Orlando Magic – Sacramento Kings · NBA

Win probability changed during the game. · 13 January 2020

ORL114–112SAC

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It was more exciting than 74% of NBA games since 2017

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↑ SAC winsORL wins ↓

Home team's win probability across the game (source: ESPN). The band rises when SAC leads and falls when ORL does.

This is how the game was decided.

Nikola Vučević decided it, the Orlando Magic player with the most points (26, with 15 rebounds and 2 assists; 0 with him on the floor); the winner's best plus-minus was D.J. Augustin's (+9). The criterion: the winner's points in the box score; plus-minus says who was on the floor when the game opened up.

The game-winner in Sacramento Kings 112-114 Orlando Magic (January 13, 2020) was hit by Aaron Gordon: a jump shot with 1.1 s left in the fourth quarter, putting the Orlando Magic up 113-112. They never trailed again.

The biggest run of Sacramento Kings 112-114 Orlando Magic (January 13, 2020) was a 12-0 run by the Orlando Magic in the second quarter (from 2:49 to 1:02), from 53-48 to 65-48. The Sacramento Kings' best was a 9-0 run in the third quarter (from 10:29 to 9:27), from 54-67 to 63-67.

With 34 points, this is Nemanja Bjelica's highest-scoring regular-season game of his career.

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Play: Aaron Gordon makes 6-foot two point shot (Evan Fournier assists).

I count as the game-winner the basket that puts the winning team ahead for good. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

A run here is consecutive points by one team without the opponent scoring. Source: the official NBA play-by-play (since 2002-03) and each team's official box scores.

Source: the game's official box score and play-by-play.

It is compared by points with all his official NBA box scores in that scope; it is the same criterion the Analyst uses.

Aaron Gordon decided this game: his points put his team ahead with 1.1 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and the opponent never led again.

It is one of the 5 games he has decided this way in the NBA since the 2002-03 season.

His profile shows the games Gordon decided

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A game is decided by the last basket that puts a team ahead in the final ten seconds of the fourth quarter or of an overtime, if that team wins.

13 January 2020 · The source is the ESPN play-by-play, play espn:401161238:607; the date is the one on the NBA box score.

Who stood out on defense during the season

These figures cover the whole 2019-20 regular season, not this game.

Orlando Magic

Nikola Vučević contested 10.1 shots per game over his 62 games.
He ranks 29 of 352 in the league.
Aaron Gordon defended 5.0 shots at the rim per game over his 62 games, and opponents made 8 fewer out of every 100 than usual.
He ranks 20 of 141 in the league.
Khem Birch drew 0.11 charges per game over his 47 games.
He ranks 54 of 352 in the league.

Sacramento Kings

De'Aaron Fox deflected 2.9 passes per game over his 51 games.
He ranks 18 of 352 in the league.
Trevor Ariza deflected 2.8 passes per game over his 53 games.
He ranks 24 of 352 in the league.
Nemanja Bjelica contested 9.6 shots per game over his 72 games.
He ranks 35 of 352 in the league.

Hustle figures come from the hustle stats the NBA publishes (NBA.com) and rim defense comes from its tracking; both cover the regular season. For each player in this game we show the figure that ranks him highest in the league, and for each team, the three best ranked. Ranks count players with at least 30 games and, at the rim, at least 4 defended shots per game.

The Sacramento Kings have won 40 of their 74 games against the Orlando Magic.

40-34record of the Sacramento Kings · NBA 1989-90 – 2025-26, regular season and playoffs

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Official NBA box scores, regular season and playoffs, 1989-90 – 2025-26. It counts every game between the two teams that the house holds, this one included.

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Game context

Attendance

16.299

92.6% of capacity

Golden 1 Center · Sacramento

Scoring

226

combined points

2.4 above the season average (223.6)

⚖️ The last two minutes

Official NBA L2M report: every call in the endgame, reviewed by the league.

13 calls reviewed1 errors admitted by the NBA

Foul: Shooting · 00:01.1

Cory Joseph → Aaron Gordon

Joseph (SAC) has his defensive position established against Gordon (ORL) but he does not deliver contact as he begins his upward shooting motion.