⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the third quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ POR better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Trail Blazers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Trail Blazers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 41 rebounds to 23- Could not get to the line, eight free throws to their 23
- Kept giving it away, 21 turnovers to their fifteen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Trail Blazers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 3 down to 5 up
Q2 1:34 · POR 48-43 DEN
Bad plays
- Technical
Dale Davis Technical Foul
Q3 1:00 · POR 61-65 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 8-point lead to 16
Q4 10:18 · POR 64-80 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| POR | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Shooting from the field | 59% |
| 7 | Threes made | 3 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 3 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 47 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 17 | Assists | 32 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 0 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 26 | Points off turnovers | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 21 |
| 5 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
