For 6 minutes and 26 seconds on Thursday night, the Nuggets were a dream team. Poetry in motion, with pizzazz.
They outscored the Magic 35-7 during that second-quarter surge en route to a 126-115 victory. It illustrated what the Nuggets are capable of when their defense sparks a run, and when one of their best players catches fire.
In this case, guard Jamal Murray, who scored 20 of his game-high 32 points in that 6:26 span, drained five 3-pointers and blew the lid off Ball Arena. A trio of his 3-pointers came on pull-up, transition jumpers as the Nuggets got their running game into high gear.