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FILE–Wendell Carter Jr. #34 of the Orlando Magic. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images/AFP
Wendell Carter Jr. scored 19 points, Cole Anthony and Bol Bol scored 17 each and the host Orlando Magic beat the Denver Nuggets 115-104 on Thursday night.
Moritz Wagner scored 12 points, Paolo Banchero had 11 points and 10 rebounds, Jalen Suggs also scored 11 points and Franz Wagner added 10 points for Orlando. The Magic won for the third time in four games.
Aaron Gordon scored a season-high 37 points and added 14 rebounds, Nikola Jokic had 29 points and 12 rebounds and Michael Porter Jr. finished with 12 for Denver.
Jamal Murray missed his third straight game and second straight with right knee inflammation for the Nuggets on Thursday.
The Nuggets scored the first 12 points of the game but Orlando quickly recovered and took a 29-26 lead after one quarter. The Magic built their lead to 52-36 midway through the second quarter, but Denver closed the gap to 65-55 at halftime.
Wendell Carter Jr. talked about his efforts to Nikola Jokic and @OrlandoMagic up against the Nuggets after their win on Saturday night. #MagicTogether pic.twitter.com/lECkNV3KDb
– Bally Sports Florida: Magic (@BallyMagic) February 10, 2023
Orlando cut the lead to 74-60 on a dunk by Markelle Fultz early in the third quarter, but the Nuggets began to pull away.
Jokic hit a running dunk and fed Gordon for a 3-pointer, Gordon dunked and Jokic hit a 3-pointer from above the arc. After Franz Wagner’s layup made it 82-72 Gordon and Jokic each scored four points during an 8-0 run that cut the deficit to 82-78.
Denver got as close as three but the Magic took an 89-84 lead into the fourth.
Anthony scored seven points early in the final quarter, pushing the lead to 98-86 with 9:14 left. Bol scored seven straight points to give Orlando a 107-88 lead with 6:05 left.
Jokic racked up seven straight Denver points to get within 109-95, and after Moritz Wagner missed a layup Bruce Brown made a floater to cut the deficit to 12 with 4:36 left.
The team lost before Gordon made a running layup. Carter’s layup made it another 12-point game and the Magic closed.
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