⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 13 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ TOR better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 13 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Raptors did not.
From the game
A 12-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 13 in the fourth quarter
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
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run from level to 8 points up
Q1 11:44 · DEN 8-0 TOR
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 3:20 · DEN 27-16 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Raptors
Good plays
- 12-0 run
A 12-0 run cut a 25-point deficit to 13
Q4 5:07 · DEN 88-75 TOR
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | TOR | |
|---|---|---|
| 39% | Shooting from the field | 34% |
| 3 | Threes made | 8 |
| 43% | Three-point accuracy | 42% |
| 22 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 64 | Rebounds | 64 |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 23 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 6 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 21 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 14 | Steals | 5 |
| 11 | Blocks | 11 |
