⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ BKN better than we expected
+3Q122-16
0Q229-25
+10Q327-16
-1Q420-20
▼ DEN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Nets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nets won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their fourteen- Won the glass, 49 rebounds to 35
Key battles
8Fast break points0
22Free throws made11
63Rebounds40
2Threes made4
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Jason Kidd Technical Foul
Q4 9:29 · BKN 82-59 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 2
Q1 5:13 · BKN 18-16 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BKN | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 37% |
| 2 | Threes made | 4 |
| 22% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 63 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 25 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 8 | Steals | 8 |
| 9 | Blocks | 7 |
