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115-126
Final
December 18, 2025 · Ball Arena
Denver NuggetsDenver Nuggets20-6

Orlando Magic vs Denver Nuggets · December 18, 2025

The Denver Nuggets beat the Orlando Magic 126-115 on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at home. Jamal Murray led the Nuggets with 32 points. Paolo Banchero led the Magic with 26 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists. The Nuggets are 20-6 and the Magic 15-12.

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Top performers · fantasy points · tap for shot chart

Wendell Carter Jr.ORL · 26 pts · 8 reb · 0 ast24.8 Paolo BancheroORL · 26 pts · 16 reb · 10 ast23.4 Cameron JohnsonDEN · 19 pts · 11 reb · 3 ast23.2 Nikola JokicDEN · 23 pts · 11 reb · 13 ast20.7 Jamal MurrayDEN · 32 pts · 2 reb · 3 ast18.5 Jett HowardORL · 12 pts · 6 reb · 2 ast14.5

Shot charts

Magic · 43/92 FG

Q1 11:23 · Wendell Carter Jr. makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tyus Jones assists) Q1 9:16 · Wendell Carter Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper Q2 7:47 · Wendell Carter Jr. makes 9-foot two point shot Q2 4:14 · Wendell Carter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper Q3 7:36 · Wendell Carter Jr. makes dunk Q3 7:21 · Wendell Carter Jr. makes two point shot (Paolo Banchero assists) Q3 5:59 · Wendell Carter Jr. makes 10-foot floating jump shot (Paolo Banchero assists) Q3 5:33 · Wendell Carter Jr. misses 14-foot pullup jump shot Q3 4:31 · Wendell Carter Jr. makes layup (Paolo Banchero assists) Q3 4:03 · Wendell Carter Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Paolo Banchero assists) Q3 3:00 · Wendell Carter Jr. makes 3-foot two point shot (Paolo Banchero assists) Q4 6:56 · Wendell Carter Jr. makes 25-foot running jump shot (Paolo Banchero assists) Q4 2:42 · Wendell Carter Jr. makes 25-foot running jump shot (Desmond Bane assists) Q4 2:06 · Wendell Carter Jr. makes tip in dunk Q4 40.0 · Wendell Carter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper Q1 11:07 · Desmond Bane makes driving layup Q1 8:41 · Desmond Bane misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot Q1 8:36 · Desmond Bane misses 25-foot fade away jump shot Q1 4:32 · Desmond Bane makes 3-foot two point shot Q1 2:15 · Desmond Bane misses two point shot Q1 1:47 · Desmond Bane misses two point shot Q2 1:43 · Desmond Bane misses 24-foot three point jumper Q2 1:23 · Desmond Bane misses two point shot Q3 6:53 · Desmond Bane makes running layup (Paolo Banchero assists) Q3 1:49 · Desmond Bane misses 24-foot fade away jump shot Q3 58.6 · Desmond Bane misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot Q3 0.0 · Desmond Bane misses two point shot Q1 10:33 · Anthony Black makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tyus Jones assists) Q1 9:40 · Cameron Johnson blocks Anthony Black 's 2-foot running layup Q1 8:17 · Anthony Black makes driving layup (Desmond Bane assists) Q1 5:09 · Anthony Black makes 22-foot three point jumper (Paolo Banchero assists) Q1 3:49 · Anthony Black makes 6-foot two point shot Q1 1:44 · Anthony Black misses 25-foot three point jumper Q2 7:21 · Jonas Valanciunas blocks Anthony Black 's 5-foot running layup Q2 7:05 · Anthony Black misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot Q2 4:45 · Anthony Black misses dunk Q2 4:43 · Anthony Black makes tip shot Q3 10:11 · Anthony Black makes driving layup (Desmond Bane assists) Q3 9:45 · Anthony Black misses 17-foot pullup jump shot Q3 8:23 · Anthony Black makes 1-foot running dunk (Paolo Banchero assists) Q3 7:42 · Anthony Black misses 26-foot three point jumper Q4 8:34 · Anthony Black misses 25-foot three point jumper Q4 5:38 · Anthony Black misses driving floating jump shot Q4 3:26 · Anthony Black misses running pullup jump shot Q4 1:32 · Anthony Black makes 2-foot dunk (Jett Howard assists) Q1 9:57 · Paolo Banchero makes two point shot (Tyus Jones assists) Q2 5:38 · Paolo Banchero misses 19-foot pullup jump shot Q2 5:14 · Paolo Banchero misses two point shot Q2 2:37 · Paolo Banchero misses 23-foot three point jumper Q2 2:13 · Paolo Banchero makes 8-foot pullup jump shot (Desmond Bane assists) Q2 1:01 · Paolo Banchero misses 13-foot pullup jump shot Q2 26.9 · Paolo Banchero misses driving layup Q2 0.2 · Paolo Banchero misses heave jump shot Q3 10:36 · Paolo Banchero makes driving layup Q3 9:18 · Paolo Banchero misses 26-foot three point jumper Q3 8:43 · Paolo Banchero misses 27-foot three point jumper Q3 6:12 · Paolo Banchero misses 25-foot three point jumper Q3 3:40 · Paolo Banchero makes 1-foot two point shot Q3 2:27 · Paolo Banchero makes dunk (Jett Howard assists) Q3 1:55 · Paolo Banchero misses driving floating jump shot Q4 9:14 · Paolo Banchero misses 13-foot pullup jump shot Q4 6:22 · Paolo Banchero makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Anthony Black assists) Q4 4:20 · Paolo Banchero makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot Q4 3:50 · Paolo Banchero makes 10-foot turnaround jump shot Q4 3:09 · Paolo Banchero makes two point shot (Anthony Black assists) Q4 2:13 · Paolo Banchero misses running layup Q4 59.1 · Paolo Banchero misses 10-foot pullup jump shot Q1 7:21 · Jett Howard misses 24-foot three point jumper Q1 6:13 · Jett Howard makes 1-foot two point shot (Tyus Jones assists) Q2 10:59 · Jett Howard makes 24-foot three point jumper (Paolo Banchero assists) Q2 10:16 · Jett Howard makes 24-foot three point jumper (Goga Bitadze assists) Q3 6:20 · Jett Howard misses 23-foot three point jumper Q1 5:43 · Tyus Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (Anthony Black assists) Q2 3:33 · Tyus Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper Q1 4:19 · Goga Bitadze makes 2-foot driving dunk Q2 11:22 · Goga Bitadze misses 26-foot three point jumper Q2 9:24 · Goga Bitadze misses 6-foot floating jump shot Q2 9:18 · Goga Bitadze misses 1-foot tip shot Q2 8:18 · Goga Bitadze makes 4-foot floating jump shot (Jase Richardson assists) Q2 1:17 · Goga Bitadze misses tip shot Q3 25.4 · Goga Bitadze makes 2-foot dunk (Desmond Bane assists) Q1 3:22 · Jase Richardson misses 24-foot three point jumper Q1 2:30 · Jase Richardson misses two point shot Q2 10:02 · Jase Richardson makes 1-foot driving dunk Q2 9:19 · Jase Richardson misses driving floating jump shot Q2 9:01 · Jase Richardson makes 24-foot running jump shot (Desmond Bane assists) Q3 2:44 · Jase Richardson misses running pullup jump shot Q3 1:14 · Jase Richardson misses driving floating jump shot Q4 10:56 · Jase Richardson makes 20-foot pullup jump shot (Desmond Bane assists) Q4 10:17 · Jase Richardson makes driving layup (Desmond Bane assists) Q1 1:14 · Noah Penda makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jase Richardson assists) Q1 5.9 · Jonas Valanciunas blocks Noah Penda 's 4-foot driving layup
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Nuggets · 49/88 FG

Q1 11:35 · Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point jumper Q1 4:41 · Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three pointer Q1 2:23 · Jamal Murray misses 22-foot running jump shot Q1 1.4 · Jamal Murray misses 35-foot three point pullup jump shot Q2 5:56 · Jamal Murray makes 27-foot running jump shot (Jalen Pickett assists) Q2 5:26 · Jamal Murray makes 27-foot three point jumper (Cameron Johnson assists) Q2 4:28 · Jamal Murray makes 15-foot pullup jump shot Q2 4:06 · Jamal Murray misses 24-foot running jump shot Q2 2:30 · Jamal Murray makes 26-foot running jump shot Q2 1:56 · Jamal Murray makes 1-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists) Q2 1:16 · Jamal Murray makes 26-foot running jump shot (Jalen Pickett assists) Q2 37.4 · Jamal Murray makes 27-foot three point shot Q3 9:34 · Jamal Murray makes 4-foot two point shot Q3 7:56 · Jamal Murray makes 9-foot two point shot Q3 6:58 · Wendell Carter Jr. blocks Jamal Murray 's 11-foot driving layup Q3 5:22 · Jamal Murray misses 18-foot step back jumpshot Q3 4:54 · Jamal Murray misses 21-foot step back jumpshot Q4 5:10 · Jamal Murray makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot Q4 4:30 · Jamal Murray misses 4-foot two point shot Q4 3:32 · Jamal Murray misses 24-foot three point jumper Q4 2:22 · Jamal Murray misses 16-foot fade away jump shot Q4 1:37 · Jamal Murray misses 14-foot two point shot Q1 11:14 · Bruce Brown makes 3-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists) Q1 3:37 · Bruce Brown makes 2-foot reverse layup (Nikola Jokic assists) Q2 11:09 · Bruce Brown makes driving layup (Zeke Nnaji assists) Q2 9:08 · Goga Bitadze blocks Bruce Brown's driving layup Q2 7:16 · Bruce Brown misses running layup Q3 9:04 · Bruce Brown makes 24-foot three point jumper (Cameron Johnson assists) Q3 8:29 · Bruce Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper Q3 5:44 · Bruce Brown makes 1-foot layup (Nikola Jokic assists) Q4 7:06 · Bruce Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper Q4 6:31 · Bruce Brown misses 10-foot two point shot Q4 2:49 · Bruce Brown misses driving floating jump shot Q1 10:15 · Nikola Jokic makes driving layup Q1 9:47 · Nikola Jokic misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot Q1 9:33 · Nikola Jokic makes 2-foot running dunk (Bruce Brown assists) Q1 8:56 · Nikola Jokic misses layup Q1 8:51 · Nikola Jokic makes tip shot Q1 8:27 · Nikola Jokic misses running pullup jump shot Q1 7:10 · Nikola Jokic misses two point shot Q1 2:01 · Nikola Jokic makes finger roll layup Q2 2:53 · Nikola Jokic makes 11-foot two point shot Q2 1:38 · Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot running jump shot Q3 11:43 · Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot Q3 10:19 · Nikola Jokic makes 6-foot jumper (Jamal Murray assists) Q3 6:34 · Nikola Jokic makes 3-foot two point shot Q3 4:15 · Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot Q3 2:49 · Wendell Carter Jr. blocks Nikola Jokic 's 11-foot turnaround jump shot Q3 1:30 · Nikola Jokic makes 1-foot two point shot Q4 6:08 · Desmond Bane blocks Nikola Jokic 's 10-foot driving floating jump shot Q1 7:59 · Cameron Johnson makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists) Q1 6:51 · Cameron Johnson misses 24-foot three point jumper Q1 1:01 · Cameron Johnson makes 12-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists) Q2 10:41 · Cameron Johnson misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot Q2 3:22 · Cameron Johnson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists) Q3 9:58 · Cameron Johnson makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists) Q3 7:28 · Desmond Bane blocks Cameron Johnson 's 9-foot driving floating jump shot Q3 2:17 · Cameron Johnson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jalen Pickett assists) Q4 1:15 · Cameron Johnson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists) Q1 7:36 · Spencer Jones makes running dunk (Cameron Johnson assists) Q1 6:31 · Spencer Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper Q2 5:08 · Spencer Jones makes two point shot (Jamal Murray assists) Q3 10:54 · Spencer Jones makes 2-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists) Q4 9:51 · Spencer Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper Q4 9:26 · Spencer Jones makes 2-foot dunk (Jalen Pickett assists) Q4 7:49 · Spencer Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper Q1 5:27 · Julian Strawther makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists) Q1 2:44 · Goga Bitadze blocks Jonas Valanciunas's two point shot Q1 1:27 · Jonas Valanciunas makes layup (Nikola Jokic assists) Q2 9:44 · Jonas Valanciunas makes 9-foot two point shot Q2 8:41 · Jonas Valanciunas makes 7-foot turnaround jump shot (Zeke Nnaji assists) Q4 9:45 · Jonas Valanciunas makes 7-foot two point shot Q4 8:52 · Jonas Valanciunas misses 26-foot three point jumper Q1 30.5 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 25-foot three point jumper Q2 11:46 · Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 11-foot driving floating jump shot (Bruce Brown assists) Q2 10:30 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 14-foot step back jumpshot Q3 4:50 · Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jalen Pickett assists) Q3 3:21 · Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 12-foot pullup jump shot (Jalen Pickett assists) Q4 11:39 · Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper Q4 11:34 · Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 1-foot layup (Jalen Pickett assists) Q4 11:11 · Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 27-foot running pullup jump shot Q2 7:28 · Jalen Pickett misses two point shot Q2 6:26 · Jalen Pickett makes 25-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists) Q2 3.5 · Jalen Pickett misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot Q3 3:50 · Jalen Pickett misses 25-foot three point jumper Q4 7:12 · Jalen Pickett misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot Q4 5:56 · Jalen Pickett makes 25-foot three point jumper (Spencer Jones assists) Q4 4:08 · Jalen Pickett makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
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Orlando Magic box score

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFTPF+/-FP
Paolo Banchero › 39261610102 9-210-48-121-623.4
Anthony Black › 372223203 8-182-64-64-59.2
Desmond Bane › 36628021 3-110-40-03-156.0
Wendell Carter Jr. › 292680120 11-154-70-03+724.8
Jett Howard › 291262100 3-62-54-42+1514.5
Tyus Jones › 19504000 1-21-22-20-206.8
Goga Bitadze › 19641220 3-70-10-02-1810.1
Jase Richardson › 19912102 4-91-30-02+12.7
Noah Penda 12350101 1-21-10-20-143.6
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Denver Nuggets box score

PlayerMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOFG3PTFTPF+/-FP
Nikola Jokic › 38231113206 10-170-23-41+2020.7
Cameron Johnson › 3619113010 6-93-54-43+2723.2
Jamal Murray › 363223101 11-227-123-42+718.5
Bruce Brown › 341122002 5-111-30-02-132.0
Tim Hardaway Jr. › 271240002 5-82-40-00-15.4
Jalen Pickett › 24937000 3-73-60-00+1711.0
Spencer Jones 19811300 4-70-30-06+89.0
Jonas Valanciunas › 131050122 4-60-12-34-69.8
Zeke Nnaji 8012000 0-00-00-00-22.2
Julian Strawther › 6200000 1-10-00-00-21.3
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Rotation · who was on the floor, quarter by quarter

Orlando Magic
Q1Q2Q3Q4
MIN
P. Banchero S
39
A. Black S
37
D. Bane S
36
W. Carter Jr. S
29
T. Jones S
19
J. Howard
29
G. Bitadze
19
J. Richardson
19
N. Penda
12
Denver Nuggets
Q1Q2Q3Q4
MIN
N. Jokic S
38
C. Johnson S
36
J. Murray S
36
B. Brown S
34
S. Jones S
19
T. Hardaway Jr.
27
J. Pickett
24
J. Valanciunas
13
Z. Nnaji
8
J. Strawther
6

Bars show when each player was on the court (hover or tap for the exact clock). S = starter. Rebuilt from the play-by-play substitutions.

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