The game between the Orlando Magic and Denver Nuggets will take place at Amway Center on Thursday, February 9 at 7:00 PM ET.
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The Orlando Magic will welcome the Denver Nuggets to Amway Center for an NBA game on Thursday. The Magic lost 98-102 in their last game over the Knicks. Markelle Fultz led the Magic with 21 points. Franz Wagner added 18 points and Banchero finished with 16 points after being held to four in the first half. “Every possession matters and I think we got good experience of that tonight,” Fultz said. “We came up short but I’m happy with the way we fought. A couple of things cost us down he stretch.”
According to Magic coach Jamahl Mosley, those things were “shooting 6 for 25 (3-pointers), missing a couple of free throws, and giving up 11 offensive rebounds.” Wagner made his first five shots, two of them on a 10-0 run that gave Orlando a 12-point lead midway through the second quarter, the largest lead for either team.
“We started off in a hole and we fought out of the hole,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeaux said. “I thought in the second half we were a lot better, and I thought in the fourth quarter we were very good.”
The Denver Nuggets on the other hand won 146-112 against the Timberwolves in their last game. Nikola Jokic may not always dazzle with his athleticism. He sure does with his numbers. Jokic posted his 19th triple-double of the season by halftime and the Denver Nuggets rode a 49-point first quarter to a 146-112 rout of the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night.
Jokic finished with 20 points, 16 assists and 12 rebounds. It was the second time in his career the big man has notched a triple-double by halftime. Jokic took a seat late in the third quarter with the Western Conference leaders ahead by a large margin. “It’s incredible he had a triple-double in the first half,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. “LeBron (James) did it with just so much athleticism and Nikola does it with much un-athleticism — but equally as effective.”
Denver led 49-19 after the first quarter — including a 32-2 run — as the Nuggets shot 79.2% from the floor. The 49 points tied for the second-most in a quarter in the franchise’s NBA history. Michael Porter Jr. led the way by scoring 19 of his 30 points in the opening period.
Orlando Magic: Paolo Bancher, Franz Wagner, Wendell Carter, Jr., Markelle Fultz, Gary Harris
Denver Nuggets: Michael Porter Jr., Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokić, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Bruce Brown Jr.
Orlando Magic: Chuma Okeke, Gary Harris
Denver Nuggets: Zeke Nnaji, Collin Gillespie, Jamal Murray
The game between the Orlando Magic and Denver Nuggets will take place at Amway Center on Thursday, February 9 at 7:00 PM ET.
The match between the Orlando Magic vs Denver Nuggets will be telecast live on Bally Sports Florida, Fox Sports Florida, Altitude.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports Florida, Fox Sports Florida, Altitude. | February 9 (7:00 PM ET) |
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