⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the first quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ LAC better than we expected
▼ DEN better than we expected
The first quarter was where it moved most, 12 points worse than our numbers for the Clippers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Clippers did not.
From the game
Nothing out of the ordinary in the numbers.
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Clippers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Bobby Simmons Technical Foul
Q4 10:34 · LAC 66-83 DEN
- Technical
Melvin Ely Double Technical Foul. Nene Hilario gains possession.
Q4 0:35 · LAC 82-96 DEN
Nuggets
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q1 10:21 · LAC 2-13 DEN
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run stretched a 11-point lead to 20
Q2 10:49 · LAC 21-41 DEN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAC | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 3 | Threes made | 5 |
| 18% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 25 | Free throws made | 21 |
| 50 | Rebounds | 59 |
| 13 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 14 | Assists | 21 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 3 | Fast break points | 5 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 18 |
| 17 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 8 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
