⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Nuggets got 15 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there.
Where it moved
▲ DEN better than we expected
▼ LAL better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 11 points better than our numbers for the Nuggets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Nuggets won, and why the Lakers did not.
From the game
Won the glass, 60 rebounds to 37
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 stretched a 4-point lead to 13
Q2 11:47 · DEN 40-27 LAL
Bad plays
- Technical
Carmelo Anthony Double Technical Foul. Kobe Bryant gains possession.
Q3 10:25 · DEN 67-48 LAL
- Flagrant
Marcus Camby Flagrant Foul Type 1
Q3 7:24 · DEN 75-57 LAL
- Technical
Marcus Camby Technical Foul
Q3 7:24 · DEN 75-57 LAL
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Kobe Bryant missed Technical Free Throw.
Q3 7:24 · DEN 75-57 LAL
📊The numbers
| DEN | LAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 49% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 5 | Threes made | 4 |
| 38% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 23 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 17 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 31 | Assists | 26 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 7 |
| 19 | Points off turnovers | 17 |
| 18 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 11 | Steals | 12 |
| 6 | Blocks | 8 |
