⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 9 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ HOU better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 10 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Rockets did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, six turnovers to their sixteen, and outscored them 20-6 off them
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 2 down to 6 up
Q1 8:41 · DEN 12-6 HOU
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 18
Q2 4:09 · DEN 43-25 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Rockets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 30-point deficit to 22
Q3 0:31 · DEN 72-50 HOU
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 31% |
| 2 | Threes made | 3 |
| 29% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 11 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 56 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 31 | Assists | 17 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 6 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 11 | Steals | 1 |
| 9 | Blocks | 8 |
