The Magic outrebounded the Nuggets (44-40), scored more points in the paint (62-54), got to the free-throw line more often (26 attempts vs. 15) and recorded fewer turnovers (10 vs. 15) when they opened a four-game road trip out west Thursday night.
Those are the type of advantages that typically lead to victories for Orlando, which entered the contest 11-7 when grabbing more rebounds than its opponents, 13-8 when attempting more (or the same) amount of free throws and 9-3 when having fewer turnovers.
But that wasn’t the case late Thursday at Ball Arena, when Denver used a second-quarter scoring spree to capture an 11-point win, 126-115, over Jamahl Mosley‘s squad.