⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 56 rebounds to 41- A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17 in the second quarter
- Could not get to the line, 23 free throws to their 33
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 6 down to 3 up
Q1 9:00 · DEN 9-6 MEM
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 17
Q2 0:00 · DEN 56-39 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Grizzlies
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 4 down to 4 up
Q1 1:05 · DEN 16-20 MEM
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 33% |
| 1 | Threes made | 4 |
| 20% | Three-point accuracy | 27% |
| 17 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 71 | Rebounds | 51 |
| 21 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 20 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 4 | Fast break points | 3 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 22 |
| 8 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 15 |
