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Magic at Nuggets · Sun, Jan 17 · 8:00 PM ET

Orlando at Denver. Here is where each team has the edge.

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Pregame win chance

The win-chance line starts at tip-off.

Every basket moves it.

From team Elo ratings, home court and rest. How this works

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01Where the edges are

Based on 2025-26

Magic edges

  • On defenseOrlando's defense cleans the defensive glass (5th) against a Denver offense that rarely gets second chances (24th).

Nuggets edges

  • On offenseDenver's offense gets to the line (4th) against an Orlando defense that sends opponents to the line (26th).

An edge is where one team ranks top 5 on a four-factor battle and the other ranks bottom 8. How edges work

Using last season's numbers until both teams have played 10 games this season. Rosters may have changed.

02Tale of the tape

Based on 2025-26
ORLRankStatRankDEN
115.619thOffensive rating1st123.4
115.010thDefensive rating21st118.2
+0.617thNet rating7th+5.2
99.312thPace20th97.7
53.125thEffective FG %1st57.7
12.012thTurnover %3rd10.9
25.018thOffensive rebound %24th23.6
24.91stFree throw rate4th23.7
54.516thOpponent eFG %14th54.3
12.611thForced turnover %30th10.0
75.65thDefensive rebound %7th75.3
22.326thOpponent FT rate10th19.6

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03Form and season series

Magic4-6 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. L
  3. L
  4. W
  5. W
  6. L
  7. W
  8. W
  9. L
  10. L

Nuggets6-4 in the last 10

  1. L
  2. W
  3. L
  4. L
  5. L
  6. W
  7. W
  8. W
  9. W
  10. W

2025-26 series: Thu, Dec 18 ORL 115, DEN 126 · Sat, Dec 27 DEN 126, ORL 127

04Key players

Current roster · 2025-26 numbers