\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Orlando Magic edge out the Denver Nuggets with a thrilling 127-126 victory at the Kia Center in Downtown Orlando on Saturday night.The Magic overcame a large first-half deficit with a strong third-quarter surge and a career-high 38-point performance from Anthony Black. 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 on Saturday night.Jokic had 34 points, 21 rebounds and 12 assists, his 180th triple-double and 16th of the season. Two nights after finishing with 56 points, 16 rebounds and 15 assists in a Christmas overtime victory over Minnesota, he pulled within one of Oscar Robertson for second on the NBA’s career triple-doubles list.It was Jokic’s eighth career 30-20-10 game, second-most behind Wilt Chamberlain’s 16.Jamal Murray scored 24 points for Denver, but missed a long jump shot at the horn after Bane’s free throws completed Orlando’s comeback from a 17-point deficit.Bane scored 15 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter for the Magic, who shot 67.4% in the second half.Denver’s loss in the opener of a seven-game road trip was its second straight on the road after 11 straight road victories.Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 20 points for the Nuggets, who shot 51.2% for the game.Wendell Carter Jr. had 18 points and seven rebounds for the Magic before fouling out with 11.9 seconds left after a replay reversal put Jokic on the line for Denver’s final points.Black shot 14 for 24 overall and made 7 of 11 3-point shots. He also had a steal from Jokic that led to a layup for his final points late in the fourth quarter.Up nextNuggets: Visit Miami on Monday.Magic: Visit Toronto on Monday.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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The Orlando Magic edge out the Denver Nuggets with a thrilling 127-126 victory at the Kia Center in Downtown Orlando on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
The Magic overcame a large first-half deficit with a strong third-quarter surge and a career-high 38-point performance from Anthony Black. <\/p>\n
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 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
Jokic had 34 points, 21 rebounds and 12 assists, his 180th triple-double and 16th of the season. Two nights after finishing with 56 points, 16 rebounds and 15 assists in a Christmas overtime victory over Minnesota, he pulled within one of Oscar Robertson for second on the NBA’s career triple-doubles list.<\/p>\n
It was Jokic’s eighth career 30-20-10 game, second-most behind Wilt Chamberlain’s 16.<\/p>\n
Jamal Murray scored 24 points for Denver, but missed a long jump shot at the horn after Bane’s free throws completed Orlando’s comeback from a 17-point deficit.<\/p>\n
Bane scored 15 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter for the Magic, who shot 67.4% in the second half.<\/p>\n
Denver’s loss in the opener of a seven-game road trip was its second straight on the road after 11 straight road victories.<\/p>\n
Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 20 points for the Nuggets, who shot 51.2% for the game.<\/p>\n
Wendell Carter Jr. had 18 points and seven rebounds for the Magic before fouling out with 11.9 seconds left after a replay reversal put Jokic on the line for Denver’s final points.<\/p>\n
Black shot 14 for 24 overall and made 7 of 11 3-point shots. He also had a steal from Jokic that led to a layup for his final points late in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Nuggets: Visit Miami on Monday.<\/p>\n
Magic: Visit Toronto on Monday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Orlando Magic edge out the Denver Nuggets with a thrilling 127-126 victory at the Kia Center in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[51455,24675,5839,5798,2275,9511,27884,916,32837,3358,51454,47882,38340,139,141,1239,140,14202,13344,20913,30533,10219],"class_list":["post-97241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-180th-triple-double","tag-assist","tag-denver-nuggets","tag-desmond-bane","tag-downtown-orlando","tag-fourth-quarter","tag-free-throw","tag-game","tag-home-game","tag-kia-center","tag-magic-win","tag-nikola-jokic","tag-nuggets","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-magic","tag-orlando-news","tag-point","tag-rebound","tag-saturday-night","tag-second","tag-victory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}