⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Warriors fell 12 points behind the pace we expected in the second quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 13 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Warriors won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 37 free throws to their seventeen- Looked after the ball, twenty turnovers to their 26
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
- Missed FT
Rodney White missed Technical Free Throw.
Q2 11:08 · DEN 26-16 GS
- Technical
Juwan Howard Technical Foul
Q2 4:37 · DEN 36-25 GS
- Technical
Technical Foul
Q2 0:22 · DEN 47-37 GS
Warriors
Good plays
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 21-point deficit to 10
Q3 5:18 · DEN 65-55 GS
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run cut a 12-point deficit to 1
Q3 2:06 · DEN 67-66 GS
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 10
Q4 7:30 · DEN 73-83 GS
Bad plays
- Technical
Antawn Jamison Technical Foul
Q2 11:08 · DEN 26-16 GS
📊The numbers
| DEN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 42% | Shooting from the field | 40% |
| 6 | Threes made | 3 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 12 | Free throws made | 31 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 25 | Assists | 16 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 9 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 22 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 26 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 7 | Steals | 18 |
| 8 | Blocks | 6 |
