⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 9 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
▼ DAL better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Mavericks did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 35 free throws to their 21- Kept giving it away, 22 turnovers to their fourteen, and were outscored 24-14 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 2-point lead to 10
Q1 2:30 · DEN 30-20 DAL
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Nene Hilario missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:47 · DEN 101-96 DAL
- Missed FT
Marcus Camby missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 0:46 · DEN 105-98 DAL
Mavericks
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 15-point deficit to 6
Q3 2:38 · DEN 78-72 DAL
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run took them from 8 down to 2 up
Q4 8:32 · DEN 87-89 DAL
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DEN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 52% | Shooting from the field | 42% |
| 8 | Threes made | 6 |
| 40% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 58 | Rebounds | 48 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 15 |
| 26 | Assists | 20 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 4 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 24 |
| 22 | Turnovers | 14 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 10 | Blocks | 3 |
