⏱️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 second quarter, then it evened out by full time. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MIL better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 14 points worse than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Bucks did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 53 rebounds to 32- Kept giving it away, sixteen turnovers to their eight, and were outscored 24-12 off them
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 stretched a 1-point lead to 9
Q1 5:52 · DEN 19-10 MIL
- 11-0 run
A 11-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 12
Q2 11:03 · DEN 35-23 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 14
Q2 2:19 · DEN 50-36 MIL
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 4:24 · DEN 90-82 MIL
- Missed FT
Shammond Williams missed Free Throw 1 of 3.
Q4 3:14 · DEN 93-87 MIL
- Missed FT
Shammond Williams missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 0:00 · DEN 108-101 MIL
Bucks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 9-point deficit to 1
Q1 4:09 · DEN 19-18 MIL
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 14-point deficit to 5
Q2 3:47 · DEN 41-36 MIL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | MIL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 5 | Threes made | 8 |
| 33% | Three-point accuracy | 50% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 25 |
| 66 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 31 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 5 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 12 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 5 | Blocks | 9 |
