation is so stale and predictable, he had started year off with a lot of different looks.
CB in place of RJ to close the game and we win this one..
This fucking sucks. Every team treats this shit like the playoffs and we watch knowing we have no idea when Jamal is coming back (maybe next week? Who knows!) and we have to temper our expectations with a bench made of rooks but every fucking game if we aren’t down by 20 at the end of the first we get to watch 12 points lead evaporate while Jok is off the floor. Our star player is fucking doing everything he can to carry this dysfunctional mess of talent but getting so few calls that we have to hold our breath that he doesnt steamroll some shit head defender punching him in the kidneys in front of a ref. And now every thread is divided between people upset at a bunch of insane stupid circumstances and people who apparently dont want to vomit like i do after each loss because im poisoned and traumatized by so much nugglyfe. Fuck everything fuck every other team in the NBA fuck the new CBA
I fucking hate this shit. See everyone next game
Disappointing loss but the Magic are good, young ascending team. I’m impressed.
Someone have AI create a video of Jeff Morton grabbing the mic and telling the Nuggets crowd to give Melo another chance
The road record was an issue last year as well, and it all ended up okay in the end.
Rockets cooking
Doomers here, the “Jokic is a thug” crowd stinking up r/nba…yep, this is definitely a regular season loss alright.
calvin booth has been pretty terrible outside of picking up kcp and brown. trading away bones and giving up 2 picks, thomas bryant, signing justin holiday, zeke extension, dj signing, expecting rookies to perform immediately on the bench.
it’s problematic this guy has somehow made denver have the worst bench two yrs in a row. it’s probably the only thing he had to get right considering how stable the starting lineup was.
if we had connely rn i think we’d have much stronger bench.
We lost because their second unit is way better than ours. Plain and simple.
The championship helped me see these November bad stretches for what they are – just stepping stones to the top. It was never going to be smooth sailing all the way through, and we need to accept it.
Jamal getting injured sucks, but it also helped us realize where our deficiencies are early on, so that we are ready for when it actually matters. That’s what November regular season is for.
Thought the low point of the evening would be the Nuggets blowing this game. But no, 4-year-old has the norovirus.
Do NOT watch that Pop vid, holy fuck I’m gonna cringe for the next 29 years