Black scores career-high 38, Magic overcome Jokic, Nuggets for 127-126 victory

— Anthony Black scored a career-high 38 points, Desmond Bane made two free throws with 6.9 seconds left and the Orlando Magic overcame another huge triple-double by Nikola Jokic to beat the Denver Nuggets 127-126 on Saturday night.
Dec 29, 2025, 08:02 am - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

0%
--DEN
100%
--ORL

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Jamal Murray makes 26-foot three pointer (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Tyus Jones misses driving floating jump shot
  • Anthony Black misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray makes running layup
  • Anthony Black makes driving layup
  • Anthony Black makes 23-foot running jump shot (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Wendell Carter Jr. makes 1-foot dunk (Anthony Black assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
  • Wendell Carter Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses running pullup jump shot
  • Paolo Banchero makes driving layup (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Desmond Bane misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Black makes 22-foot three point jumper (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Black makes 23-foot three pointer
  • Peyton Watson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes driving layup
  • Peyton Watson misses driving floating jump shot
  • Spencer Jones misses tip shot
  • Anthony Black misses dunk
  • Spencer Jones blocks Anthony Black 's 2-foot two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot (Spencer Jones assists)
  • Paolo Banchero misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Black misses driving floating jump shot
  • Jamal Murray makes driving layup (Spencer Jones assists)
  • Tyus Jones misses driving floating jump shot
  • Tristan da Silva misses 27-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses 3-foot floating jump shot
  • Tristan da Silva makes alley oop layup (Wendell Carter Jr. assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Wendell Carter Jr. misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Peyton Watson makes driving layup
  • Anthony Black misses two point shot
  • Anthony Black makes two point shot
  • Wendell Carter Jr. misses tip shot
  • Tristan da Silva makes 2-foot dunk (Anthony Black assists)
  • Julian Strawther makes 3-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Wendell Carter Jr. misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Black misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jase Richardson misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Julian Strawther makes 8-foot two point shot (Bruce Brown assists)
  • Tristan da Silva misses 14-foot two point shot
  • Julian Strawther misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Wendell Carter Jr. misses driving layup
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 22-foot running jump shot (Julian Strawther assists)
  • Jase Richardson misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Jonathan Isaac makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Desmond Bane assists)
  • Tristan da Silva misses driving layup
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 24-foot running jump shot
  • Jonas Valanciunas misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Jonathan Isaac misses 26-foot running jump shot
  • Julian Strawther makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jalen Pickett assists)
  • Bruce Brown misses driving layup
  • Tristan da Silva makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Noah Penda assists)
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot (Jonas Valanciunas assists)
  • Jase Richardson makes 4-foot two point shot (Noah Penda assists)
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Tristan da Silva misses 26-foot running jump shot
  • Jalen Pickett misses 3-foot two point shot
  • Jonas Valanciunas makes tip shot
  • Desmond Bane makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Jase Richardson assists)
  • Desmond Bane makes two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 24-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Paolo Banchero makes driving layup
  • Spencer Jones makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses driving layup
  • Nikola Jokic makes 5-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 2-foot two point shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Jamal Cain makes 2-foot reverse layup (Paolo Banchero assists)
  • Spencer Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Paolo Banchero misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Peyton Watson makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Jett Howard misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Paolo Banchero misses driving layup
  • Nikola Jokic makes 10-foot floating jump shot (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Desmond Bane misses driving layup
  • Nikola Jokic makes 11-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Jamal Cain misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 25-foot running jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Wendell Carter Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Peyton Watson makes 1-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Paolo Banchero misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray makes 7-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Jamal Cain makes 20-foot jumper (Paolo Banchero assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses driving layup
  • Nikola Jokic misses tip shot
  • Anthony Black makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray misses two point shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes driving layup
  • Wendell Carter Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Paolo Banchero assists)
  • Spencer Jones makes 22-foot three point jumper (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Spencer Jones blocks Anthony Black 's 7-foot driving layup
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 22-foot running jump shot
  • Spencer Jones makes tip shot
  • Paolo Banchero makes two point shot
  • Spencer Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Desmond Bane makes 5-foot layup (Wendell Carter Jr. assists)
  • Peyton Watson makes 2-foot dunk (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Anthony Black makes driving layup (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Anthony Black makes 22-foot three point jumper (Desmond Bane assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 7-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Wendell Carter Jr. makes dunk (Paolo Banchero assists)
  • Anthony Black makes 25-foot running pullup jump shot
  • Jamal Murray misses driving floating jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic makes two point shot
  • Wendell Carter Jr. makes 12-foot jumper (Desmond Bane assists)
  • Spencer Jones makes 22-foot three point jumper (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
  • Wendell Carter Jr. makes 1-foot layup (Anthony Black assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes driving layup
  • Anthony Black makes 22-foot three point jumper (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 25-foot three pointer (Spencer Jones assists)
  • Wendell Carter Jr. misses 7-foot floating jump shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 15-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Bruce Brown makes running layup (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Paolo Banchero makes driving layup (Tyus Jones assists)
  • Jamal Murray makes 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Anthony Black misses finger roll layup
  • Jase Richardson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Wendell Carter Jr. makes 1-foot dunk
  • Peyton Watson misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Peyton Watson misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Nikola Jokic misses 12-foot jumper
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 26-foot three pointer (Bruce Brown assists)
  • Desmond Bane makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Bruce Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Desmond Bane misses 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Tristan da Silva makes 3-foot two point shot (Desmond Bane assists)
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Desmond Bane misses driving floating jump shot
  • Julian Strawther makes 1-foot dunk (Tim Hardaway Jr. assists)
  • Wendell Carter Jr. makes driving layup (Desmond Bane assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 9-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Tristan da Silva makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jonathan Isaac assists)
  • Desmond Bane makes 1-foot two point shot
  • Julian Strawther makes 12-foot driving floating jump shot (Bruce Brown assists)
  • Desmond Bane makes 2-foot two point shot
  • Jonas Valanciunas makes layup (Bruce Brown assists)
  • Anthony Black misses 22-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Anthony Black makes 1-foot running dunk (Jonathan Isaac assists)
  • Jamal Murray misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Nikola Jokic misses 12-foot two point shot
  • Anthony Black makes 23-foot three point jumper (Paolo Banchero assists)
  • Wendell Carter Jr. misses 9-foot two point shot
  • Desmond Bane makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Anthony Black assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Paolo Banchero makes driving layup (Anthony Black assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 11-foot two point shot
  • Paolo Banchero makes 2-foot driving dunk
  • Tristan da Silva makes 25-foot three point jumper (Paolo Banchero assists)
  • Nikola Jokic makes 7-foot two point shot
  • Paolo Banchero misses driving floating jump shot
  • Wendell Carter Jr. makes 2-foot layup (Desmond Bane assists)
  • Peyton Watson makes 3-foot layup (Jamal Murray assists)
  • Anthony Black misses 28-foot three point jumper
  • Jamal Murray misses 7-foot two point shot
  • Spencer Jones blocks Desmond Bane 's 6-foot driving layup
  • Paolo Banchero misses layup
  • Nikola Jokic misses driving floating jump shot
  • Paolo Banchero misses 8-foot two point shot
  • Tim Hardaway Jr. makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Desmond Bane misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Nikola Jokic makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot
  • Anthony Black makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Wendell Carter Jr. assists)
  • Anthony Black makes two point shot
  • Jamal Murray makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Nikola Jokic assists)
  • Tristan da Silva makes 6-foot driving floating jump shot (Wendell Carter Jr. assists)
  • Nikola Jokic misses 5-foot two point shot
  • Jamal Murray misses 21-foot fade away jump shot
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
OpenSpreadTotalML
Denver NuggetsNuggetsDEN
(22-9)
(22-9, 12-4 Away)
-4.5
-105
-3.5
-108
o235.5
-108
-170
Orlando MagicMagicORL
(18-14)
(18-14, 11-6 Home)
u237.5
-110
+3.5
-112
u235.5
-112
+142
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