⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets fell 13 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter, then it evened out by full time.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ POR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, ten of eighteen from three- Looked after the ball, seventeen turnovers to their 25
- Lost the glass, 38 rebounds to 48
A 215-0 run from level to 215 points up in the first quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Nuggets
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 215-0 run
A 215-0 run from level to 215 points up
Q1 11:22 · DEN 0-215 POR
Bad plays
- Technical
Technical Foul
Q4 11:07 · DEN 0-140 POR
📊The numbers
| DEN | POR | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 44% |
| 10 | Threes made | 8 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 22 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 61 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 33 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 0 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 25 |
| 13 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 7 |
