⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Raptors stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ TOR better than we expected
+4Q124-16
-5Q219-21
-4Q317-22
+5Q424-20
▼ DEN better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 5 points better than our numbers for the Raptors.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Raptors won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 33 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, twelve turnovers to their 26, and outscored them 23-12 off them
- Lost the glass, 37 rebounds to 54
Key battles
11Steals3
12Turnovers26
23Points off turnovers12
20Free throws made11
📊The numbers
| TOR | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 41% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 4 | Threes made | 2 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 20 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 19 |
| 19 | Assists | 19 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 7 | Fast break points | 9 |
| 23 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 26 |
| 11 | Steals | 3 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
