⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ MEM better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Grizzlies did not.
From the game
Lived at the line, 29 free throws to their eighteen- Looked after the ball, thirteen turnovers to their twenty, and outscored them 32-8 off them
- Lost the glass, 37 rebounds to 51
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
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q3 4:37 · DEN 75-71 MEM
Bad plays
- Turnover
24 second
Q4 2:13 · DEN 101-96 MEM
- Turnover
Andre Miller Lost Ball. Stolen by Mike Miller.
Q4 0:34 · DEN 103-99 MEM
- Missed FT
Voshon Lenard missed Free Throw 1 of 2.
Q4 0:15 · DEN 105-99 MEM
Grizzlies
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Jason Williams missed Free Throw 1 of 1.
Q4 2:35 · DEN 101-96 MEM
- Missed FT
James Posey missed Free Throw 2 of 2.
Q4 1:24 · DEN 101-97 MEM
- Goaltend
Defensive Goaltending
Q4 0:56 · DEN 103-99 MEM
📊The numbers
| DEN | MEM | |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Shooting from the field | 47% |
| 5 | Threes made | 6 |
| 45% | Three-point accuracy | 33% |
| 19 | Free throws made | 11 |
| 49 | Rebounds | 54 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 22 |
| 26 | Assists | 30 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 32 | Points off turnovers | 8 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 11 |
