⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets fell 18 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ GS better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 20 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Warriors did not.
From the game
Looked after the ball, nine turnovers to their eighteen
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 cut a 16-point deficit to 8
Q1 2:00 · DEN 18-26 GS
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 1-point lead to 11
Q2 0:00 · DEN 58-47 GS
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Warriors
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Technical
Mike Dunleavy Technical Foul
Q1 5:43 · DEN 4-15 GS
- Technical
Troy Murphy Technical Foul
Q2 6:37 · DEN 29-32 GS
📊The numbers
| DEN | GS | |
|---|---|---|
| 47% | Shooting from the field | 38% |
| 3 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 36% |
| 14 | Free throws made | 13 |
| 51 | Rebounds | 58 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 33 | Assists | 23 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 6 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 6 | Steals | 2 |
| 8 | Blocks | 5 |
