⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 8 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Nuggets did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 42 rebounds to 25- Kept giving it away, nineteen turnovers to their twelve
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
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 5
Q3 10:04 · DEN 57-62 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Lakers
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 7-point lead to 15
Q3 2:32 · DEN 64-79 LAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 46% | Shooting from the field | 58% |
| 3 | Threes made | 7 |
| 25% | Three-point accuracy | 64% |
| 18 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 30 | Rebounds | 50 |
| 8 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 28 | Assists | 36 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 20 | Points off turnovers | 14 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 7 | Steals | 5 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
